Blizzard Online Store now open to digital downloads like Warcraft and StarCraft games

Best Seller Series: StarCraft for PCThe Blizzard Online Store has added a new service, digital downloads. Certain Blizzard games like those from the Warcraft and StarCraft series can be purchased as online downloads. Instead of purchasing a boxed retail copy of the game, the digital version gives you instant access – download and play it on your computer as soon as you pay for the game. You can download a game that has been registered to your account an unlimited number of times.

The first of Blizzard’s downloadable games are:
* StarCraft Anthology — $14.99
* Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos — $19.99
* Warcraft III Expansion Set: The Frozen Throne — $19.99

The company promised that more titles will gradually be made available for digital download over time. So no doubt you can expect the Diablo series soon.

PS: Be careful buying that StarCraft Anthology download, the system requirements read “Windows 95/98/NT” meaning the game doesn’t seem to have been updated to work on Windows XP and Vista. The Best Seller StarCraft CD at retail was updated.