PSA: All Blizzard games are moving to Steam

[Bitterman]

This is not a Drill

End of an era: Overwatch 2 is coming to Steam, and more Blizzard games will follow

Overwatch 2's Steam release will include Achievements, friends list integration, and Battle.net crossplay.

www.pcgamer.com

All the library will follow up later, possibly one of the clausules for the MS merge.

 

[tillinghast]

buy wc3 for the third time while simultaneously have to log on two always online bullshit launchers?
sign me the fuck up! installing discord right now

 

[deepstrasz]

Fantastic news. I am waiting for GoG though since that will probably be the end of the Warcraft III era for sure.

EDIT: with B.net App you can have multiple versions of Warcraft III. From my past experience, Steam is intrusive and doesn't let you have anything but the official stuff.

 

[Ravager16829]

Fantastic news. I am waiting for GoG though since that will probably be the end of the Warcraft III era for sure.

The first two games of Warcraft were also re-released through GOG, which is intended for modern systems.

Even Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition has its own enhanced version with some modern tweaks, but unfortunately, no official online access from Battle.net.

 

[Bitterman]

The first two games of Warcraft were also re-released through GOG, which is intended for modern systems.

Even Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition has its own enhanced version with some modern tweaks, but unfortunately, no official online access from Battle.net.

Warcraft 1 they didn't even care to use unfinished WinWar, make the CD use the redbook soundtrack which MAC uses it alongside a higher res output since mac puts War 1 into 640x480, and the dosbox settings are all wrong, worse is that is stock dosbox, not ECE or X.

 

[deepstrasz]

The first two games of Warcraft were also re-released through GOG, which is intended for modern systems.

Even Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition has its own enhanced version with some modern tweaks, but unfortunately, no official online access from Battle.net.

Totally missed the sarcasm or perhaps I'm not getting yours.

 

[Childerich]

Is this the one involving MS and Phil Spencer? I read an article several days ago that they think it was wrong not to induct them into Steam — something like it.

 

[Dr Super Good]

I suspect this is more a case of keeping market access high. Someone who has not played a Blizzard game is unlikely to start playing a Blizzard game due to not being on the BattleNet platform at all. On the other hand a lot more people have played a game on steam and so if steam sells Blizzard games they might be more inclined to buy or even see such a game and so potentially have more sales.

Especially for games in competitive market segments like Hearthstone and Overwatch 2 it is pretty much critical they keep their potential player audience as large as possible to stay competitive.