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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Activision-Blizzard Q4 2021: Blizzard lost another 2M monthly actives as ABK revenue holds steady
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The Year of the Tiger roared into Overwatch this week with a multi-week Lunar New Year celebration event.
The celebration, which goes until February 15th,...
Diablo II Resurrected’s game-changing Patch 2.4 hits the test server on January 25
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The news has been flying fast and furious over the last 24 hours since Microsoft announced it was buying Activision-Blizzard for just under $70B....
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Dungeon Siege is not the biggest name in ARPG field, but the franchise has always been dear to my heart. It's now been more...
Activision-Blizzard claims it fired still more employees but disputes scope of misconduct
Activision-Blizzard is being bought out by Microsoft, but that doesn't mean its problems have been solved.
Bowing to pressure from investors and its own staff,...
Microsoft is acquiring Activision-Blizzard, Bobby Kotick is still CEO
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"With three billion...
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It almost feels kind of odd that there aren't Blood Knights running around from the word "go" in every Diablo game, given the way that...
Diablo II Resurrected sets up a public test realm, promises Patch 2.4 testing ‘soon’
It's a strong sign of studio investment whenever Blizzard sets up a test realm for a game, as is happening in the case of...
Diablo Immortal is ending its closed beta on January 7
You know what is definitely far more mortal than the name of Diablo Immortal might imply? Its closed beta, which is ending abruptly tomorrow, January...
Diablo III’s Darkening of Tristram retro dungeon is live
It is time. You've put it off for far too long, and now the forces of hell are gathering for an all-out assault. The...
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Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2021
It’s been quite a year of Choose My Adventure columns, hasn’t it? We did a pretty good random skip around of different games, in...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v5.0
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Diablo IV talks itemization, customization, and visual effects in latest dev blog
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Diablo II: Resurrected prepares ladder rank play — and the first class changes since 2010
Blizzard hasn't quite forgotten -- or given up on -- Diablo II: Resurrected, even months after the revamped ARPG's release. In fact, the studio...
Diablo III heralds Season 25, adds soul shards to the loot table
The mutant stepchild of the Diablo franchise -- or so it feels these days -- is also the only Diablo actually getting traction as...
