Battle.net

While having your favorite games on a disc can be a great feeling, the dread of getting one scratched and unreadable is unbearable. While physical copies still appeal to the most nostalgic, today's high Internet speeds make downloading digital content to be faster and more efficient. Battle.net is an online digital game distribution platform that allows you to download and manage your favorite Blizzard titles.

The app itself is similar to other digital game distribution platforms, in that it allows you download and launch your favorite games, create personalized gaming accounts and much more. The twist here is that this app focuses on everything that is Blizzard-related.

Veteran players can download most Blizzard titles from within the app, except those who are tagged as legacy (old) titles.  It doesn't matter if you want to download World of Warcraft, Diablo III, Starcraft I and II Overwatch or any other game, they are all made available through just one window.  The downloading process can be paused at any moment, and the app supports great connection speeds. Any settings such as download and install directories can be modified in real time, even during an active download with no repercussions over game functionality.

Battle.net allows you to create a unique profile where you can input details such as name, username, an avatar, etc. If you have friends outside the app, then you can also link your other social media profiles, thus helping you find them easier. Your gaming interests are automatically updated with every title you download, and they are used when trying to find groups and chats.

Not only games that are Pay-to-Play can be bought from the Battle.net app, titles that require a monthly subscription (or "game time") can also have it paid for through the app. Currently, this platform supports PayPal, Blizzard Balance, and Credit Card. Battle.net doesn't keep you updated just through the downloading of patches, but also through a newsfeed of all recent and current events of all things Blizzard-related. This way you always know what the next patch might bring, inside information regarding your favorite titles and various other announcements.

It doesn't matter if you play all Blizzard titles at a hardcore level or just one of them casually, this application will surely become useful to you in one way or another. You can use it as a game downloader, launcher and updater, a means to find people that play the same titles as you or a compact and up-to-date news feed.