Update on 12/10: Season 25 is now live.
Update on 12/7: Patch 2.7.2 is now live.
Update on 12/3: Content in red represents changes recently made from PTR 2.7.2.
Season 25 will begin on December 10, at 5PM (PST/CST/KST) shortly after our next Diablo III update. Read on to learn more about the season theme and balance changes coming in Patch 2.7.2. We are expecting this update to be released on December 7.
Update on 11/19: PTR 2.7.2 testing has ended. Thank you all for your contributions and support. See you next season!
Update on 11/18: PTR 2.7.2 duration has been updated. Please see the link here for additional information.
Update on 11/12: PTR 2.7.2 has been updated. Please see below for changes and "Developer Note" annotations in RED
Our two-week PTR testing period for the 2.7.2 update begins November 4 and we're asking for your help to quell the tides of surging demons. Take a look at the preliminary patch notes below and start theorycrafting how you'll make the most of the Soul Shard system and item balance changes; Patch 2.7.2 PTR will be arriving soon.
The war against the Burning Hells is about to enter a new chapter on Windows® PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation®5, and PlayStation®4. Starting August 13 at 10:00 a.m. PDT, longtime fans and new players alike will have a chance to participate in the upcoming Early Access test. Players can take part by pre-purchasing Diablo® II: Resurrected™ or the Diablo® Prime Evil Collection on Windows® PC or eligible consoles or acquire access by watching their favorite streamers on Twitch (more details below). Following the Early Access weekend, on August 20 at 10:00 a.m. PDT, the Open Beta weekend will be open to everyone on a supported platform. See FAQ for details on how to gain access by platform.
Read morePLEASE NOTE: Diablo II: Resurrected is still in-de...
“Funny story,” begins Frankie Lee, one of the senior game designers on the Diablo III team, “when I was young, my mom thought I spent too much time playing video games because I was on Diablo II for hours and hours. I was mostly farming and trying to trade a Stone of Jordan for something, and I told my mom, ‘I’m learning valuable business skills for my future.’ Now here I am, not utilizing any of those business skills, but instead designing Diablo III.”
One of Lee’s latest design endeavors, aided by his fellow talented designers on the Diablo III team, is the introduction of Diablo II’s renowned Ethereals to Diablo III in Season 24.
The Ethereal item line comprises 21 powerful weapons—three for each class—that provide meaningful damage boosts to your demon-slaughtering endeavors. They’re instruments of prodigious potential from a bygone era that have recently resurfaced in Sanctuary to be brandished by heroes capable enough of wielding them, chara...
Read moreUpdate on December 5: Season 24 has ended. Stay tuned for updates and details on Season 25 here.
Update on November 21: Season 24 will be ending on December 5. See the following post for exact times for each region.
Update on August 31: Patch 2.7.1a is now live.
Update on July 23: Season 24 is now live on all platforms!
Update on July 20: Patch 2.7.1 is now live on all platforms.
Season 24 will begin on July 23, at 5PM (PDT/CEST/KST) shortly after our next Diablo III update. Read on to learn more about the season theme and balance changes coming in Patch 2.7.1. We are expecting this update to be released on July 20.
Read moreThe call to arms has been issued—who will stand ready at the gates of Hell to face the Lord of Terror? Diablo II: Resurrected™ is coming soon, a definitive remastering of Diablo II alongside its Lord of Destruction® expansion! On September 23, veteran and new players alike can save Sanctuary from the Burning Hells on Windows® PC, and for the first time on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, and Nintendo Switch™.
Experience the timeless classic, now with high-resolution visuals (with support for up to 4K resolution) and remastered 7.1 Dolby Surround audio bringing the world of Sanctuary to life in a whole new way. Prepare to witness the original game’s cinematics, 27-minutes of epic storytelling, faithfully recreated to capture the dark ambiance so fondly remembered.
While Diablo II: Resurrected takes full advantage of today’s modern gaming hardware, it preserves the engaging hack-and-slash gameplay that is...
Read moreUpdate on 7/1: PTR 2.7.1 has ended as of July 1, 2021. Thank you for your feedback and testing! We'll see you in Season 24!
Update on 6/24: PTR 2.7.1 has been updated. Please see below for changes and "Developer's Note" annotations in RED.
Developer's Note: We want to thank everyone who has participated in PTR and has shared their feedback through the forums and community channels. We hope you enjoy the changes and we want to hear more feedback so we can make additional adjustments before 2.7.1 and Season 24 release.
Our two-week PTR testing period for the 2.7.1 update begins June 17 and we're asking for your help to quell the tides of surging demons. Take a look at the preliminary patch notes below and start theorycrafting how you'll make the most of the Ethereals and new balance changes; Patch 2.7.1 will be arriving soon.
The Diablo Immortal Closed Alpha will continue with a limited number of Android players in South Korea and Japan starting May 20th in KST & JST (UTC +9). As we progress through the Closed Alpha, we’ll be listening to your feedback as we aim to craft an awesome all-new Diablo experience.
Following the Technical Alpha in December, the Diablo Immortal team continues to make significant progress in bringing the world of Sanctuary to life on iOS and Android. To the community members who played, who watched, and those who streamed countless hours of our test, we thank you. We learned so many valuable insights from your experiences beyond our goal of testing server stability and client performance. We’ve pored over the feedback you submitted in-game, across Reddit and social media, and consulted directly with several testers. Thanks to you, our first-ever heroes, we’ve learned a lot regarding progression, our first four classes, itemization, and other e...
