Remember when it was announced that Vicarious Visions was headed over to the Blizzard side of things? Well, this is what they're working on! At BlizzCon today, Diablo II: Resurrected was announced, and it's coming this year. While this is big news by itself, the game is also coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. Diablo II: Resurrected includes controller support (On PC as well!) and features cross-platform progression. Whoa!
I had plenty of qualms with Warcraft III: Reforged and its new art choices, but what we've seen from Diablo II: Resurrected is incredibly reassuring. From the BlizzCon showing, the visuals look absolutely fantastic. Don't like the new graphics? No problem, you can play with the old look using a quick toggle. Diablo II: Resurrected can handle 4K resolution, features 3D physically-based rendering, new animations, lighting, textures, and effects. All of the cinematics have also been remade, shot-for-shot.
Diablo II: Resurrected includes the Diablo II: Lord of Destruction expansion, so a whole new generation of players is primed to farm Pindelskin and Baal into oblivion. Ladders are coming back as well, so you can attempt to head to the top of the pack every season.
Some slight quality-of-life enhancements are on deck as well, but it's the same game we all know and love, up to and including hostility toggles and ear-collecting PvP. Players can toggle an option to make it so they don't have to click on piles of gold to pick them up, which should save several thousand wrists and fingers out there. Shared stash space is also on deck, which will allow players to store their valuable loot without having to worry about creating and hopping around "mules characters" to store their items.
A Diablo II: Resurrected Technical Alpha is coming to PC soon, so players can check out the new changes and submit feedback. You can sign up at Diablo2.com
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