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Diablo II is a 2000 action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS, and OS X.The game, with its dark fantasy and horror themes, was conceptualized and designed by David Brevik and Erich Schaefer, who, with Max Schaefer, acted as project leads on the game.
Diablo II: Resurrected received favorable reviews upon release according to Metacritic, where the PC version has a weighted average of 80 out of 100. [ 28 ] While acknowledging that the gameplay sometimes feels dated, Game Informer said that Diablo II "remains the standard against which all other ARPGs are judged" [ 31 ] and it is "still a ...
Diablo + Hellfire (1998) includes the original game and Hellfire [39] Recreated within Diablo III (2012) in 2016 20th anniversary update [40] Included without expansion in the Blizzard's Game of the Year Collection (1998), [32] Blizzard Anthology (2000), [33] Diablo II Gift Pack (2000), [41] and Diablo Battle Chest (2001) collections [42]
Diablo II sold 4 million copies in the year it was released. Diablo III sold 3.5 million copies in the first day and 6.3 million copies in the first week. [79] Another 1.2 million copies were given to subscribers to Blizzard's Annual Pass service. The Diablo III release was the fastest-selling PC game of all time. [80]
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction is an expansion pack for the hack and slash action role-playing game Diablo II. Unlike the original Diablo ' s expansion pack, Diablo: Hellfire, it is a first-party expansion developed by Blizzard North. Lord of Destruction added content in the form of two new character classes, new weapons and an addition of a ...
The Diablo: Battle Chest (2001) contained Diablo, Diablo II and Diablo II ' s expansion, Lord of Destruction. Later releases of the Diablo: Battle Chest also have a strategy guide for Diablo II and Lord of Destruction, [103] though subsequent releases do not include the original game, instead featuring Diablo II, its expansion, and their ...
Battle.net is an Internet-based online game, social networking service, digital distribution, and digital rights management platform developed by Blizzard Entertainment.The service was launched on December 31, 1996, followed a few days later with the release of Blizzard's action-role-playing video game Diablo on January 3, 1997.
Blizzard North was founded in 1993 under the name Condor by David Brevik, Erich Schaefer and Max Schaefer at the request of Brevik.The three had met while working at FM Waves, a clip art production studio which had gone defunct, and the trio initially used equipment scavenged from the closure of FM Waves.