ĭiablo III, the sequel of Diablo II, was released on May 15, 2012. An expansion to the game, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, was released in 2001. Major factors that contributed to the game's success include its continuation of popular fantasy themes from the previous game and its access to Blizzard's free online play service,. The game's five acts feature a variety of locations and settings to explore and battle in, as well as an increased cast of characters to play as and interact with.īuilding on the success of its predecessor, Diablo (1997), and improving the gameplay, both in terms of updated character progression and a better-developed story, Diablo II was one of the most popular games of 2000 and has been cited as one of the greatest games of all time. Set shortly after the events of Diablo, the player controls a new hero, attempting to stop the destruction unleashed by Diablo's return. The game was developed over a three-year period, with a crunch time of a year and a half. The producers were Matthew Householder and Bill Roper. The game, with its dark fantasy and horror themes, was conceptualized and designed by David Brevik and Erich Schaefer, who, with Max Schaefer, acted as project leads on the game. Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.Diablo II is an action role-playing hack-and-slash video game developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment in 2000 for Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS, and macOS. Despite the changes, though, Blizzard is trying to stay true to Diablo 2's roots. A playable alpha took place in April which demonstrated that Blizzard has put together an impressive update for Diablo 2.

Pre-orders also unlock early access to the upcoming August Diablo 2 Resurrected beta.ĭiablo 2 Resurrected was announced at BlizzConline earlier this year, and is a remaster of the classic dark fantasy ARPG from 2000. Pre-orders of either the Prime Evil collection or Diablo 2: Resurrected on its own will come with a bonus of a Heritage of Arreat transmog for Diablo 3, which grants barbarian characters in Diablo 3 the blue war paint and leather armour of Diablo 2's barbarian. The remaster will be available standalone or as part of a bundle - Diablo Prime Evil Collection - which also contains the Diablo 3 Eternal Collection, which includes Diablo 3, the Reaper of Souls expansion, the Rise of the Necromancer content pack, and a Mephisto pet and Hatred's Grasp wings for your Diablo 3 character.

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