It should be noted that the Ph.D. used the keyword "finally" in the title because there has been very little good news from Blizzard Entertainment in recent years. Although in January this year, Microsoft announced that it would buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, it is unclear whether this is good or bad for Blizzard Entertainment. And from the 2018 Blizzard Carnival all the way, Blizzard has encountered a series of bad things, and over the years, incidents such as appeasing sexism and sexual harassment of employees have pushed it to the cusp of the storm!
In terms of game products, Blizzard Entertainment has basically sent to players in recent years the updated content of old IP and the cold rice that sells feelings, the lack of high-quality new products and the scandals that broke out above have slowly lost their confidence among fans. With the last bowl of cold rice fried paste, Blizzard learned its lesson and came up with a decent remake of Diablo II (Diablo II: Resurrected), which has sold more than five million so far, one of the few pieces of good news!
Dr. went to check the sales of the original "Diablo 2", according to the electronic resume of former Blizzard senior game designer Stieg Hedlund, the global sales of "Diablo 2" should exceed 15 million copies, and the remake version has been released since late September 2021, as of April 15 this year, more than half a year has sold 5 million copies, which is a very good result!
In addition, Blizzard Entertainment's update to the game also proves that the product has indeed achieved good results that satisfy the company. The Diablo 2 remake has been released in version 2.4, which is the first game balance update after Diablo 2 has been violated for more than 10 years, bringing new rune affixes and class balance changes. In addition, the open ladder is the same as in the past, with four modes: the classic version of the ladder, the expert classic version of the ladder, the expansion pack ladder, and the expert expansion pack ladder. The specific details of the doctor will not be repeated, you can go to the official website to view.
With this good news, the doctor here will introduce you to some of the relevant knowledge of the remake of Diablo 2. The game was actually developed by the Blizzard team in collaboration with vicarious Visions Studios, a subsidiary of the original Activision, which has been officially acquired by Blizzard Entertainment and renamed Blizzard Albany to provide long-term content support for Blizzard games.
Vicarious Visions Studios is very good at game remakes, before the Activision umbrella launched the "Tony Hawk Professional Skateboard 1+2 Remake", "Ancient Wolf: Crazy Trilogy" and other products, the former sold 1 million copies in the first two weeks of release, very good! Later, after coming to Blizzard, he was responsible for the remake of Diablo 2, and now Blizzard Albany is assisting in the development of Diablo 4!
It is worth mentioning that after the outbreak of the well-known scandal, the former president of Blizzard Entertainment, "J. Allen Brack", resigned, and the so-called co-leaders "Jen Oneal" and "Mike Ybarra" took over the company. The former only took office for just three, and then left at the speed of light! She was previously the head of Vicarious Visions Studios.
As for Blizzard Entertainment, they can't survive by cold meals alone, and their current more important projects are Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4, but both games have been postponed, indicating that the project is not progressing smoothly. In addition, Blizzard also has an "undisclosed survival game" and is currently recruiting a large number of technical talents, and it is too early to officially launch. Are you optimistic about Blizzard's future? Welcome to leave a message to share.
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