Blizzard is ditching the Battle.Net moniker from its online service after 20 years in operation in a bid to streamline their properties under their brandname.
While none of the provided services and servers won’t exactly be changing, Battle.Net will now be called Blizzard Tech instead; following a move from the gaming giant to consolidate their properties under the Blizzard umbrella.
So if you’re one of Battle.Net’s many users, you probably won’t notice much of a difference. You can check out the full memo below if you want to read it in detail:
“We’re going to be transitioning away from using the Battle.net name for our gaming service and the functionality connected to it. Battle.net technology will continue to serve as the central nervous system for Blizzard games—nothing is changing in that regard. We’ll just be referring to it as Blizzard tech instead. You’ve already seen this recently with things like “Blizzard Streaming” and “Blizzard Voice,” and more changes are on the way.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.
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. Given that built-in multiplayer support is a well-understood concept and more of a normal expectation these days, there isn’t as much of a need to maintain a separate identity for what is essentially our networking technology.
We just wanted to make sure everyone was aware as we moved forward with this change over the next several months; we’ll provide any relevant updates as the transition progresses.”
