Blizzard’s battle.net software may soon support voice chat. Will we soon be able to talk in HotS, WoW, and Overwatch?
“Kael’thas, you noob are dead again!”
The data miners from mmo-champion have found hints in an upcoming version of the battle.net client that Blizzard will soon offer voice chat. The data suggest a corporation called Vivox, which is already responsible for the voice chats in EVE, World of Tanks, TESO, and H1Z1.
It would therefore be possible for players in Heroes of the Storm (and all other Blizzard games) to critically question their colleagues about why they are playing so badly again. The phrase “Just a setback!” will certainly be heard much more often.
The voice chat’s second chance?
It is definitely worth mentioning that Blizzard had already implemented a voice chat in World of Warcraft in the past. That was during the time of the Black Temple in The Burning Crusade and remains one of the few features that are ruthlessly considered a failure by Blizzard.
The community was neither convinced by the sound quality nor did the internal chat program stand a chance against established external alternatives like TeamSpeak, Skype, or Ventrilo.
However, many years have passed since then, and solutions such as Curse Voice are becoming increasingly popular, especially in games with rapidly changing groups, such as Smite or Evolve. Whether the hints for Vivox are something concrete cannot yet be said – perhaps we will receive more information at BlizzCon.
