My major point of excitement when I heard the news that Blizzard had launched their digital distribution store had nothing whatsoever to do with their time gobbling MMO, World of Warcraft. No, what I was thinking of was all the times I had misplaced or lost my Diablo 2 or Lord of Destruction expansion keys and in desperation had driven to Target or Wal-Mart late in the night, desperate to find a copy of the Battle Chest so I could replay the glory of stabbing hundreds of thousands of little enemies over and over. Sound familiar, anyone?
Although the store only launched with three titles (the StarCraft Anthology, Warcraft III, and the WarCraft III Frozen Throne expansion), the beloved old dungeon crawler is sure to soon follow. In the meantime, you can register your CD keys on the site and add selected titles to your library at anytime for free. I've stared at many an empty case wondering where the game made off to, so this ought to be handy for those of you that tend to lose things as well.
In addition to the new store, a beta lottery program has been added which auto-adds registered users to a drawing for beta access. This would be exciting if there were any games open for beta right now, but there aren't...although fans awaiting Starcraft II will likely be able to get a chance at a beta slot this way when the game is ready for that.
Check out the full list of titles that can be registered and/or downloaded after the jump.
[Via Shacknews -- Thanks, Jonathan]
- Diablo II*
- Diablo II: Lord of Destruction*
- Diablo II Battlechest*
- StarCraft
- StarCraft Battlechest
- StarCraft Anthology
- Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
- Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Expansion Pack
*digital download coming soon
Contest:
10:16 PM on 05.06.2008
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But I like the idea of CD key registration. Steam had helped me replay HL2 without my physical CDs afterall.
I'm registering my keys ASAP!
Now I don't have to safe-keep those damn Starcraft Keys anymore in special locations.
I got the Diablo Battle Chest super cheap a few years ago but, sadly, never played it. I just couldn't get into it, for whatever reason.
This is a pretty awesome way to catch up on old Blizzard games though. Instead of borrowing your friend's discs of various games. I think every group of gaming friends had that one whore copy of Starcraft/Warcraft that was passed around like a dirty tramp.