Battle.net went through a major overhaul for the first time in 8 years

Battle.net went through a major overhaul for the first time in 8 years

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Blizzard has given its game launcher, Battle.Net, a new visual design, marking its first major makeover in eight years. It is already available to some players in North America and will be gradually rolled out to other users in the coming weeks. The new design relocates the games from the left sidebar to a line of icons at the top of the window, allowing more space to be occupied by the game page, which features the latest news and updates on the title in question. The friends and social bar has also been permanently attached to the right side of the window, rather than being a separate application that opens similarly to the Steam friends list.

Interestingly, Blizzard’s screenshot of the new ‘Battle.net 2.0’ interface shows the blue Battle.net logo in the upper left corner of the window. In 2017, Blizzard renamed Battle.net to the Blizzard App and replaced the logo with the Blizzard logo. A few months later, the company took a turn in the name and renamed the launcher as Blizzard Battle.net, but it never replaced the Blizzard logo with the old Battle.net. It is nice to see that he is finally returning to his original home in this 2.0 revision.

As noted earlier, the redesign is currently only available to some users in North America. Other territories will receive the new launcher in the coming weeks. If you are in NA and have not received the update, you can choose to use the beta version in the Battle.net settings menu.Battle.net is, of course, home to Blizzard’s gaming stable, and will one day be upgraded with Overwatch 2, which will be at BlizzCon in February. We also hope to see more of Diablo 4 and its new features.

Matt Purslow is the news and entertainment writer for IGN in the UK.

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