Look for more companies to follow the lead of Valve and Blizzard, as they realize one important benefit of using BitTorrent: widespread distribution coupled with lower bandwidth demands. If you fall into this category, an alternative download method will be made available to you within a few days of the initial Blizzard Downloader release. A fraction of our testers, who are behind firewalls, will not have access to the BitTorrent download method. While we plan on having several ways available to distribute the files to everyone, our primary method will be through the Blizzard Downloader program, which uses BitTorrent technology. Now it appears that Blizzard will be adopting BitTorrent as well for its World of Warcraft beta test.Īs you all know, the World of Warcraft beta test is just around the corner. Valve was the first company on the bandwagon with the adoption of Steam, their distributed publishing application.
This is proving to be especially true for games. Its widespread adoption and benefits are beginning to attract the attention of companies looking for alternate means of distributing software. Since its first appearance in October 2002, BitTorrent has been seen primarily as a tool for sharing TV shows, movies, and just about any type of large file.
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