My major point of excitement when I heard the news that Blizzard had launched theirdigital distribution storehad nothing whatsoever to do with their time gobbling MMO,World of Warcraft. No, what I was thinking of was all the times I had misplaced or lost myDiablo 2orLord of Destructionexpansion keys and in desperation had driven to Target or Wal-Mart late in the night, desperate to find a copy of the Battle Chest so I could replay the glory of stabbing hundreds of thousands of little enemies over and over. Sound familiar, anyone?
Although the store only launched with three titles (theStarCraft Anthology,Warcraft III, and theWarCraft III Frozen Throneexpansion), the beloved old dungeon crawler is sure to soon follow. In the meantime, you can register your CD keys on the site and add selected titles to your library at anytime for free. I’ve stared at many an empty case wondering where the game made off to, so this ought to be handy for those of you that tend to lose things as well.
In addition to the new store, a beta lottery program has been added which auto-adds registered users to a drawing for beta access. This would be exciting if there were any games open for beta right now, but there aren’t…although fans awaitingStarcraft IIwill likely be able to get a chance at a beta slot this way when the game is ready for that.
Check out the full list of titles that can be registered and/or downloaded after the jump.
