Battle.net 2.0 BlizzCon '09 Panel

[Cellular]

i think its nice but ehh not for me i liek it the way things are now haha BAIM

[Sixen]

Sorry about that, completely forgot... I uploaded the latest version of Battle.net.dll. The file comes from WoW version 3.2.0.10314, which is the latest Live version of the game.

[PunK]

If you guys read the whole thing

Will classic Blizzard Entertainment games be supported on the new Battle.net?
We do eventually plan to update all classic Battle.net games to take advantage of the new Battle.net accounts and server infrastructure. Beyond this, we do not have anything to announce today regarding legacy Blizzard Entertainment titles and the new Battle.net experience.

You know they won't do it.

[Sixen]

Actually Punk, I talked to Jay Wilson in a Press Conference later the second day and asked the question regarding Legacy Clients and Bnet 2. Eventually, there will be support, hence why it is possible to add them to your Blizzard Account.

[Imperceptus]

Im lookin forward to it

[Adema]

I'm looking forward to it aswell.

[KrAyZiE]

What will happen to all the old names on B.net?, The names with illegal characters... Or the Bots? I never was a good gamer just liked the chat and the bots.

[Invert]

What will happen to all the old names on B.net?, The names with illegal characters... Or the Bots? I never was a good gamer just liked the chat and the bots.

B.net 2.0 is a new network. The original B.net will exist after B.net 2.0 becomes public with the SC2. At the moment B.net 2.0 is very much unlike the original B.net. There are no chat channels, there is facebook integration, IM style chat and friends list.

Google Battle.net 2.0 for more info or read the SC2 beta forums http://forums.battle.net/board.html?forumId=25352531&sid=5010

[rabbit]

Battle.net 2 blows in every way possible.

[Sixen]

What will happen to all the old names on B.net?, The names with illegal characters... Or the Bots? I never was a good gamer just liked the chat and the bots.

B.net 2.0 is a new network. The original B.net will exist after B.net 2.0 becomes public with the SC2. At the moment B.net 2.0 is very much unlike the original B.net. There are no chat channels, there is facebook integration, IM style chat and friends list.

Google Battle.net 2.0 for more info or read the SC2 beta forums http://forums.battle.net/board.html?forumId=25352531&sid=5010

According to Chris Sigaty, they're planning on porting all Bnet1 games to Bnet2, including DRTL and W2BN. I attended a Press conference at BlizzHQ in April and that was one of the questions I asked during one of the QA sessions.

[RealityRipple]

They'll probably just do a classic BNET wrapper system, so the classic clients can use classic login. It'd be really easy, and wouldn't require any changes to the clients whatsoever.

[Invert]

According to Chris Sigaty, they're planning on porting all Bnet1 games to Bnet2, including DRTL and W2BN. I attended a Press conference at BlizzHQ in April and that was one of the questions I asked during one of the QA sessions.

Reference link please? Blizzard changes their mind a lot. No chat channel. Yes to chat channel. Limited chat channel. No chat channels at release. Blah blah blah hot air hot air.

[l)ragon]

all good and well, what will they do about diablo 1 though rofl.

[rabbit]

all good and well, what will they do about diablo 1 though rofl.

Pretend it never happened?  There's not much they CAN do about it, really.

[Yegg]

According to Chris Sigaty, they're planning on porting all Bnet1 games to Bnet2, including DRTL and W2BN. I attended a Press conference at BlizzHQ in April and that was one of the questions I asked during one of the QA sessions.

Reference link please? Blizzard changes their mind a lot. No chat channel. Yes to chat channel. Limited chat channel. No chat channels at release. Blah blah blah hot air hot air.

blizzard.com has a section that states Blizzard will "eventually" port "all" current Battle.net games over to the new Battle.net. They weren't specific at all, but they didn't mention specific games that would or would not be included. They just said "all".