Diablo II

The Future of the ARPG

If not for the contributions of David Brevik, the Schaefer brothers, and Stieg Hedlund in the early days of the Diablo series, the action RPG scene that we’ve come to know and love would likely be considerably different, if existing…

Diablo II v1.14b Maintenance Patch Released

Blizzard Entertainment continues to polish their classic titles for what I can only assume means that they’ll be treated to some type of re-release, and that’s prompted a smaller-but-important v1.14b “maintenance” patch for Diablo II and Diablo II: Lord of…

Ten Isometric Action RPGs Worth Trying

I’m not sure that any of us are suffering from a shortage of role-playing games to play at the moment, but if you’ve managed to chew through every title that interests you and are looking for something new to occupy…

Blizzard Job Postings Hint at New Diablo Project

Fansite DiabloII.net alerts us to the fact that Blizzard has recently posted a number of open positions at the company for an “unnanounced project” in the Diablo universe. It’s not clear whether this is a new expansion for Diablo III…

Blizzard Entertainment 25th Anniversary Video

It’s hard to believe that Blizzard Entertainment is already celebrating 25 years of successful video game development and existence, but that’s exactly what we learn in this new two-and-a-half minute celebration video. From Diablo to Warcraft to Hearthstone, it’s nearly…

Diablo Designer David Brevik to Deliver Postmortem at GDC

GameInformer is reporting that key Diablo designer and Blizzard North co-founder David Brevik will be delivering a postmortem on the action RPG series at the Game Developers Conference in March. Hopefully we’ll be able to link to a video of…

Diablo II, Warcraft III, and StarCraft to be “Restored to Glory”

A job posting for a “Senior Software Engineer, Classic Games” position on Blizzard Entertainment’s website reveals the developer’s plans to re-release Diablo II, Warcraft III, and the original StarCraft in a means that makes them more adaptable to “evolving operating…

Diablo Series and Marvel Heroes Interview

Kotaku hosted another one of their “Kotaku Asks” features today, and this time they rounded up a set of questions from the community for Diablo, Diablo II, and Marvel Heroes designer David Brevik. While we’re able to glean a handful of…

Diablo Video Retrospective, Parts One and Two

GameTrailers has been busy crafting a four-part retrospective on Blizzard Entertainment’s (and Condor’s, I suppose) Diablo series, and while only part one and part two are available so far, they cover was is arguably the most important two titles as…