Blizzard franchises get their own Twitter accounts
by Alex Ziebart 
Aug 13th 2009 at 10:00PM
We recently learned of a quiet little announcement that Blizzard's three hot properties now each have Twitter accounts of their own. If you use Twitter, you can now follow @warcraft, @starcraft, and @diablo.All three accounts are pretty bare at the moment aside from some catchphrases, but I'm going to bet the accounts will be used as another miniature news outlet, much like the front pages of their respective websites. It's probably also safe to say we'll be seeing a lot of product and tournament plugs, too. If you're a Twitter fiend, you might want to click that follow button for them (and our account, too). If you don't normally use Twitter, it's too early to say if these accounts are anything you should go out of your way to check out. If there's any major WoW news showing up there, it will find its way here too. Your life probably won't end if you don't follow them. Probably.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sennin Aug 13th 2009 11:12PM
Their background makes a good wallpaper for 1920x1200 monitors :)
ben Aug 13th 2009 11:26PM
Hmm...
A Warcraft account, but not a WoW account?
(Trolls the escapist forums)
LOL, don't give the people any more expansions.
We want Warcraft VI!!!
Meethan Aug 13th 2009 11:54PM
What happened to IV and V?
megamogx Aug 14th 2009 12:12AM
They were made but no released like starcraft ghost....
halophoenix Aug 13th 2009 11:31PM
Oh GREAT, more people to follow who won't follow me back!
Seriously though, I'm also intrigued by the fact that there's a "Warcraft" account, but not a "World of Warcraft" account, and apparently no official "Blizzard" account either for corporate news and updates. Looks like they're pretty clear about their properties and how they want to communicate with us about them.
Mhacdebhandia Aug 14th 2009 1:27AM
True, it says Warcraft and not World of Warcraft, but the link in the biography goes to www.worldofwarcraft.com . . .
mibluvr13 Aug 14th 2009 1:14AM
There's an account for each franchise. How is this strange?
Mr. Tastix Aug 14th 2009 5:04AM
World of Warcraft is a game, not a franchise. I fail to understand how people don't realise this?
mibluvr13 Aug 14th 2009 11:42AM
I disagree. I consider all of the Warcraft games connected. >.>
CaptainCorny82 Aug 14th 2009 2:11AM
Hmmm... A twitter account for each franchise launches just a week before Blizzcon. This could be the easiest way to track what's happening, or know where to be and when.
Keyra Aug 14th 2009 2:29AM
What's Twitter?
(ducks the onslaught of tossed shoes and runs away)
Mrs_Gamer Aug 14th 2009 9:44AM
I can see why they didn't make a Blizzard Twitter account. Could you imagine all the complaints they'd have for the influx? They'd be the one source stop for complaint department, suggestions, flixing glitches, realms down, GM surveys and the like. I think we're possibly looking at server crashes for Twitter from now on, now that they're on there (ironic, wouldn't it be, that the owners of Blizz personal twitter accts not being able to log in? ROFLMAO)
Get ready to see, "Too many tweets, try again later," more often now! lol (well, after all, 6+million people playing Warcraft, I'm sure some of them would find themselves creating Twitter accounts from this point on)
Helpful hint to Twitter: Upgrade you hardward. You may need it!
Mrs_Gamer Aug 14th 2009 9:46AM
hardware*
Dang typos
Aaron Aug 14th 2009 10:51AM
I'm actually surprised that none of those were already taken.
Alan Carr Aug 14th 2009 5:52PM
Mmm, contests. Also available in Canada!
"If any winner is a resident of Canada, they will be required to correctly answer a time limited skill question in order to receive their prize."
http://www.blizzard.com/us/misc/contests/twitter/war.html
http://www.twitter.com/Warcraft