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19.07.2023 - 17:59 / pcgamer.com / Mike Ybarra / Will
Overwatch 2 will release on Steam on August 10, and Blizzard isn't going to stop there, promising that «a selection» of its other games will come to Steam in the future.
What chaos! Can immutable PC gaming laws really turn out to be mutable just like that? Are there no divisions, no borders, no distinctions remaining at all?
Blizzard and Valve never had a Sega and Nintendo-style rivalry, but Overwatch 2's Steam page is still weird in the way Sonic's first Nintendo console appearance was. Battle.net was introduced in 1996, well before Steam existed, and Blizzard was probably the last remaining company that could disregard Steam without everyone moaning about it. Its legacy put it in a category of its own.
You'll still need a Battle.net account to play Overwatch 2 on Steam, and Steam and Battle.net players will be able to play together. The Steam version of Overwatch 2 isn't just a glorified shortcut, though: It will include Steam Achievements and allow you to invite friends from your Steam friends list.
Blizzard offers a generic explanation for the decision: It's decided to change its ways because «the industry has evolved.» When Battle.net launched in the '90s, gaming communities were more isolated, according to the company, but now «gaming is for everyone» and it's time to «break down the barriers» that keep players from discovering Blizzard's games.
«While Battle.net remains a priority for us now and into the future, we've heard players want the choice of Steam for a selection of our games,» said Blizzard president Mike Ybarra. «We're happy to work with Valve to make that happen.»
Overwatch 2's August 10 Steam release coincides with the launch of the $15 Overwatch 2: Invasion bundle, which gets players access to new
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We’ve been hearing rumours about a remaster of the original Red Dead Redemption for some time now, and they have indeed turned out to be accurate- sort of. The widely acclaimed Western open world epic, which released for PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2010, is indeed coming to modern consoles, though it doesn’t look like it will be making too many major enhancements or changes.
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Blizzard said it has banned Diablo 4 players who used a character realm transfer exploit that went viral late July.
Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra has confirmed that the team hopes to have «fixed» the bug that's preventing some Diablo 4 players from progressing and collecting their rewards in the new season by 15th August.
A Diablo 4 season journey bug that locks you out of claiming rewards in the RPG game will be fixed soon, Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra confirms via Twitter, as he announces that he has finished the run of seasonal challenges in Diablo 4. If you’ve been locked out of completing your season journey in Diablo 4 Season 1 by a quest that won’t progress correctly despite being completed in-game, your woes should soon be at an end.
Blizzard Entertainment is gearing up to release the sixth season of Overwatch 2 into the marketplace. If you’re eager to dive into the season, then anything marketing-wise might catch your attention. Well, it looks like one piece of marketing material managed to get out to the public before its actual scheduled release. The best part about this is that the actual president of Blizzard Entertainment was reportedly the individual responsible for the leak. Now fans are getting a quick peek into some of the upcoming season six skins.
A new month brings more new games to look forward to, and August is no different. A diverse lineup of games both big and small awaits us, covering a wide spectrum of genres. Kicking things off is a heavy hitter — Baldur's Gate 3, the much-awaited RPG from Larian Studios, which arrives August 3. You can expect the purest RPG experience from Baldur's Gate, one whose roots can be traced to tabletop RPGs of yore. Larian doesn't cut corners and its games offer a plethora of meaningful choices, character builds, and gameplay approaches.
Keeping track of all the latest video games coming out is an increasingly complex task, what with multiple PC storefronts, Xbox One, PS4, Switch, mobile, and more to keep track of, but don’t worry, I’m here to help. Every month I'll be running down the games you need to be keeping an eye on, from the AAA headliners to the indies you might otherwise overlook.
FromSoftware has positioned itself as one of the best developers currently working in the games industry at the moment, pumping out genre-defining titles like Elden Ring, the Dark Souls series, and the upcoming Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon. You'd think with that much sway and a bevy of masterpieces under its belt that FromSoftware's development team would be huge, but it's actually shockingly small compared others devs working on triple-A titles.
The New World team has shared a new community Q&A, answering questions about everything from character rename and barber shops, to more open world PVP options, Fresh Start servers, and more.
The Destiny and Diablo communities went at each others’ throats on Twitter last month due to a comment made by a Destiny 2 developer who called out Diablo 4’s enemy scaling. He said that “it is one of the worst ideas in video games” and said that it takes away from playstyles and ruins power trips. Blizzard President Mike Ybarra responded with a simple “Lazy, huh.” but gamers on Twitter were divided over how games should adjust the difficulty.