Blizzard is celebrating Diablo’s thirtieth anniversary by including the Warlock class to varied video games, together with Diablo 2: Resurrected, greater than 25 years after the sport’s unique launch.
Resurrected, Blizzard’s 2021 remaster of the traditional sequel, is getting Reign of the Warlock DLC at the moment, February eleventh. Value is $24.99 on PC, PlayStation, Xbox Collection X/S, and Nintendo Change. This paid add-on is already out there on Battle.internet and Steam, in addition to Diablo 2: Resurrected.
The information was introduced only recently throughout Blizzard’s Diablo Anniversary Highlight Showcase, which additionally included Warlock-flavored reveals about different video games within the collection. The Warlock class will arrive as a part of Diablo 4: Lords of Hatred on April twenty eighth on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection
However the largest shock is the addition to Diablo 2: Resurrected. As a result of this class was not out there within the unique sport. However beginning at the moment, you’ll summon demons (together with the appropriately demonic-sounding Goatman, The Tainted, and The Defiler), bind them, and even devour them, draining them of their life pressure and granting them momentary buffs and traits.
At the moment’s Diablo 2: Resurrected replace additionally provides enhanced Terror Zones, the place you’ll be able to earn consumables and select which acts to terrorize. On ‘Hell’ problem you will encounter the stalking enemy ‘Herald of Terror’, however you will even have the flexibility to disclose 5 mystical statues to unlock the ‘Colossal Historic’ super-boss, which Blizzard describes as ‘the subsequent evolution of Endgame’s battles’.
Lastly, at the moment’s replace can also be affected by high quality of life updates, together with a built-in loot filter, improved hidden tabs (together with stacking!), and a chronicle to trace your collected gadgets.
Blizzard launched Diablo 2: Resurrected over 5 years in the past for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X/S, and Nintendo Change. videogameaddicted gave the sport a 7/10 in its evaluate of Diablo 2: Resurrection, writing that the sport “brings a beloved traditional to at the moment’s graphical requirements, however overlooks twenty years of obtrusive flaws.”
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