Official Site: Diablo (Wikipedia)
Studio:Â Blizzard Entertainment
Launch Date:Â December 31, 1996
Genre:Â Gothic Fantasy OARPG
Business Model:Â B2P
Platform: PC, Mac, PS1
See also: Diablo II, Diablo III
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Vitae Aeternum: First impressions of New World’s Brimstone Sands and Nightveil Hallow
It's finally here: New World has launched its fall update, and the Soulwardens of Aeternum now venture into the wastes of Brimstone Sands.
This is...
Diablo IV begins sending invites to its endgame-focused closed beta test
Is it a breach of NDA if Diablo IV fans scramble around excitedly online over being invited to the APRG's next test? Regardless of...
Blizzard Albany’s Diablo QA wins right to unionize as NLRB rejects Activision-Blizzard challenge
It's a good day for games industry workers as Activision-Blizzard has once again failed to suppress the burgeoning worker unions forming within the company:...
Destiny 2 dishes on Halloween, the end of destination materials, and weapon tweaks
The latest newsletter from Destiny 2 covers plenty of ground, touching on a wide assortment of community and game-specific topics. The digest opens up with...
Diablo Immortal adds a pair of limited-time events for Halloween
I fully admit that I forgot entirely about Diablo Immortal, as it's been pretty quiet as Overwatch 2, WoW Classic, and Dragonflight have been...
Bungie explains how cheat detection and human error led to bans for innocent Destiny 2 players
In a perfect world, cheat detection software and algorithms would be a bit more careful and selective in who it bans, but in the...
Diablo II Resurrected adds Terror Zones, new charms, and its second ladder season
Diablo II: Resurrected has added some terror this spooky season, but it's not a Halloween event; it's the addition of Terror Zones as part...
Vague Patch Notes: Why are mobile MMOs Like That?
If you have read my writing a bunch over the years, you have probably observed me mentioning how much I like Final Fantasy Tactics...
Danish Center for Gambling Addiction warns parents about Diablo Immortal’s monetization tricks
The monetization model for mobile ARPG Diablo Immortal made plenty of headlines leading up to and during its launch. The costs of capping out...
The MOP Up: Allods Online throws an orcish holiday
How many MMOs throw Orcs their very own holiday? I only know one: Allods Online, which celebrates all things orcish -- including goblin tossing...
Diablo II Resurrected’s first anniversary patch is live with terror zones but not season two
Diablo II Resurrected's second season - and new sundering charms - won't actually release until October 6th, but the 2.5 patch is live as...
Diablo II creator David Brevik hops on board the Torchlight: Infinite team
With a month to go until Torchlight: Infinite's multi-platform launch, studio XD is looking for every avenue possible to promote the action RPG. So...
Diablo IV is recruiting for its endgame beta – here’s what to expect
So this week's Diablo IV announcement is good news and bad news. The good news is Blizzard is moving to what it's calling a...
The Daily Grind: Are isometric-ish viewpoints in MMOs a turnoff?
When we did our roundtable on the biggest MMORPGs in 2022, I included Albion Online among them, and I stand by that inclusion. Regardless...
Diablo IV springs another leak as someone shares nearly an hour of friends and family test footage
Yes, it happened again: Diablo IV's friends and family testing has once again found its way to the internet - the second such time...
Diablo II Resurrected’s PTR adds more Terror Zones and new sundered charms, confirms second ladder season’s launch date
The public test realm of Diablo II: Resurrected is the news hub for what's coming to the ARPG (obviously), which means that an update...
WoW Factor: How much does World of Warcraft matter to Blizzard?
My initial plan this week was to write about whether or not World of Warcraft was successfully creating an echo chamber in which everyone...
Four Winds: What made Lost Ark so successful where Elyon failed?
I'm sad about it, but I have to eat my words about Elyon and its place in this decade's pantheon of MMOs. I honestly...
Blizzard clarifies Diablo 2 Resurrected’s season plan as it focuses on Terror Zones
Remember when Blizzard was working by a four-month season plan for Diablo II Resurrected? I didn't, and you might not either, but Blizzard does,...
Perfect Ten: Recent promising MMOs that died before they were born
Is there anything more agonizing to an MMO fan than to get excited about a promising title and then see that title cancelled before...
