Activision Blizzard will bring its games to Steam starting in August

July 20 (Portaltic/EP) –

Activision Blizzard has announced the launch of a selection of the games it develops on Steam, starting with Overwatch 2, which will be available on this platform starting August 10.

Until now, the games of this developer for PC They were only released through the Battle.net platforma service provided by Blizzard Entertainment itself and that requires an account to access these titles.

This requirement will be maintained as of August 10, with the particularity that Activision Blizzard will also bring its PC video games directly to Steam, a platform Developed by Valve.

The developer of Call Of Duty has commented it’s a statement that this change is due to the fact that it seeks to give all users “the opportunity to experiment” with their universes “regardless of how they choose to play.”

While he has acknowledged that Battle.net “is home” to all PC gamers, “games are no longer just for specific communities, as they were when” this platform launched.

“Games are for everyone And while we remain committed to continually investing in and supporting Battle.net, we want to break down the barriers to make it easier for gamers around the world to find and enjoy our games.”

To make this promise come true, it has announced that Overwatch 2 It will arrive directly on Steam on August 10. In this way, players will be able to access this video game either through the Activision platform or from Valve’s.

This will only be the beginning, since Activision has assured that it will continue to share “more about other possible games” that will hit the platform “when the time is right”, according to the statement.