
The Diablo 2: Resurrected beta and upcoming September 23 release come as Activision Blizzard deals with the fallout from a state of California lawsuit accusing the company of fostering a "frat boy" culture of harassment and discrimination against women. The Diablo 2: Resurrected early access beta begins August 13 for players who preorder the game on any platform (excluding Nintendo Switch), with an open beta starting on August 20. It's not a remake, but a remaster, looking to improve the game's visuals and provide slight quality-of-life improvements without changing what players loved about the original. But we do get a lot of benefits from being on a more secure platform."īlizzard has emphasized that it seeks to change as few things as possible for Diablo 2: Resurrected. We've really focused on making sure that if there's something about the core experience you loved, we're bringing that over. "You can still connect locally through TCP IP if you want to!" Fergusson said. In an interview with Eurogamer earlier this year, Diablo franchise head Rod Fergusson emphasized the feature would be included in the final game. "After careful deliberation, we will no longer be supporting this option as we identified potential security risks and are committed to safeguarding the player experience." "TCP/IP support will not be available in the upcoming Beta or the final game," the blog post states.

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