Visitors try out the massively multiplayer online role-playing game 'World Of Warcraft' at the Blizzard Entertainment stand at the 2014 Gamescom gaming trade fair. (Photo : Getty Images/Sascha Steinbach)
Battle.net will be removed by Blizzard soon and will be using the game company's name for its gaming services. Players who want to change their BattleTag can now do it for free.
According to the official website of "World of Warcraft," the gaming company will be transitioning away from using the Battle.net name for their gaming services. Its technology will still continue to serve the consumers for the numerous Blizzard games. The company assured that nothing has changed in its services.
The game company will now be referring to their various products and services using the Blizzard name instead. Blizzard Streaming and Blizzard Voice have been introduced recently and more changes are coming soon.
The game company is removing the Battle.net name due to the occasional confusion and inefficiencies. Since it only had a single name for something that actually meant a lot of things, many customers were confused about the service.
Since the built-in multiplayer support is a well-understood concept these days, Blizzard was convinced that they do not need to maintain a separate identity. They dropped it since it is essentially their own networking technology.
The transition will happen over the next several months, as they wanted to make sure everyone was aware as they moved forward with this change. They will also provide their customers any relevant updates as the transition progresses over time.
In other Battle.net related news, Blizzard has announced that players can now change their BattleTag. According to the official website of Battle.net, they can change their tags once for free. After changing it once, they will have to pay for changing it again if they wanted to.
The mechanic is the same with what Microsoft did with its Xbox Live Gamertags. They let their users pick another new Gamertag once for free, but cost the player to change it again afterwards.
The company said that every Battle.net user can choose a BattleTag to represent them. Other players will see their names in-game and on their Friends list for convenience.
For those who want to change their BattleTags again after their freebie change, they will have to pay. The next tag change will cost players $10 for each change. This new feature will be appreciated by the many players who wanted a better BattleTag.
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