Ingen förstod riktigt varför Blizzard i våras valde att byta namn på Battle.net, särskilt inte när det nya namnet – "Blizzard" – inte direkt förde tankarna till de populära onlineverktygen. Och nu har Blizzard själva kommit på att det gamla namnet var rätt bra, och således heter Battle.net åter Battle.net. Eller Blizzard Battle.net, om vi ska vara noga.
Så här säger Blizzard om bytet:
When we announced that we’d be transitioning away from the Battle.net name for our online-gaming service, we suspected that the shift would be challenging. We understood that Battle.net stood for something special—it represents years of shared history and enjoyment, community and friendship, for all of us and our players.
Battle.net is the central nervous system for Blizzard games and the connective tissue that has brought Blizzard players together since 1996. The technology was never going away, but after giving the branding change further consideration and also hearing your feedback, we’re in agreement that the name should stay as well. Take it from the developer formerly known as Silicon & Synapse, and Chaos Studios, names are important too.
Moving forward, to help offset some of the original concerns we listed back in September, we will be connecting “Blizzard” to “Battle.net” in our logo for the service and in general when we refer to it in print: Blizzard Battle.net.
Battle.net lanserades tillsammans med första Diablo 1996, och har med åren utvecklats till butik, uppdaterings- och distributionstjänst med communityfunktioner med mera.
