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Battle.net

URL	http://battle.net
Other URLs	http://us.battle.net (US) http://eu.battle.net (EU)
Type	Account Mgmt, Database, Forum, Info, News
Registration	Free^‡ ^‡ some features not available without active game subscription
Maintained by	Blizzard Entertainment
Alexa rating	525 *

Battle.net is Blizzard Entertainment's centralized account system for all their online games including World of Warcraft. For the time being the old site is still online for usage at classic.battle.net (the EU version is no longer available).

1 Upcoming
2 World of Warcraft
3 Old Games
4 Starcraft II beta opt-in
5 Store
6 Criticisms
7 References
8 See also
9 External links

Upcoming Edit

This section concerns content that is not yet released.

Starting with the Diablo III beta test, a new feature called Battle.net Balance will be available to store virtual currency purchased with real money to buy game-related services (character transfers, digital products like companions, and items in Diablo III's real-money auction house).

World of Warcraft Edit

Account merge available Edit

Since spring 2009 World of Warcraft players can merge their accounts with their Battle.net account. The procedure is as followed, note that it cannot be reversed:

These steps may have changed.

Create a Battle.net account
Click the "Merge World of Warcraft account"
Enter your World of Warcraft details
Click the confirm button
You now login with your Battle.net account in World of Warcraft.

Required merge Edit

On Oct. 12, 2009, it was announced that WoW accounts would need to be converted into Battle.net accounts within 30 days. This is mandatory, as a Battle.net account will be required to log into the game after Nov. 11, and anyone who wants to start a new WoW account has to make a Battle.net account first. Anyone who had converted their account before Nov. 11 would be mailed in-game a new penguin companion in thanks for converting early, starting later the week of the announcement.^[1] The first [Unhatched Mr. Chilly] companions were mailed to players three days later, on Oct. 15, 2009.

Once your WoW account has been converted, the current expansion that you play will show up as a 'merged game' in your Battle.net account. If your WoW account has an authenticator attached to it, it will also be transferred over.

New Community Sites Edit

On Dec. 4, 2010, it was announced that the World of Warcraft community sites (previously at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com and http://www.wow-europe.com) would now be hosted on Battle.net.^[2]^[3]

Old Games Edit

If you still have your old Blizzard games, you can add (US, EU) their (CD-)key to your Battle.net account so the both are linked together.

Starcraft II beta opt-in Edit

When the Starcraft II beta was upcoming, Blizzard allowed people with a battle.net account to opt-in for it. However they require you to have at least 1 Blizzard game linked with your battle.net account.

Store Edit

Your Battle.net account is directly linked to your Blizzard Store account and purchases should show up on your Battle.net account.

Criticisms Edit

Many features of the old community sites have not been added back.
Lore pages on the old community sites have not been added back.
Search is broken more than it works.
- There is no advanced search (not requiring special codes) for the forums.