Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Blizzard’s bringing its PC games to Steam, starting with Overwatch 2 WWW.POLYGON.COM Players will still need a Battle.net account, however Quote Blizzard Entertainment is bringing its PC games to Steam, starting with the release of Overwatch 2 on Valve’s digital storefront on Aug. 10, Blizzard announced Wednesday. The Windows PC version of Overwatch 2, like many of Blizzard’s PC games, is currently only available through Battle.net. But with Microsoft’s impending acquisition of Activision Blizzard and declining player engagement in the game, the maker of Diablo, Warcraft, and Overwatch appears to be changing its strategy. Blizzard says it will bring “a selection” of its games to Steam, but did not specify which titles beyond Overwatch 2 will make the jump from Battle.net. (A few classic Blizzard games, including the original Diablo and the first two Warcraft games, are available through GOG.com.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 now do diablo...the games people actually want to play 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Next up: The Lost Vikings 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Tim Epic must have pounded his desk at least a couple times today 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 According to Mike Ybarra, the Steam version of Overwatch 2 will be "native" to the platform itself and won't launch the Battle.net launcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 I was just thinking about this the other day: Would Battle.net ever be retired like the Bethesda launcher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 4 minutes ago, crispy4000 said: I was just thinking about this the other day: Would Battle.net ever be retired like the Bethesda launcher? Probably not for as long as WoW is still around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 41 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Probably not for as long as WoW is still around. At this point, WoW could probably use the popularity bump from Steam, and I do think it would get one. Game's been bleeding players for a long, long time. They get bumps for expansions, of course, but they took an unprecedented double-whammy with two bad expansions in a row and while Dragonflight is fun, it isn't exactly retaining players en masse and it certainly isn't bringing too much new blood. At this point I kind of expect most of their games to come to Steam in time, especially since even stuff like Diablo 4 ain't got shit on the stupid numbers Diablo Immortal pulls in by being a disgusting mobile game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 I'm always surprised that people care enough about extra launchers to actually avoid games. Sure, I'd rather buy games on Steam than some dev specific launcher that I might never otherwise use, but I wouldn't avoid a game that I was otherwise excited about because of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Lol is it just going to be the free to play games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bacon Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Xbob42 said: Dragonflight is fun, it isn't exactly retaining players en masse and it certainly isn't bringing too much new blood. cuz it's not about big hairy sweaty men killing other big hairy sweaty men, dood also It's disgusting. I don't know what is worse, that or Hrothgar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Makes sense after the below announcement. Get it on all the platforms And lololololol Microsoft. CoD and OW2 declining. I’m sure this will work out for them. Overwatch 2 Engagement and Player Investment Is Declining, Activision Blizzard Admits - IGN WWW.IGN.COM Activision Blizzard admits in its recent earnings report that the engagement and player investment in Overwatch 2 is declining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 49 minutes ago, Brian said: And lololololol Microsoft. CoD and OW2 declining. I’m sure this will work out for them. Also, Diablo IV appears to be going through a bit of a "rough patch". And by that I mean, EVERYONE UTTERLY DESPISES the newest patch: Diablo 4's pre-season 1 patch is here and no one is happy about it | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM The Diablo community is breathing fire and brimstone over the game's latest batch of nerfs and changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Also, Diablo IV appears to be going through a bit of a "rough patch". And by that I mean, EVERYONE UTTERLY DESPISES the newest patch: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 51k players on day one making it the 12th most played game on steam. Not bad I suppose. 🤷♀️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Sounds like Chinese players are getting revenge on Blizzard for pulling the game out of China by review bombing the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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