Every time any major news comes out about a Blizzard game, rumors always start to swirl around that Blizzard is going to start charging for Battle.net. Since I had never heard any official statement, I decided to find out for myself what the deal was.
I spoke to Chris Sigaty, the Lead Producer of StarCraft II, and asked him if Blizzard is, was, or will ever plan on charging for Battle.net. His answer?
"Battle.net will not be a pay service. By buying the game, you will be able to match and play with other people."
There you go. Free Battle.net for everyone! (Who buys a Blizzard game.)
Jonathan Ross is an Associate Editor in Los Angeles who is obsessed with capybaras. Like, seriously, obsessed. If he's not playing Team Fortress 2 or getting into arguments about why PC gaming is superior, he's either off having a fancy dinner with lots of expensive wine, or sitting on the Destructoid IRC complaining that's he's not off having a fancy dinner.
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6:20 PM on 08.17.2009
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Amusingly since then the last two recent attempts to actually charge for 'premium' online PC gaming service were both done by Microsoft and both flew like lead tractors: Allegiance Net and Games for Windows Live GOLD.
lololol
@ShadowKirby
Yeah, no one said that but strawmen are fun to beat up!
Sorry, still not buying Blizzard's still alive somewhere in the Activision monster.
I'm still upset about StarCraft II's lack of LAN, but now I can forgo all suspicion and feel completely excited about [/i]Diablo III[i], which I'll be playing it as it was intended: online over BNet with thousands of other people.
hehe yeah, I could see that coming.
because it is one of games that is played on the most lans out there...it is like valve would deactivate lan support for their next Counter-Strike...