Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to Battle.net for some reason, and Geralt will be in Diablo 4
Blizzard and CD Projekt announced Cyberpunk 2077 and its expansion will launch on Battle.net later this year, alongside a Geralt skin for Diablo 4 tied to a Witcher 3 DLC preorder.
Blizzard Entertainment and CD Projekt have announced that *Cyberpunk 2077* and its expansion will be available on Battle.net later this year, despite the platform hosting few non-Blizzard titles. The decision follows earlier announcements that *The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt*’s remastered version would also release on Battle.net in addition to other platforms. This move continues Blizzard’s strategy of keeping its games exclusive to its own launcher, with only *Diablo 2 Resurrected*, *Diablo 4*, and *Overwatch* available on Steam. The collaboration marks an unusual crossover between competing publishers in the gaming industry.
In a separate announcement, Blizzard revealed that Geralt of Rivia will appear as a playable skin for the barbarian class in *Diablo 4*. The skin will be available to players who preorder *The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past* DLC on Battle.net. Additional "Witcher-themed content" is teased for 2027, though details remain scarce. The partnership also includes *Edgerunners*-themed cosmetics for *Overwatch*, coinciding with the Netflix show’s second season premiere on October 20.
The expansion of Battle.net’s game library to include titles like *Sea of Thieves*, *Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4*, and *The Outer Worlds 2* highlights the platform’s growing but still limited selection of third-party games. Meanwhile, classic Blizzard titles like *Diablo* remain on GOG, though earlier remasters such as the first two *Warcraft* games were removed from the storefront. The announcements at BlizzCon underscore Blizzard’s focus on its proprietary launcher while exploring cross-promotional opportunities with other developers.
The practical impact of these announcements is twofold: players will need to use Battle.net to access *Cyberpunk 2077* and its expansion, and *Diablo 4* fans can obtain Geralt’s skin by preordering the *Songs of the Past* DLC. The inclusion of *Edgerunners* cosmetics in *Overwatch* further ties Blizzard’s ecosystem to CD Projekt’s properties, though the scope of future collaborations remains unclear beyond the teased 2027 content.