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Destiny 2 Launching on Battle.net (and maybe other Activision games someday)

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Strakt

Member
Just announced on stream

Its EXCLUSIVE to battle.net

Blizzard stay winning

Blizzard said:
Destiny 2 Coming to Battle.net!

We want to let everyone know that a new game will be appearing alongside your favorite Blizzard games—one that's a little different from what you might normally expect. Bungie's upcoming first-person action game Destiny 2 will be joining the party! We're excited to announce that we're partnering with Bungie and Activision to support the PC version of Destiny 2 exclusively via Battle.net.

We're big fans of Destiny here at Blizzard, and we're honored to be able to help the talented folks at Bungie and Activision bring their much-anticipated sequel to a new platform. Being on Battle.net will allow Destiny 2 to plug in to our existing global network, freeing up the developers at Bungie to focus their energy and resources on making the best and most fun game they possibly can. This also means Destiny 2 players will have access to our online social functionality, including chat with friends, the ability to see which of their friends are online in Destiny 2 or in Blizzard games, and the ability to stream gameplay directly to Facebook.

See the FAQ below for further platform details, and stay tuned for updates as we get closer to welcoming Destiny 2 and its players to Battle.net. To learn more about Destiny 2, head over to www.destinythegame.com.

Why are you adding a non-Blizzard game to Blizzard's platform?

We loved Destiny and think Destiny 2 is going to be a great game. Blizzard has an established and successful global internet infrastructure we've used for years to support our own games. Creating a new network client for Destiny 2, which is bringing the franchise to PC for the first time, would needlessly extend the development period for the game. We want to get our hands on Destiny 2 as soon as possible like everybody else, so we offered to share our PC platform with our sister companies for this release.

Does this mean other games are going to come to the Blizzard platform too?

Our focus in terms of supporting non-Blizzard games is solely around Destiny 2. Aside from potentially evaluating needs or opportunities for future Activision games, we don't have any short- or long-term plans to support third-party games with Battle.net. It's important to us to maintain our quality standards for any experience or service we're putting in front of our players, which represents a big investment of time and effort on our part, so this is not something we're jumping into lightly.

Does this mean I'll be able to use my Blizzard Balance to purchase Destiny 2?

Yes!

Will Destiny 2 offer the same cross-game social features that Blizzard titles currently have?

Destiny 2 will be integrated into many of Blizzard's existing social features—you'll be able to chat with friends playing Destiny 2 the same way you already can for Blizzard games. Players will also be able to add friends and form parties the same way Blizzard gamers can. And, you'll see a Destiny 2 status icon by your friends who are playing Destiny 2 the same way you do for friends playing StarCraft II, Diablo III, WoW, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone, and Overwatch.

Where and when will Destiny 2 on PC be available?

We're excited to work with Bungie to bring the PC version of Destiny 2 to every region Blizzard currently operates in. Bungie is actively working through the global details. We look forward to sharing additional information later this year.

Who will be operating Destiny 2's servers?

Bungie will maintain Destiny 2's servers; Blizzard's servers will be used for features related to the Blizzard platform, such as login and social functionality.

And what about customer service?

Destiny 2's gameplay customer service will be handled by Bungie; Blizzard will handle customer service for platform and shop issues specific to our service.

http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/news/?d=2017-5#181745
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Alexander DeLarge

Alexander DeLarge

Member
Called it. Everyone in my group called me an idiot for suggesting it would come to Blizzard's launcher but why would they give that (rumored) 30% up to Valve?
 
SliChillax

SliChillax

Member
Whompa02 said:
Why are people confused lol? Their companies are all under the same roof.
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Because other Activision games are also on Steam

All in all, I don't mind this. Steam has been getting worse and the competition has gotten much better. A few years ago I would not support this but nowadays I couldn't care less.
 
A

Anno

Member
Do we know if that means a new launcher using the old Battle.net name? Or is it the current Blizzard launcher that people are just calling the old name?
 
V

Vital Tundra

Member
Does this mean all future CE's will include Destiny content like the rest of Blizzard CE's?

Anno said:
Do we know if that means a new launcher using the old Battle.net name? Or is it the current Blizzard launcher that people are just calling the old name?
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Same client.
 
P

Pooya

Member
Nice. Does that mean I can use my wow gold to buy destiny DLC?

Presentation was kinda bad but game looked good to me. What I don't like about destiny is their business model and overpriced DLC you need to have. So I don't know, I probably get it and play for a bit but I don't think I will keep up with their DLC just like first game.
 
E

Elixist

Member
Alexander DeLarge said:
Called it. Everyone in my group called me an idiot for suggesting it would come to Blizzard's launcher but why would they give that (rumored) 30% up to Valve?
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same. but at the same time i could see them (bliz) saying no, i mean why arent all activision's titles on there then? good decision im happy with it, i like b.net
 
G

Gowans

Member
Battle.Net has always been great.

I'm behind Activision making this for there PC titles as well as Blizzard.

Competition is good, un-unified stores are a good thing on PC.
 
C

Cels

Member
what digital distribution service was destiny 1 on for PC?

oh wait...

if it's blizzard app or nothing i know what i'll pick
 
H

Hektor

Member
Whompa02 said:
Why are people confused lol? Their companies are all under the same roof.
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Because all other activision games have been on steam ever since?

Furthermore, they literally rebranded the battle.net client as "Blizzard"-App, which would indicate that the app is solely related to blizzard games.

There was more than enough reason to doubt that rumor.

But alas, here we are
 
S

Suzushiiro

Banned
Makes sense. Why give Valve a 30% cut when you already have your own storefront?

I do wonder if this is the precursor to the Blizzard client being the place to buy/launch every ActiBlizz PC game or if it's just a one-off thing with Destiny.
 
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