Smaller, non-game-breaking pops: Gallerani and Fergusson said they wanted to conserve things that impacted the flavor of Diablo 2, as long as those exploits were not being used for items like thing duplication. If you knew exactly where to stand in a certain boss fight where the boss couldn't figure out how to hit you, that'll still work within this particular game. You will still be able to play a part in Classic mode then switch to Diablo 2 Items Lord of Destruction to skip part of this match. Speedrunners rejoice.

Battle.net chat lobbies:"It is possible to go into a lobby and do your chat and see your avatars across the bottom just the way it used ot be," Gallerani said. Ladder is still referred to as ladder:"We do not call it seasons," Gallerani said.

Hell, you can still set up online games over TCP/IP: By default online play is now hosted on servers instead of locally, but you can still host a game locally and ensure it is finadable through Batlte.net. "You can even go back to TCP/IP relations if you would like," Fergusson said. "Since it had been there in D2, we're likely to keep it in D2R."

In a normal year, Blizzard's yearly fan convention could have involved tens of thousands of cosplayers, esports pros, players and developers meeting and mingling in Anaheim, California. But, as a result of Covid, the video game developer was made to postpone 2020's convention and instead celebrate its 30th year with a digital conference last weekend.

Given this substantial anniversary, it makes sense that lots of the statements were aimed at nostalgic lovers. Three of Blizzard's older names (Lost Vikings, Rock & Roll Racing and Blackthorne) have been bundled together in the Blizzard Arcade Collection. World of Warcraft Classic, which takes players back to the venerable MMO's earliest days, will find a diversion of its first growth, Burning Crusade. And 2000's beloved dungeon crawler Diablo II will probably be getting an HD remaster, releasing this year on to Buy Diablo 2 Resurrected Items consoles, PC and Nintendo Switch as Diablo II Resurrected.