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Diablo II is a video game developed by Blizzard North using a proprietary engine. Released in 2000, the title belongs to the Diablo franchise and is categorized as an action role-playing game. It supports single player, multiplayer, and co-operative game modes. The game is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) and Mac platforms.
The software has versions identified as 1.14c and 1.14d. Its official website is listed as blizzard.com/games/d2/ and diablo2.blizzard.com. According to RAWG, the game received a rating of 4.38 and a Metacritic score of 88. IGDB reports a rating of 88 based on 1,573 entries and a critic rating of 90 from two critics. The work is referenced by 299 other encyclopedia articles.
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Game data
Metacritic 88- Released
- 2000-06-29
- User rating
- 4.38 / 5
- Genres
- Action, RPG
- Platforms
- PC, macOS
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Game details · IGDB
Like its predecessor, Diablo II is an action role-playing game with dark fantasy and horror themes. The player controls a new hero attempting to stop the destruction unleashed by Diablo's return. The game's 4 acts feature a variety of locations and settings to explore and battle in, as well as an increased cast of characters to play as and interact with. Diablo II had become one of the most popular online games of all time. Major factors that contributed to Diablo II's success include what fans found to be addictive hack-and-slash gameplay and free access to Battle.net.
- Released
- 2000
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Engine
- proprietary engine [ by Blizzard Entertainment ]
- Franchise
- Diablo
- Developer
- Blizzard North
- Publisher
- Blizzard Entertainment
Key facts
- Developer
- Blizzard North
- Publisher
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Directors
- David Brevik Erich Schaefer Max Schaefer
- Producers
- Matt Householder Bill Roper Kenneth Williams Mark Kern
- Designers
- David Brevik Erich Schaefer Max Schaefer
- Programmer
- Rick Seis
- Writers
- Stieg Hedlund Matt Householder Phil Shenk Kurt Beaver Bob Vieira Chris Metzen
- Composer
- Matt Uelmen
- Series
- Diablo
- Platforms
- Windows Mac OS OS X
- Release
- Windows NA : June 28, 2000 EU : June 30, 2000 AU : July 6, 2000 Mac OS WW : July 26, 2000 OS X WW : March 11, 2016
- Genres
- Action role-playing , hack and slash
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
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Encyclopedic overview
Diablo II is a 2000 action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS, and OS X. The game, with its dark fantasy and horror themes, was conceptualized and designed by David Brevik and Erich Schaefer, who, with Max Schaefer, acted as project leads on the game. The senior producers were Matthew Householder and Bill Roper. The game was developed over a three-year period, with a crunch time of a year and a half.
Set shortly after the events of Diablo, the player controls a new hero, attempting to stop the destruction unleashed by Diablo's return. The game's four acts feature a variety of locations and settings to explore and battle in, as well as an increased cast of characters to play as and interact with.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Diablo II” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.