Rumor - Diablo 2: Resurrected Coming Later This Year
There is a rumor circulating the internet that a potential Diablo 2 remaster is slated to arrive later this year. This rumor originates from sources which are cited by Actugaming, a French gaming website. Because of the nature of this rumor, everything should certainly be taken with a grain of salt, but it's worth mentioning that Actugaming's editor predicted the Shadowlands, Overwatch 2, and Diablo 4 announcements before BlizzCon last year.
The report states that Vicarious Visions, a subsidiary of Activision, is working on the remaster. Vicarious Visions' recent work has been on porting the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Destiny 2 to PC, so it stands to reason that working on a remaster is well within their skill-set; however, Blizzard already has an internal team working on their older titles called the Blizzard's Classic Games division. This team has been tasked with working on restoring and remastering the classic Blizzard titles, such as StarCraft: Remastered and Warcraft III: Reforged. The Classic Games division has also been responsible for supporting Diablo III with ongoing updates for some time now.
It would not be unheard of for Blizzard to outsource work on a remastered project, as they did with Lemonsky Studios for the art production of Warcraft III: Reforged, and it's possible that the Classic Games team has outsourced work on Diablo 2: Resurrected to Vicarious Visions in an attempt to speed up production. There have been rumblings of a possible Diablo 2 remaster for many years, but most of that hype has been generated by fans who wish to experience the classic game with modern graphics. David Brevik, one of the designers responsible for creating Diablo and Diablo 2, suggested in a Diabloii.net interview a few years back that Blizzard would "have their work cut out for them" and that he doesn't believe many of the assets survived when asked about the likelihood of a Diablo 2 remaster. This doesn't mean that the project would be impossible to complete, but suggests that it would be a challenging undertaking for those involved.
This report also suggests that Diablo 2: Resurrected would be releasing in Q4 of this year, the same quarter that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is set to release. Releasing two games in the same quarter isn't unheard of, especially from two separate teams within Blizzard, but a Q4 2020 release seems unlikely for various other reasons. Warcraft III: Reforged was met with extensive disappointment from fans when it launched due to excessive bugs, inconsistencies in art quality, and the roll-back of plans to remaster many of the old in-game cinematics. Blizzard would absolutely want to avoid the same mistakes made with Reforged, especially in regards to a Diablo 2 remaster. Additionally, we've heard nothing official on this potential project at this point, suggesting that the game may be further out than rumored--if it's in development even to begin with.
Realistically speaking, this is currently just a rumor, and while the possibility of Diablo 2: Resurrected is exciting, logic suggests that we keep our hype levels at a minimum until we get an official announcement in the future. If we were getting this game in Q4 of this year, it's likely that we would have heard about it at last year's BlizzCon; however, if Blizzard wanted to give the Diablo IV announcement the spotlight it deserved, it's possible that they would have planned a Diablo 2 remaster announcement around this point in the year. With the current global situation, it's possible that any potential announcement was pushed back even further, which leads us to believe that we won't see a Diablo 2 remaster this year.
There's certainly a lot of excitement around this rumor, so be sure to let us know your thoughts in the comments!
I hope this is real and coming along nicely!!
I don't hold out hope. Brevik said d2's graphics assumed a square display, among other really challenging tech hurdles. If they have to reconstruct the game from scratch, it's very likely to feel too different to be a "remaster"...and if they are going into that much work, I'd prefer a Diablo 2.5 instead of feeling tied to being exactly like the original.
Only thing i care about is that the remaster is done right. I'm fine with graphics changes, i would even be fine if they just used the D3 engine - combat flow is really darn good.
Vicarious Visions did a really good job with Crash Bandicoot. SO i'm cautiously optimistic.
what's that ? is that true??
4 years for a remaster/remake is a big deal. I expect totally new physics engine if such game appears.
I really hope they're not releasing anything that's even close to half effort after all these years. Blizzard has every opportunity and incentive to make a potential Diablo II remake absolutely mindblowingly awesome. See this topic for further discussion.
after Warcraft 3 I can't make myself get excited for this. Hope I'm wrong but at this point I expect nothing.
I dont feel WC3 reforged was too bad...i enjoy it but it deff had a bad lainch with glitches and shyt.
Hopefully this is true but doesnt have too many glitches nd they dnt change lot. Honestly tho diablo 2 didnt have a lot of content so i feel people will get bored of the grind fast unless they add new content to it.
Agreed
Well, this can be very good if it's true. I'm am very optimistic about this, can't wait for the end of this month.
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