It took the pioneering aspects of Diablo, which in turn took its inspiration from Baldur’s Gate, which in turn absorbed the entirety of Dungeons and Dragons (tangent ends here) and made pure gold. There was one other little series that was released during this era, and that’s Diablo. These games pioneered an entire genre and, in some cases, are still best in class. We got Starcraft, Warcraft 1-3, Frozen Throne, and World of Warcraft.
This period was known as the Blizzard Golden Age, and let me tell you straight, that is one of the most accurately named periods ever. This might shock some of you younger gamers out there, but, did you know, once upon a time Blizzard wasn’t known for ruining Warcraft 3 and abusing their staff? I know, a totally ‘out there’ concept, but it’s true. Pick up my sci-fi novels Herokiller and Herokiller 2, and read my first series, The Earthborn Trilogy, which is also on audiobook. Perhaps with Vicarious Visions on board, that will start to change, we can hope.įollow me on Twitter, YouTube and Instagram. Blizzard has been exceptionally silent in general for a long while now. The same goes for the full release of Diablo Immortal, now in alpha, Diablo 4 or Overwatch 2. Like with all Blizzard projects, we currently have no timeline for the Diablo 2 remake’s arrival, which VV has already been working on for some time. As for how Vicarious Visions is feeling about this, we have no idea, as the developer has not tweeted since the news was first reported in yesterday. Though with how hollowed-out Blizzard has seemed to be lately, perhaps this is the emergency blood infusion they need. But I think the main point is that after all the work Vicarious Visions has done for Activision over the years, they deserved better than to be a perma-Blizzard support studio and probably should have been given entire projects and IPs to themselves.
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