Read the latest Starcraft 2 Battle.net features. The Starcraft 2 Battle.net panel at BlizzCon 2009 has just finished, and there's a lot of new nice features. Blizzi.com has made a summary of the panel.
The Battle.net Backstory:
- Launched in 1996 with Diablo 1
- Battle.net has more players than World of Warcraft
The new Battle.net will feature:
- Better organized chat
- Battle.net and Starcraft 2 will be better unified
- Connect all accounts, and get the latest news etc inside Battle.net
- Starcraft will have a offline mode
- Battlenet will feature a replay function inside the game.
- Improved automated matchmaking
- Ladder play isnt just for hard-core gamers, ladder is designed for everyone.
- Competitive arena for everyone.
- Players compete within large leagues (gold, Silver, etc)
- Battlenet will keep you informed about all the Blizzard games
- Conversations inside Battle.net
Casual play features
- Practice league
- Coop skirmish
- Random teams
- Challenges
- Custom games
Player modes
- Skirmish
- Challenges
- Multiplayer
Unique Battle.net connections / Profile system
- Real life friendships can be created based on in-game relationships
- Players want to play with the same people in future games
- Battle.net will connect to facebook, twitter, google-talk, etc.
- Talk to your friends cross-game and cross-realm
- Achievement system that spans across games and characters
- Your friend network will stay intact for all future Battle.net games.
- WoW, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, will be connected with your same account, and you can switch the games inside battle.net while you talk to your friends.
The Custom Maps
- Starcraft 2 map editor will be more powerful than Warcraft 3.
Starcraft 2 Marketplace
- Easy to find and browse maps
- Maps can be rated and commented on
- Freer and Premium maps
- Portions of the revenue goes to the map creator
- The maps will feature RPG maps, Hero Arenas, Tower Defence etc
- Large selection of free content(similar to iPhone apps)
- Very popular maps could have matchmaking or achievements added to them.
- Map crators get rewarded for the work
- Get prepared to start making awesome maps!
Other
- Privacy options and parental options will be featured.
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