Diablo 2 Resurrected is probably Blizzard’s last remastered game for some time, as the studio says it is shifting its focus to “new games” and “new game types”.
“It is worth noting that we are now practically out of things to remaster,” Blizzard Senior Vice President Allen Adham told CNET. “So, going forward, you can expect to see some new things.”
If you want to be technical, Blizzard has not remastered all of your old games. According to Bloomberg, Blizzard recently dismantled its “Classic Games” division responsible for StarCraft: Remastered and Warcraft 3: Reforged, but we have yet to see suitable remasters of the original Diablo or Warcraft 2. And for now, it looks like it will look like this.
“But, just to be clear, our development pipeline today is as rich as before. And we have new teams working on new games, new types of games, ”continued Adham.
Blizzard had been causing several remasters before BlizzCon 2021, where it revealed Diablo 2 Resurrected, as well as the Blizzard Arcade Collection, a package including The Lost Vikings 1, Rock N Roll Racing and Blackthorne.
As to what new genres Blizzard could be diving into next, we have no idea at the moment. And with Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 still at least a year from launch, the studio is unlikely to launch a new IP in its marketing focus for some time.
To know what to play in the meantime, these are best games of 2021 (until here).