

While most of the gameplay and systems remain largely the same, Blizzard has made some quality of life improvements, such as a shared stash. What’s really cool is that players will be able to switch between the updated modern visuals and the classic experience, if you want to see what it was like to first play the game as it was released.

But Diablo 2 was probably one of the most influential games. If you’re younger of age, it’s easy to take today’s action-RPG, dungeon-crawlers for granted. Seriously, I can’t tell you how many countless nights I spent staying up into the wee hours of the morning with this game.Īnd now, we’ll be able to re-experience the thrill of Mephisto runs over and over again in stunning high-res 3D visuals and Dobly 7.1 surround sound.ĭiablo 2 was released in 2000, over two decades ago, so there’s an entire generation of gamers who probably never experienced this genre-defining game. But that’s not all Blizzard had up its sleeve. Capping off the opening ceremony, Blizzard announced that Diablo 2 will be getting remastered.ĭiablo 2: Resurrected, as it’s officially called, is a complete and faithful remaster of one of the best action-RPG, dungeon-crawlers of all-time. While there was little on the Immortal front, despite the game possibly releasing this year, we did get to meet the new Rogue class coming to Diablo 4. Heading into BlizzConline (BlizzCon 2021), I expected news regarding Diablo Immortal and possibly Diablo 4.
