When a player connected to a game, they would be connecting directly to the other players in the game. Besides user account data, no game data was stored on the servers. Players could connect to the service, talk with other gamers and join multiplayer games of Diablo. When the service initially launched on Decem(the first game using the service being Diablo releasing a few days later on January 3, 1997), offered only a few basic services like chatting and game listings. The app includes the ability to chat with and add friends in addition to seeing what games they are currently playing. In September 2017, Blizzard Entertainment released the application for Android and iOS. The platform provides cross-game instant messaging and voice chat service. The platform currently supports storefront actions, social interactions, and matchmaking for all of Blizzard's modern PC games including Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, and StarCraft: Remastered, as well as various Call of Duty games, and Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time from corporate sibling of Blizzard Entertainment, Activision. Classic games use a different account system to the games on 2.0. The original was then renamed to Classic. It later revealed further details of the revamped features at BlizzCon 2009 which supported World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, and Diablo III. Since the successful launch of, many companies have created online game services mimicking Blizzard's service package and the user interface.īlizzard Entertainment officially unveiled the revamped 2.0 on March 20, 2009. This feature, along with ease of account creations and the absence of member fees, caused to become popular among gamers and became a major selling point for Diablo and subsequent Blizzard games.

was officially renamed to 'Blizzard ' in August 2017.ī was the first online gaming service incorporated directly into the games that make use of it, in contrast to the external interfaces used by the other online services at the time. The service was launched on December 31, 1996, followed a few days later with the release of Blizzard's action-role-playing video game Diablo on January 3, 1997.

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