The Actugaming source also claims that Blizzard will soon comment the disappointment over Warcraft 3: Reforged and that they believe they made a communications mistake, misleading fans into believing this was a remake when it was in reality a remaster, to Blizzard an important distinction, and that they will not make this mistake again with Diablo 2.įinally, a Diablo 2 remaster may not be an as simple work as 'updating the graphics' as one may think. This article's author Julien Blary accurately predicted, hours before Blizzcon 2019, ads for Diablo IV, Overwatch 2, and World of Warcraft: Shadowlands.ĭiablo 2 Resurrected is supposedly being developed by the New York-based game studio Vicarious Visions, acquired by Activision in 2005 and known for Destiny 2 in partnership with Bungie, Doom 3 for the Xbox, Guitar Hero games and many others. The same streamer also accurately leaked the Overwatch hero Ashe the year before. Of all these predictions, only one sticks out as not coming true. See, a Twitter user and Twitch streamer who goes by the name Metro predicted several reveals for the past Blizzcon: So what warrants this attention, a thread on a random news post that might as well be cheap clickbait? Well, there might be some more to this rumor in particular than usual. Now, rumors happen all the time, especially surrounding classics like Diablo 2.

These rumors have cropped up before, and at one point it was even rumored that Blizzard would announce it together with Diablo IV this past Blizzcon 2019. Currently going by the name Diablo 2 Resurrected, it is supposedly slated for a release in Q4 2020 although the current Coronavirus epidemic might cause delays, as it is said to have done for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, delaying the release from this summer to the end of the year. So, French gaming news site Actugaming has posted an article ( English translation) claiming that, during Activision-Blizzard's most recent investor's call, they learnt there is indeed a remastered version of Diablo 2 in the works.

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