Not long after Overwatch 2 released on Steam, we now have Diablo 4 confirmed to be launching on Steam making it easier than ever to play on Steam Deck and desktop Linux. One less reason to boot up and configure Battle.net — hooray!
At least with it being on Steam, the install for Linux desktop and Steam Deck is about to get a whole lot easier. No more messing around with Battle.net directly, it will just be click and play on Steam thanks to Proton. If you're going to play it that is, because you're not still playing Baldur's Gate 3 right? Or Starfield? Or one of the many other interesting game launches this year.
What's surprising though is that Diablo 4 is coming to Steam only a few months after release.
Perhaps this might go a little better than the Overwatch 2 Steam release, which quickly (at the time) became the worst ever reviewed game on Valve's store. OW2 briefly lost the crown, but it appears according to Steam Top 250, it is once again the #1 worst rated Steam game.
The Steam release for Diablo 4 will come at the same time as the Season of Blood update, with patch notes coming on October 10th ahead of the October 17th release on Steam.
Blizzard confirmed on Steam it will have Steam Achievements and integration with Steam Friends, so you can invite people directly to play. Doesn't seem like there's any chance of transferring to Steam if you purchased on Battle.net though, annoyingly.
You can see a previous video I did on Diablo 4 for Steam Deck below:
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Will you be picking up Diablo 4 when it comes to Steam? Let me know in the comments.
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Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Last edited by drlamb on 4 October 2023 at 8:51 pm UTC
Actvision-Blizzard didnt even bother to release the previous three games and their expansions on steam to sweeten the release for steam users. Get the entire collection for the first time on steam with a discount launch day price, if they did that i think most steam users would forgive all the downsides that come with diablo 4.
I just wish Blizzard had released a native Linux launcher, they could easily support all their games through Proton. It's a shame to hear negative reviews of D4 on here, I certainly hope it's not that bad.
Dana Souly Oct 4, 2023
Well, then this is a "No", my friend.
I'm curious how big the review bombing of Diablo4 will be.
Will it remove OW2 from it's "worst game" throne? *preparing Popcorn for that*
This is not Blizzard making games, but Activision using necromancy to play around with it's corpse.
If I want a good Diablo experience, there's tons of games that satisfy that already, for a fraction of its price in money and time. Thank god we never had a monopoly in the genre.
Oct 4, 2023
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