Blizzard’s matchmaking portal and community for games, Battle.net, is getting some modern touch-ups in time for the releases of Diablo III and Starcraft II.
DIII.net is reporting a list of new features that were complied through statements from various Blizzard employees, these features include:
* Achievements
* Clan support
* Advanced friends list
* In-game chat and voice chat
* Enhanced cheat detection and punishment
* Web community overhaul
* Avatars
* eSports support and automated tournaments
Most of these features seem to have been inspired by lessons and experiences learned with World of Warcraft, with the new eSports feature to help liven competition for Starcraft II.
The new redesigned Battle.net is expected to debut alongside the release of the famed RTS sequel Starcraft II.
