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Diablo IV generated $666 million in revenue within the first five days after launch, [94] and reached 12 million players by August 2023. [95] The PlayStation 5 version of Diablo IV was the second bestselling retail game during its first week of release in Japan, with 24,375 physical units being sold. The PlayStation 4 version sold 8,524 units ...
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On June 29, 2000, Blizzard launched the second game of the Diablo series, Diablo II. [17] In 2001, Uelmen, who composed the Diablo II Soundtrack , and cinematic soundtrack composers Jason Hayes , Glenn Stafford and Andrea Pessino won the International Game Developers Association award for Excellence in Audio for their work on Diablo II . [ 18 ]
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]
Popular video games such as Diablo III, Super Mario Run, and Starcraft 2 employ always-on DRM by requiring players to connect to the internet to play, even in single-player mode. Reviews of Diablo III criticized its use of always-on DRM. [1] [2] As with Diablo III, SimCity (2013) experienced bugs at its launch due to always-on DRM. [3]
Diablo II Soundtrack is the soundtrack of video game music from Diablo II . It features music composed by Matt Uelmen for the game. It was released on June 30, 2000 as part of the Diablo II Collector's Edition , and later on iTunes .
For Diablo ' s 20th anniversary, it was announced during BlizzCon 2016 that Diablo III would receive a free patch called The Darkening of Tristram that recreates the original game. The patch contains a 16-level dungeon, four main bosses from the 1997 version and special graphics filters and 8-directions limited movement like the original game.
Patch 2.4 was released April 2022 and brought the first game balance changes to Diablo II since 2010. Rather than affecting popular systems and items, the patch made some underused playstyles more viable for play in higher difficulty levels, such as a weapon-throwing Barbarian or martial arts-focused Assassin.