Discussion Holy **** it's happening

[GodisanAtheist]

Overwatch 2 coming to Steam on August 10, more Blizzard games to follow

Overwatch 2 recently received a Steam page with a release date set for August 10. Blizzard also confirmed that more of its titles will come to Valve's...

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Blizzard games will start coming to Steam, likely in anticipation of the MS buyout.

MS has been incredibly chummy with Steam (given Gaben is an old school MS guy) and I have always wished that I could merge my orphaned retro Blizzard titles with my Steam library.

 

[Stg-Flame]

The last Blizzard game I purchased was the Brood Wars remaster (though I have played the D2 remaster but it was gifted so it doesn't count) so unless they move their entire library over, this doesn't mean much for me. While I greatly dislike having multiple launchers on my PC, it's not that big of a deal to use Battle.net just to get my annual Brood Wars fix in the winter and then uninstall it a month later.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

True, while the article says they don't plan on bringing over their entire catalogue, I think it's just a matter of time.

Would really just be free money for Blizz.

 

[BFG10K]

You still need Battlenet so bringing it to Steam just increases the DRM because now you need two launchers instead of one. GG.

 

[WelshBloke]

You still need Battlenet so bringing it to Steam just increases the DRM because now you need two launchers instead of one. GG.

This really annoys me with some games.
I pretty much buy all my games through Steam because of the convenience. I still have 3 or 4 launchers that now run in the background that came with "steam games".

 

[GodisanAtheist]

You still need Battlenet so bringing it to Steam just increases the DRM because now you need two launchers instead of one. GG.

-You will need a B.net account yes, but you will not need the B.net launcher, so no.

Was a tweet from the blizzard guy, not going to go hunt that down and embed it here.

 

[Stg-Flame]

According to Kotaku you will only need to link your accounts.

 

[BFG10K]

-You will need a B.net account yes, but you will not need the B.net launcher, so no.

Accounts and launchers are two sides of the same coin , aka external DRM. If you buy it off Steam and your Battlenet account is frozen, you lose access to the game with no recourse on Steam.

This is exactly the same as linking Uplay/Origin/MS/Rockstar. You're paying for multi-DRM, each a potential point of failure.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Accounts and launchers are two sides of the same coin , aka external DRM. If you buy it off Steam and your Battlenet account is frozen, you lose access to the game with no recourse on Steam.

This is exactly the same as linking Uplay/Origin/MS/Rockstar. You're paying for multi-DRM, each a potential point of failure.

-True, and a fair point. I'm really only interested in their classic games, which were not always online (although they might have inserted always online into their remasters).

 

[BFG10K]

I'm really only interested in their classic games, which were not always online (although they might have inserted always online into their remasters).

GOG has Diablo 1 (plus Hellfire expansion) and Warcraft 1 & 2. DRM-free, yours to own & keep forever.

Warcraft I & II Bundle

Warcraft I & II bundle includes: Warcraft: Orcs and Humans - Enter the world of Warcra

www.gog.com

Diablo + Hellfire

Now with Hellfire! Originally developed by Synergistic Software and released in 1997, Hel

www.gog.com

As for the rest:

• Diablo 2 classic can be downloaded directly from Blizzard's website. As long as you own a valid CD key (ahem), you can play it offline forever.
• Starcraft is the same, though you won't get remaster graphics without an internet connection last time I checked.
• Warcraft 3 was totally destroyed with the remaster so you shouldn't play it. The original is no longer available from Blizzard.

Anything newer is tied to Battlenet.

 

[Fallen Kell]

GOG has Diablo 1 (plus Hellfire expansion) and Warcraft 1 & 2. DRM-free, yours to own & keep forever.

I thought that was what the CD/DVD was for when I bought them originally....