Sounds about right. If EA did it, why not ActiBlizz.Theory:
This transition to "Blizzard" is because Activision will launch Destiny 2 on PC exclusively(no Steam) on their own client, the Activision Blizzard client.
Theory:
This transition to "Blizzard" is because Activision will launch Destiny 2 on PC exclusively(no Steam) on their own client, the Activision Blizzard client.
RIP Battle.Net
Sounds about right. If EA did it, why not ActiBlizz.
This is the kind of thing that gaming communities like neogaf really have trouble understanding, because it's not FOR them. Blizzard is trying to unify their brand which makes sense as they diversify their gaming presence. For someone just starting out with a new Blizzard game, having an additional superfluous term to remember like "battle.net" that seems otherwise unrelated is a potential source of confusion. And as much as this community likes to scoff at the prospect of those poor, stupid masses who need everything dumbed down, the reality is probably a little more subtle and nuanced than that. When you're trying to attract new members to your audience and increase the reach of your brand, removing redundancy and streamlining your language makes sense.
I liked "battle.net" too, but the name's retirement is a very reasonable step and is far from being an outrage. You may commence the "corporate apologist" shtick
Don't forget their official dating app, Blizzr!
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It's not called the EA client though, it's called Origin.RIP Battle.Net
Sounds about right. If EA did it, why not ActiBlizz.
Why didn't they call it that then, instead of just settling for Blizzard?
I don't think this is the case.
Blizzard has an ego, which is why they ended up losing DotA to Valve, probably one of the craziest and most baffling whiffs in gaming history.
It's probably better that they change it from battle.net, as battle.net had style and personality, 'Blizzard App' is just a perfunctory chat platform with a friends list. We all used to tell our friends to 'get on battlenet' to play X game. You don't ask your friends to get on 'Blizzard App', it's just there, doing its bare minimum, you instead tell your friends to play X game directly.
We're only a few management fart sniffs away from "It's Blizzard's world, we just live in it!"
Of course there isn't but that doesn't stop him from posting wrong things. I liked the battle.net name but I don't think there's anything wrong with blizzard changing the name.Any source on Blizzard being offered the chance to develop Dota 2 and turning it down? All sources have Valve hiring IceFrog directly.
Theory:
This transition to "Blizzard" is because Activision will launch Destiny 2 on PC exclusively(no Steam) on their own client, the Activision Blizzard client.
Theory:
This transition to "Blizzard" is because Activision will launch Destiny 2 on PC exclusively(no Steam) on their own client, the Activision Blizzard client.
Meh, Battle.net died to me after War3. I was always enamored with B.Net in Blizzards early games, but after SC2 I lost hope in it ever grabbing me like it used to. Sucks for those who still enjoy it, maybe Blizz will come up with a good alternative.
Lmao this overreaction is just hilarious to me, perfect encapsulation of the internet. They only changed a name, no other changes and.. and THEY FUCKING BOTCHED IT GUYS, IT'S RUINED!!!I spent weeks convincing my friends that Battle.net 2.0 was the future.
Of course, like most things, Blizzard had the opportunity to create something special - and they completely fucking botched it.
No surprise here.