A rumor has been lurking around in most of the Starcraft II forums lately; Battle.net 2.0 will have a monthly fee. Karune has now answered to the rumors in a thread at the Battle.net forums, and declines the rumors, and says that nothing has changed.
Starcraft2.pro recently informed us, based on a "trusted", yet unknown source, that
- "Battle.net 2.0 will charge us with a monthly fee like in World of Warcraft". This is however not true. Blizzard has been repeatedly saying that they won't charge us for using Battle.net 2.0, but the rumors would not stop. In GosuGamers' own Starcraft II forums the discussion has been going on for quite some time now as well, but Karune has now answered to the rumors, and he had this to say when GosuGamers asked them in their official forums at Battle.net;
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As mentioned before, players will be able to use Battle.net for free when they purchase the full version of StarCraft II. There have been no changes to this.
” - KaruneThis led again to further speculations, where the concerned fans of Blizzard asked if they had to purchase all of the three StarCraft II games, and Karune had this to say:
- "lol - here is one simple scenario: When you buy StarCraft II from the store, you will be able to play on Battle.net for free. This is not a temporary trial of Battle.net. Not purchasing the full version would include any illegal method of attaining software. In that case, you would not be able to get on Battle.net".
So there you have it. There won't be any monthly fee for Battle.net 2.0, except for the World of Warcraft players. If you want some new screenshots of the upcoming new Battle.net platform to celebrate with, follow this link to Starcraftwire.net. They are worth a look.
Links
Battle.net Forums - Source
Starcraft 2 Pro - Rumors
Starcraftwire - Screenshots
