Blizzard’s plan to force gamers to use their real names when posting in its forum – and its subsequent backtrack – was a “process” that “worked”, the US game creator has said.

Two weeks ago Blizzard about-turned on its decision to require and use people’s real names for the StarCraft II and World of Warcraft forums following huge protests from gamers.

Real ID, as it’s called, stores people’s real first names and surnames so that other people can befriend them across multiple games and recognise their real-life friends.

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