Read moreAn acclaimed phenomenon, Diablo® II enchanted scores of gamers with addictive hack-and-slash gameplay and an immersive world. Now more than 20 years later the timeless classic is resurrected.
Our journey back to this iconic experience is about to begin. We are pleased to announce the Diablo II: Resurrected Single-player Technical Alpha, the first of multiple tests. As diehard fans, we understand that many of you are itching to return to a game so fondly remembered. Still, we are also thrilled to welcome new players to experience this iconic classic, and we look forward to the feedback you all may share. We want to know if we’re upholding the authenticity of design with our new visuals and quality of life changes.
Read more"Many moons have passed since I left the town of Tristram behind me. Since then I've tried to forget the terrors I beheld beneath the cold earth, and the twisted nightmares that have haunted my every waking moment. There’s something da...
Update on July 18: Season 23 has ended. Stay tuned for updates and details on Season 24 here.
Update on July 2: Season 23 will be ending on July 18. See the following post for exact times for each region.
Update on April 2: Season 23 is now live!
Update on April 1: Updated a bug fix for console players related to Follower skills.
Update on March 30: Patch 2.7.0 is now LIVE on all platforms!
Update on March 26: Additional changes to Firebird's Finery set and developer notes have been added.
Update on March 22: The latest changes from our PTR testing period can be found with annotations in RED....
Read moreUpdate: PTR 2.7.0 has ended as of March 11, 2021. Thank you for your feedback and testing! We'll see you in Season 23!
Update on March 4: PTR 2.7.0 has been updated. Please see below for changes with annotations in RED.
Our two-week PTR testing period for the 2.7.0 update begins February 25 and we're asking for your help to quell the tides of surging demons. Take a look at the preliminary patch notes below and start theorycrafting how you'll make the most of the Follower system revamp, leaderboard changes, and Legendary item changes; Patch 2.7.0 will be arriving soon.
Prepare to relive the epic adventure that defined the action RPG genre for d...
Read moreDiablo’s anniversary is right around the corner, along with the Darkening of Tristram event! Whether you’re a series veteran craving nostalgia, or a newcomer hungry for your first taste of the franchise’s past, this annual loving homage to the earliest days of Diablo is for you.
Read on for more, including a closer look at the anniversary dungeon and its unique rewards.
Your journey begins on the trail of a group of mysterious cultists causing trouble in Sanctuary. As you hunt them down in Adventure Mode, you’ll uncover clues leading to a po...
Read moreUPDATE: The Diablo Immortal Technical Alpha has ended. The gates of Hell are now closed.
Our sincerest thanks to all of our limited public Technical Alpha testers and everyone in the Diablo Immortal community for participating in this critical part of the game's development process. Over the past couple weeks, you've shared tons of amazing feedback—and we've collected troves of useful data—to help us tweak, polish, and further optimize our core game systems. We hope you had a blast, and we can't wait to fight alongside you in our next tests!
The Diablo Immortal team has been making great progress and we’re excited to share that we’ll soon be opening the gates of Hell for a limited public Technical Alpha. The primary goal of this Technical Alpha is to test server stability and client performance across a wide variety of devices. It’s also an opportunity for us to take in player feedback ...
Read moreThe Technical Alpha is a small-scale, early test of Diablo Immortal that will primarily include players from Australia. You can find more details on the Technical Alpha in our Alpha Announcement blog, but even if your region isn’t part of the test, we’re not going to leave you in the dark.
Whether you’re a first-time Diablo player or a veteran of the fight against the Burning Hells, you shoul...
Read moreThe Technical Alpha is a small-scale, early test of Diablo Immortal that will primarily include players from Australia. You can find more details on the Technical Alpha in our Alpha Announcement blog, but even if your region isn’t part of the test, we’re not going to leave you in the dark.
Whether you cleave monsters in half and decorate the ground with their entrails, use arcane energy to turn cultists into red mist, or put a crossbow bolt clean through one of a demon’s many eyes from halfway across the map, becoming more powerful and inflicting mayhem on the legions of the Burning Hells is the calling card of the Diablo games. Diablo Immortal is no exception to this time-honored tradition.
We’ll go over how the classes and skill systems in Diablo Immortal empower characters to grow strong, create highly efficient character builds, and separate spines from ribcages in style.
... Read moreThe Technical Alpha is a small-scale, early test of Diablo Immortal that will primarily include players from Australia. You can find more details on the Technical Alpha in our Alpha Announcement blog, but even if your region isn’t part of the test, we’re not going to leave you in the dark.
No Diablo game is complete without a deep, rich, and rewarding loot system. Diablo Immortal aims to be true to its itemization roots while pushing the envelope—but it has different itemization needs and goals than a traditional action-RPG. We want to give you exciting choices and plenty of flexibility so you can build your character your way, with the understanding that no two Diablo games are (or should be) alike.
Diablo Immortal is still in active development, so what you’re about to read is therefore subject to change.
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We know one of the outstanding questions about the game is: What is the business model for Diablo Immortal? Getting this right for players is important to our team, and today we want to share how we’re coming at this for Immortal—what it is, the values behind it, and how it works in practice.
Before we dig in, we’ll be referencing several game systems in this blog, so we highly recommend checking out our gameplay blogs first. Understanding how these systems work is useful to keep in mind as you read on.
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