Posted 29th Oct 2008 05:47 PM by Leord
GamesIndustry.biz caught up with Blizzard’s Frank Pearce at BlizzCon to chat about Starcraft II and the other two upcoming titles, Diablo 3 and Wrath of the Lich King, as well as the highly anticipated Battle.net 2.0. During the interview, they asked him about Blizzard’s aim with Battle.net, and what features it will have:
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 Q: How do you intend to make Battle.net the hub for e-sports, considering a number of contenders that have taken the lead since its launch?
Frank Pearce: We’ll take a look at the ladder system and the ranking system and see how we can improve that. Better support for leagues, whether they’re Blizzard leagues or third-party leagues, better support for play-by-play commentary, better support for replays. In Warcraft III the replays function wasn’t something we contemplated from the beginning, whereas in StarCraft II, seeing how critical that was for e-spot in Warcraft III, we definitely put that in form day one. |
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