Steam Blizzard, one of the last holdouts avoiding adding their games to Steam. is now on the platform. (Overwatch 2 is the first title)

[Krvavi Abadas]

A “selection” of Blizzard Entertainment games are coming to Steam, starting with the free-to-play team-based hero shooter Overwatch 2 on August 10, the developer announced.

“Battle.net is the home of all our PC players, and over the years, we’ve evolved our platform to support updated technologies, capabilities, and our communities’ expectations,” Blizzard Entertainment said in a blog post. “But as we’ve evolved, the industry has evolved too—gaming is no longer just for specific communities as it was when Battle.net launched over two decades ago, gaming is for everyone—and though we remain committed to continually investing in and supporting Battle.net, we want to break down the barriers to make it easier for players everywhere to find and enjoy our games.”

they've traditionally kept their games on their own platform, Battle.net. though there was a brief period where they threw their older titles on GOG.
the most likely reasoning is tied to their impending acquistion by Microsoft, though it should also be noted that Call of Duty's attempt at moving to battle.net was reportedly disastrous.

"Before 2018, Activision sold digital versions of PC Call of Duty titles on Valve's successful Steam platform. In 2018, Activision decided to take the game off of Steam and make it exclusively available on Battle.net—largely in an effort to attract users to, and grow, Activision's own platform. Battle.net's monthly active users ('MAUs') remained relatively flat during the period when it had exclusive access to digital sales of Call of Duty on PC, from 2018 through 2022."

currently, the only other major developers not actively adding their games to Steam are Riot Games and Mojang. though they're both odd cases where the spin-off titles are on Steam, but not the main games they're based off of (League of Legends was briefly on Steam for a few years, but it was eventually delisted.)

 

[shoptroll]

Pikmin 4 gets glowing reviews and then this?

What a week.

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Honestly, the Battle.net launcher is fairly innocuous in my experience. So I think this isn't that big a win, but it'll probably get them some extra sales.

though there was a brief period where they threw their older titles on GOG.

GOG I think helped with getting the pre-Starcraft games to run on modern Windows so that's probably why those are exclusive to GOG.

 

[meatbag]

Wow. Everything is coming to Steam. I’m not complaining.

 

[Krvavi Abadas]

Diablo IV is a game about slaying nightmarish creatures and acquiring powerful gear, but also about forging memories with new and old friends. We want to break down barriers to make it easier for wanderers everywhere to defend Sanctuary.

Which is why we’re honored to announce…Diablo IV will be available to play on Steam starting October 17! The Diablo IV Steam page is live now, and the game is available to wishlist.

Diablo IV’s presence on Steam is in addition to Battle.net, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4, so wanderers playing the game on any existing platform need not make any changes. Those wanting to play on Steam will need to first purchase the game on that platform, then connect Diablo IV to a Battle.net account (as we require for all platforms). This enables cross-platform play and more. Players using Steam will have access to features specific to that platform, such as Steam achievements, their Steam friends list, and the option to invite those friends to play in-game.