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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MMOs you’ve never heard of: Helbreath, Luna M, Tower of Fantasy, and Sea of Dawn
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Activision-Blizzard Q2 2020: Year-over-year revenues are up for the first time in six quarters
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Phantasy Star Online Director on working on the original: ‘The pressure was intense’
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Blizzard staffers agitate against poor worker pay as Activision-Blizzard rakes in billions
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Diablo Immortal offers a slightly gussied-up ‘new’ trailer
Shh, don't worry. We won't spoil your deepest, darkest secret -- you know, the one about how you're actually still kind of interested in...
Perfect Ten: Ten MMOs I was very wrong about
Here's a not-actually-very-secret bit of honesty about the industry that I have been working in for about a decade now: I am not actually...
Desert Oasis: Black Desert’s outlook in the lead-up to Crimson Desert
I've played nothing but the Black Desert season servers in the last month. It's such a fresh breath of air, and it's something I...
Not So Massively: Online ARPGs are the pizza of gaming
I spend a lot of time thinking about online ARPGs these days. It's always been a genre I've enjoyed, and since taking over the...
Destiny 2 expands its Season of Arrivals as a result of the Beyond Light expansion delay
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Not So Massively: Gatewalkers has huge potential but isn’t there yet
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Not that Diablo III was ever a calm and peaceful game at the best of times, but with the advent of Season 21, it's...
Blizzard celebrates 20 years of Diablo II
It brought us memes, it brought us Necromancers, it brought us farming for loot, and it theoretically brought us a showdown against evil creatures...
Diablo IV shows off the development of its open world and item progression
It's going to be a while before Diablo IV is in the hands of players, but the team is certainly keeping at work even...
The Daily Grind: How did your early MMOs shape your expectations for the MMOs you play now?
I was chatting with MOP reader and commenter Bruno Brito a while back when something he said about player expectations in MMOs struck me....
Diablo III adds random elemental power discharges for Season 21
If you're still waiting for Diablo IV, you are still going to be waiting for quite some time. That's just the reality of the...
Bungie talks up Destiny 2 pre-order bonuses for Beyond Light, lays out code of conduct
If there was ever any wonder where Bungie stands with regards to racism and hate within Destiny 2, then there have been a couple...
Not So Massively: My top 10 favorite ARPG classes
I love me some ARPGs, but in any RPG your enjoyment will depend so much on finding the right class. A game that felt...
Corepunk embraces being a ‘traditional MMORPG’, shows off alpha gameplay
Last December, Corepunk blasted onto the MMO scene - and into our top list of MMOs to watch this year - when Dutch studio...
Destiny 2 announces three expansions, including Beyond Light, and launches Season of Arrivals
Bungie ran a whopper of a Destiny 2 reveal stream today, announcing literally all the things. OK, just four or so of the things,...
Hearthstone is boarded by pirates while Diablo wraps up Season 20
It's not International Talk Like a Pirate Day, but cutthroat seafarers are making the headlines over in Hearthstone with today's Patch 17.4. The update...
