Battle.net Is Dead, Long Live Battle.net
The game launcher is now dubbed just Blizzard, and the Battle.net logo is gone.
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The game launcher is now dubbed just Blizzard, and the Battle.net logo is gone.
Sporadic service issues are still occuring.
Battle.net is currently experiencing a serious DDoS attack as players are unable to access a wide variety of its games.
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The launch of the Overwatch beta was teased by Blizzard today as the company has now included the game within the Battle.net launcher.
Having your Diablo III account hacked and plundered already sucks, but it'd be far worse if you'd paid money for that gear. So Blizzard will require that players use a Battle.net Authenticator for the real-money auction house.
Blizzard has apologies for the troubles that plagued Diablo III's overloaded servers at launch. While it says everything is now "online and running relatively smoothly," it's decided to delay the real-money auction house until all's swell.