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Battle.net is an internet-based online gaming, digital distribution, and digital rights management platform developed by Blizzard Entertainment.

Battle.net was launched on November 30, 1996, with the release of Blizzard's action-role-playing video game Diablo.

The Xbox is a home video game console and the first installment in the Xbox series of consoles manufactured by Microsoft.

It was released on November 15, 2001, in North America, followed by Australia, Europe and Japan in 2002.

It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market.

The sixth-generation console competed with Sony's PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo GameCube.

It was also the first console produced by an American company since the Atari Jaguar ceased production in 1996.

PlayStation Network (PSN) is a digital media entertainment service provided by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Launched in November 2006, PSN was originally conceived for the PlayStation video game consoles, but soon extended to encompass smartphones, tablets, Blu-ray players and high-definition televisions.

As of April 2016, over 110 million users have been documented, with 65 million of them active monthly.

G2 Esports, formerly known as Gamers2, is a Spanish esports organization that has teams in League of Legends, ,

Steam is a digital distribution platform developed by Valve Corporation, which offers digital rights management (DRM), multiplayer gaming, and social networking services.

Steam provides the user with installation and automatic updating of games on multiple computers, and community features such as friends lists and groups, cloud saving, and in-game voice and chat functionality.

The software provides a freely available application programming interface (API) called Steamworks, which developers can use to integrate many of Steam's functions into their products, including networking, matchmaking, in-game achievements, micro-transactions, and support for user-created content through Steam Workshop.

Though initially developed for use on Microsoft Windows operating systems, versions for OS X and Linux were later released.

Mobile apps with connected functionality with the main software were later released for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone devices in the 2010s.