Blizzard has announced that Diablo 2 and the expansion of The Lord of Destruction, after 20 years since its initial release, will be revamped and delivered to 4K / 144Hz.
The remaster is called Diablo 2 Resurrected (Diablo II: Resurrected if you want to follow Blizzard’s naming convention) and it will be available on both computers and – for the first time ever – on Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PS5, PS4 and Nintendo Switch.
Blizzard President J. Allen Brack also said the game will offer cross-progression so you can carry character progress between the computer and console versions.
It’s still a bit of a mystery on which engine the game is running, as Brack did not say anything specific, but it seems to use the same system as Diablo 3, as seen by some particle effects and environmental lighting in the trailer. .
Remember the memory path
The game was announced during the Friday opening speech at Blizzcon 2021, and although we did not get much information about the game, Brack emphasized the fact that Blizzard did everything possible to retain the feel of the original games, but that it will be updated. graphic and Dolby 7.1 surround sound.
That said, however, gamers who want to walk through the memory can switch back and forth with a classic mode that uses the original games’ sprite-based textures.
So far we do not have an exact release date as 2021, but Blizzard says players can go to the Diablo 2 Resurrected website to sign up for a chance to take part in the upcoming PC alpha public testing.