Blizzard changing Battle.net name
The Battle.net name that Blizzard has used for the past 20 years will be changing soon, as announced in a Blizzard form post. Battle.net has been the long-time hub for all Blizzard games, but will now go by a new name, in order to reduce confusion among users. The Battle.net name originally was introduced in 1996 when Diablo launched. This change is set to happen within the next few months.
When we created Battle.net, the idea of including a tailored online-gaming service together with your game was more of a novel concept, so we put a lot of focus on explaining what the service was and how it worked, including giving it a distinct name,” the company explained. Over time, though, we’ve seen that there’s been occasional confusion and inefficiencies related to having two separate identities under which everything falls — Blizzard and Battle.net.”
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