Blizzard unveils new Battle.net

[Pepsei]

i don't want to add my wow account to my battlenet account... i remember selling so many virtual items on ebay during D2....good times....

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: NeoV
SC2 will be out before Xmas 09 - they have broken it out into 3 separate games just for this reason

so the allure of more $ had nothing to do with it?

 

[evident]

Originally posted by: NeoV
SC2 will be out before Xmas 09 - they have broken it out into 3 separate games just for this reason

highly highly doubtful. they will announce it for xmas 09 but will come out june 2010

 

[Beev]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles

Originally posted by: NeoV
SC2 will be out before Xmas 09 - they have broken it out into 3 separate games just for this reason

so the allure of more $ had nothing to do with it?

It was most likely a combination of things. Money of course is an obvious draw for ANY and EVERY company.

Blizzard is entirely too ambitious, which is what I love about them. When they were writing Starcraft 2 they probably realized just how huge and epically long the campaign was going to be, so in the interest of releasing the game before 2012, they broke the launches up by faction and each one gets released separately. That way we get Starcraft 2 sooner, and have more to look forward to. I'm much happier with it being 3 different games each with 30 missions than being 1 game with 10-15 missions per race.

 

[zerocool84]

Maybe the site is getting hammered cus I can't sign up.

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: lupi

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Ahh... hahaha... Nice. Blizzard found a way to stop people from selling their WOW accounts. Suckers.

That's most definitely one of the reasons behind this.

Is creating a Battle.net account required to play World of Warcraft?

Currently, creating a Battle.net account and merging World of Warcraft accounts is entirely optional. However, as we continue to build additional functionality into the new Battle.net, we will eventually require all active World of Warcraft accounts to migrate over to Battle.net accounts in order to continue playing. Additionally, all future Blizzard Entertainment games such as StarCraft II and Diablo III will require Battle.net accounts.

Totally. Once it's mandatory, no more transferring accounts. Meh.

 

[invidia]

Originally posted by: evident

Originally posted by: NeoV
SC2 will be out before Xmas 09 - they have broken it out into 3 separate games just for this reason

highly highly doubtful. they will announce it for xmas 09 but will come out june 2010

The game is at the end of the alpha stage. It's being readied for beta in the upcoming weeks/months. It might be doubtful for a 2009 release, but a beta is highly anticipated within this year.

 

[FuryofFive]

how do you register lets say broodwar...which didnt have a cd-key

 

[Rhoxed]

thread revival!

when i added my SC (apparently came from a battle chest) it selected "starcraft anthology" which lets me download both games.

 

[SunnyD]

Okay, how the hell do they have my current mailing address? I haven't logged into Battle.net in years, at least 4 addresses ago.

All hail the new Blizzard DRM. Sorry folks, no more first-sale right for you!

 

[Anubis]

Okay, how the hell do they have my current mailing address? I haven't logged into Battle.net in years, at least 4 addresses ago.

All hail the new Blizzard DRM. Sorry folks, no more first-sale right for you!

do you play wow and pay for it with a credit card?

 

[SunnyD]

do you play wow and pay for it with a credit card?

Nope.

 

[Barfo]

Nope.

Did you forget to wear your tinfoil hat?

 

[bullbert]

Did you forget to wear your tinfoil hat?

He was wearing it shiny-side-in, instead of shiny-side-out.

 

[SunnyD]

Did you forget to wear your tinfoil hat?

No. I live in a Faraday cage. No tinfoil hat necessary.

What's with all the stupid questions anyway?

 

[Fenixgoon]

how do you register lets say broodwar...which didnt have a cd-key

if you register starcraft you automatically get BW, IIRC

 

[gorcorps]

SC2 will be out before Xmas 09 - they have broken it out into 3 separate games just for this reason

LOL at this guy