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Blizzard games are coming to Steam (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I guess they're giving up on convincing people to download their launcher.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm actually looking forward to checking it out on Steam, then I don't have to fiddle around anymore with Lutris on my Linux box and I can just use Proton normally within Steam itself.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Hope, that sc2 would achieve some online from this move

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Only OW2 for now, hopefully HS soon though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Please yes. Running Diablo in steam deck is annoying. Install lutris, run battle.net,then run Diablo, then login to battle.net, then login to Diablo, then pick your character to actually play the game. Please remove some steps

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Haven’t you always dreamed of having a launcher to launch your launcher which launches the actual game? Seriously who approves these choices

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Will it keep blocking Linux / Steam Deck users from playing, though?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

We still can't get free expansions for WoW subscribers? I can't think of any other service where you have to buy the software and pay to use it. Either you buy it and own at least that version outright or you pay a recurring fee for access to the latest version.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

This used to be pretty common. And to be fair, I prefer this model compared to excessive cash shops. (WoW also has one which I don't like, but at least there is no item shop. Though I'm sure they would if it not caused too much of a backlash)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I really hope that when Microsoft buys Activision that they bring back Overwatch 1 and put it on Steam. I played OW1 pretty constantly for over 3 years and was having fun with it until the day they shut it down. I played OW2 for less than two weeks and haven't touched it since release. I can respect that some people prefer OW2, but for me it's not even close.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It's been [UMPTEEN YEARS] since I registered a Steam account, and when I registered my CD key for original Half-Life, I got the Blue Shift and Opposing Force for free. (As is the case with of most Steam library items, I've yet to complete them!) Now. Please let me transfer my shit from Battlenet to Steam. I can't wait to get my Starcraft installed! I could finally be a proper PC gamer! /very mild sarcasm

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