03-27-2017, 01:54 AM
For anyone unaware, Blizzard has recently announced StarCraft: Remastered (you can check that out over at http://www.starcraft.com). A Blizzard employee also says that a new patch is about to be released at the end of this month for classic StarCraft bringing it up to version 1.18, which will make the game completely free and available for download. Yes, free as in freeware.
This is an exciting path Blizzard is taking, and bodes well for the future of its other popular but aging titles - such as Diablo II and Warcraft III - both of which Blizzard has shown recent interest in; Diablo II has received a patch as recently as June 7th, 2016 (v1.14d), and Warcraft III's unit models were given a facelift and released for use by StarCraft II mapmakers back in 2015 or so.
While there is no official confirmation yet, it seems likely they will develop remastered versions of at least these two games as well. Sadly I fear they will gloss over Diablo 1 entirely, though...
Since they are taking special care with StarCraft: Remastered to maintain some level of compatibility with content from the classic version (they say replays from the original will still work in the remaster), there is a good chance they will continue to use this delicate approach and, if they do create an updated Diablo II, it should be compatible with your existing characters and equipment. Not bad!
This is an exciting path Blizzard is taking, and bodes well for the future of its other popular but aging titles - such as Diablo II and Warcraft III - both of which Blizzard has shown recent interest in; Diablo II has received a patch as recently as June 7th, 2016 (v1.14d), and Warcraft III's unit models were given a facelift and released for use by StarCraft II mapmakers back in 2015 or so.
While there is no official confirmation yet, it seems likely they will develop remastered versions of at least these two games as well. Sadly I fear they will gloss over Diablo 1 entirely, though...
Since they are taking special care with StarCraft: Remastered to maintain some level of compatibility with content from the classic version (they say replays from the original will still work in the remaster), there is a good chance they will continue to use this delicate approach and, if they do create an updated Diablo II, it should be compatible with your existing characters and equipment. Not bad!