

On March 20, 2009, Blizzard officially unveiled the revamped 2.0.

Since the successful launch of, many companies have published online gaming services mimicking Blizzard's service and its user interface.

This feature, along with the ease of account creations and the absence of member fees, caused to become a popular choice among gamers and quickly became a major selling point for Diablo and subsequent games. It was launched on December 31, 1996, with the release of Diablo.ī was the first online gaming service that was incorporated directly into the games, in contrast to external interfaces that were used by other online gaming services at the time. Account Management, Database, Forum, Info, NewsĪlthough some features are not available without an active game subscriptionī (formerly Blizzard often abbreviated as bnet) is an internet-based online gaming and social networking platform developed by Blizzard Entertainment.
