Upon its release in 2000, it was the video game equivalent of a self-aware black metal album, with a performative seriousness that’s not meant to be taken earnestly. So set your countdown clocks, circle September 23 on your calendar, and get ready for Diablo 2: Resurrected in all its gory glory.For the uninitiated, Diablo 2 is an isometric action-adventure with RPG elements, set in a dark fantasy universe with angels, demons and all sorts of nefarious entities. We even got an advanced look at the remade cinematics for Act 1 and Act 2, and they are extremely stylish. But thus far, D2R has kept to every expected milestone in late-stage development. Delays are common in the industry, especially with the added challenges to game development for studios that are still working remotely.
It’s great to have a game stick to its intended schedule. There will be an early access beta happening for pre-order customers on August 13-17, followed by an open beta on August 20-23. Since D2R was unveiled, the team has been keeping pace with its planned schedule, with two chances for beta testing happening in August. So props to Blizzard and Vicarious Visions for keeping the secret for so long! These are confirmed design decisions that would only come after a lot of preliminary work in prototyping and testing. Those specifics, such as easier player trading, aren’t topics that the developers would be discussing at the early stages of a project. The BlizzConline panels went into detail about some quality of life changes that the remastered game will have. That’s a speedy trip from announcement to launch, but Blizzard had clearly been working on this remaster for a while and keeping it under wraps. And at E3, we found out that Diablo 2: Resurrected will launch this fall, on September 23, 2021. When the game was announced at BlizzConline this February it was already tagged with a 2021 release date.
Most launches from Blizzard get a lot of lead time, but not so with the remaster of the much-beloved Diablo 2.
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