Are Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 Still Coming to PS4 and PS5?

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Historically, Blizzard Entertainment has designed its games with PC players in mind. However, Blizzard has made more of an effort in recent years to get more of their titles to consoles. While games such as World of Warcraft and StarCraft 2 are still exclusive to PC platforms, other Blizzard IPs such as Diablo and Overwatch are easily accessible on various consoles. Of course, Blizzard’s push to get their games in the hands of more console users really started in the earlier days of the company’s “Activision Blizzard era.” Quite a lot has changed since then in ways that some fans fear will impact how, when, and if they play Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2.

Earlier this year, Microsoft purchased Activision Blizzard for a whopping $68.7 billion. Thanks to this transaction, Microsoft now owns every Activision and Blizzard IP under the sun, including Diablo, Overwatch, Call of Duty, and Crash Bandicoot. This is why trailers for Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 popped up during the 2022 Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase. After all, what better time for Microsoft to flaunt its latest acquisitions? However, while those trailers wowed viewers (well… mostly), they also raised important concerns regarding those games’ future platforms. Now that Microsoft owns Diablo and Overwatch, will they actually still release them on PlayStation platforms? Thankfully, the answer is “yes.”

Scour the internet enough, and you will find the Activision Blizzard press release site. Two recent additions tackle Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2. Their respective press release announcements explicitly state that the games will launch on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, in addition to PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S (looks like the Nintendo Switch will be left out for now). Admittedly, that revelation seems at odds with what was presented during the 2022 Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase.