{"id":17865,"date":"2021-02-20T10:54:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T15:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=17865"},"modified":"2021-02-20T10:54:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T15:54:34","slug":"blizzard-announces-diablo-ii-resurrected-for-pc-and-consoles-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2021\/02\/blizzard-announces-diablo-ii-resurrected-for-pc-and-consoles-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard announces \u2018Diablo II: Resurrected\u2019 for PC and consoles in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Diablo II<\/em>, one of the most acclaimed titles in PC gaming history, returns.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard Entertainment today revealed <strong>Diablo II: Resurrected<\/strong>, the definitive remastering of <em>Diablo II<\/em> and its <em>Lord of Destruction<\/em> expansion\u2014two hallmark entries in the company\u2019s genre-defining action role-playing series.<\/p>\n<p><em>Diablo II: Resurrected<\/em> is a remastered version of the quintessential action RPG <em>Diablo II<\/em> and includes all content from both <em>Diablo II<\/em> and its epic expansion, <em>Diablo II: Lord of Restruction<\/em>. Pursue the mysterious Dark Wanderer and fight the denizens of hell as you uncover the fate of the Prime Evils Diablo, Mephisto, and Baal for the first-time on Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n<p>For those who would prefer a more nostalgic experience, players will be able to freely switch back-and-forth between the modern graphics and the original experience at any time with the press of a button. While <em>Diablo II: Resurrected<\/em> may look like an all-new game, <em>Diablo II<\/em>\u2019s signature gameplay and systems are completely intact, quirks and all, adding a few highly requested quality of life improvements, such as a shared stash.<\/p>\n<p>Developed by Blizzard Entertainment and in-house studio Vicarious Visions, Diablo II: Resurrected will be coming later this year to Windows PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. With cross-progression between supported platforms, players will be able to play as their characters\u2014and keep all their stuff\u2014no matter what supporting platform they\u2019re playing on.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/io55tLUhV30?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diablo II, one of the most acclaimed titles in PC gaming history, returns. Blizzard Entertainment today revealed Diablo II: Resurrected, the definitive remastering of Diablo II and its Lord of Destruction expansion\u2014two hallmark entries in the company\u2019s genre-defining action role-playing series. Diablo II: Resurrected is a remastered version of the quintessential action RPG Diablo II [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1178,1530,6,419,2469,586,2466],"tags":[1830,2510],"class_list":["post-17865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nintendo-switch","category-pc","category-playstation-4","category-playstation-5","category-xbox-one","category-xbox-series-x","tag-blizzard-entertainment","tag-diablo-ii"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/diablo-ii-resurrected-switch-hero.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-4E9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14218,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2018\/08\/diabloiii-eternal-collection-brings-the-acclaimed-action-rpg-to-nintendoswitch\/","url_meta":{"origin":17865,"position":0},"title":"Diablo III Eternal Collection brings the acclaimed action RPG to Nintendo Switch","date":"August 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Later this year, the definitive version of Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s Diablo III will come to the Nintendo Switch, including all the features and content from every expansion and update as well as exclusive bonus items. 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