Blizzard Launches Battle.Net 2.0
March 20, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Gaming
Aside from a visual overhaul, the second-generation Battle.net will feature account consolidation for WoW players, letting them play the upcoming Starcraft II and Diablo III online through one account.
But more importantly, it seems that Blizzard is now sending out invites to the Starcraft II Beta. That’s right. Beta.
While the “classic” Battle.net accounts are still around for Blizzard’s older games the new 2.0 version will give people who play World of Warcraft and the upcoming Starcraft II and Diablo III a way to sign on via just one Battle.net account. Creating a free Battle.net account also gives anyone an option to beta test upcoming games, including Starcraft II.
In fact, Starcraftinfowire.net states that beta invites for the RTS sequel have already begun to be given out to random Battle.net account holders (it should be noted that these are invite only; the beta test itself has not yet begun).
Why is this so important? Well, how soon do games ship for retail once they’re in beta? Plus, I’m pretty sure lots of Starcraft fans out there would kill for the gameplay-based sneak peeks.
