{"id":377717,"date":"2026-09-13T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T20:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=377717"},"modified":"2026-09-13T13:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T20:04:03","slug":"battle-net-opens-up-cyberpunk-2077-and-the-witcher-are-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/battle-net-opens-up-cyberpunk-2077-and-the-witcher-are-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle.net opens up: Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher are coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/battle-net-setup.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Battle.net<\/a> is <strong>opening up<\/strong>, at least a little.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard and CD Projekt Red announced a broader <strong>long-term partnership<\/strong> that will bring <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberpunk-2077-redmod.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyberpunk 2077<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberpunk-2077-phantom-liberty.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Phantom Liberty<\/a>, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt &#8211; Remastered to Battle.net.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news came during the \u201c30 Years of Battle.net With Special Guest CD PROJEKT RED\u201d panel, where Amelia Korzycka and Miles Tost laid out the plan. The agreement also folds <strong>Witcher and Cyberpunk crossover<\/strong> content into Blizzard games, which makes Battle.net look a lot less like a Blizzard-only launcher and starts to suggest a more open storefront model.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the BlizzCon 2026 announcement, Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty are set to arrive <strong>later in 2026<\/strong>. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt &#8211; Remastered, meanwhile, is already up for pre-order ahead of its 29 September launch. The expansion Songs of the Past can already be added to your wishlist.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blizzard says Battle.net players who pre-purchase Songs of the Past once it goes live, or pick it up at launch, will get a <strong>Geralt-themed Barbarian skin<\/strong> in <a href=\"https:\/\/diablo-iv.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Diablo IV<\/a>. The company also said more Witcher-inspired Diablo IV content is planned for 2027, while <a href=\"https:\/\/overwatch-2.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Overwatch<\/a> is lined up to get Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and Edgerunners 2 crossovers in 2027. So far, the reaction has been mixed.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you use Battle.net a lot, <strong>this one<\/strong> should stay on your radar.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can <strong>pre-order and wishlist<\/strong> the Witcher releases on Battle.net now, while Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty are due to follow later in 2026.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Battle.net is opening up, at least a little. At BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard and CD Projekt Red announced a broader long-term partnership that will bring Cyberpunk 2077, Phantom Liberty, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt &#8211; Remastered to Battle.net. The news came during the \u201c30 Years of Battle.net With Special Guest CD PROJEKT RED\u201d panel, where &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/battle-net-opens-up-cyberpunk-2077-and-the-witcher-are-coming\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Battle.net opens up: Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher are coming&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9351,"featured_media":377716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-377717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":377718,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377717\/revisions\/377718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377717"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=377717"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=377717"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=377717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}