Editing Diablo II (section)

==Release==
The game was released in ''Collector's Edition'' format, containing bonus [[Collector's edition|collector's material]], a copy of the ''Diablo'' ''Dungeons & Dragons'' pen-and-paper campaign setting, and promotional movies for other Blizzard games. In 2000, the ''Diablo II: Exclusive Gift Set'' similarly contained exclusive collector's material and promotional videos, as well as a copy of the official strategy guide. The 2000 released ''Diablo Gift Pack'' contained copies of ''Diablo'' and ''Diablo II'', but no expansions. The 2001 ''Diablo: Battle Chest'' version contained copies of ''Diablo II'', ''Diablo II: Lord of Destruction'', the official strategy guide, and the original ''Diablo''. Recently however {{when|date=April 2015}}, the ''Battle Chest'' edition no longer contains the original ''Diablo''.

Diablo II was released in Japan through Capcom.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20020927/cappc.htm | title=カプコン、「Diablo II コンプリートボックス」を本日発売 }}</ref>

=== Support and legacy ===
Until 2016, Blizzard provided limited support for ''Diablo II'', including occasional patches. Although the original CD [[Retail software|retail release]] worked on [[Windows 95]]/98/Me/NT4SP5,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blizzard.com/diablo2/ |title=Blizzard Entertainment - Diablo II |date=January 24, 2002 |access-date=September 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721053458/http://www.blizzard.com/diablo2/ |archive-date=July 21, 2015 }}</ref> the current version downloadable from [[Battle.net]] requires at least [[Windows 2000]]/[[Windows XP|XP]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://us.battle.net/support/en/article/diablo-ii-minimum-system-requirements |title=Diablo II Minimum System Requirements - Battle.net Support |publisher=Us.battle.net |date=September 4, 2013 |access-date=September 15, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116192730/https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/diablo-ii-minimum-system-requirements |archive-date=November 16, 2013 }}</ref>

Around 2008, the announcement of ''[[Diablo III]]'' renewed the interest in its predecessor and brought more attention to the many mods available for the game.<ref name="moddb">{{cite web|url=http://www.moddb.com/features/diablo-2-mod-roundup |title=Diablo 2 Mod Roundup |date=July 17, 2008 |publisher=Moddb.com |access-date=September 15, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209182936/http://www.moddb.com/features/diablo-2-mod-roundup |archive-date=February 9, 2010 }}</ref>

In 2015, an unofficial [[Porting|port]] for the [[ARM architecture]]-based [[Pandora (console)|Pandora]] handheld became available by [[static recompilation]] and [[reverse engineering]] of the original [[x86]] version.<ref>[http://pandoralive.info/?p=5338 Diablo II Running on Open Pandora!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208101108/http://pandoralive.info/?p=5338 |date=December 8, 2015 }} on PandoraLive (November 22, 2015)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=package.diablo2 |title=Diablo II |author=notaz |date=November 22, 2015 |access-date=December 4, 2015 |publisher=openpandora.org |quote=This is statically recompiled Windows executable, that was recompiled to ARM and bundled with ARM version of wine. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220054410/https://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=package.diablo2 |archive-date=December 20, 2015 }}</ref>

On March 11, 2016, Blizzard released the 1.14a Patch, which added support for Windows 7 and newer, a macOS installer and support for OS X 10.10 and 10.11.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402194819/http://us.battle.net/en/forum/topic/20742864181 |archive-date=April 2, 2016 |url=http://us.battle.net/en/forum/topic/20742864181 |title=Diablo II 1.14a |publisher=us.battle.net |date=March 10, 2016 |access-date=March 10, 2016}}</ref> ''Diablo II'' is not supported on macOS 10.15, due to Apple completely dropping compatibility with 32-bit binaries in this version.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/blizzard/t/diablo-2-not-working-on-latest-mac-os-catalina/820 |title=Diablo 2 not working on lates mac OS Catalina |date=October 8, 2019 |access-date=May 3, 2020 |archive-date=May 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531092032/https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/blizzard/t/diablo-2-not-working-on-latest-mac-os-catalina/820 |url-status=live }},</ref>

=== ''Diablo II: Resurrected'' ===
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A remaster of the original and expansion, entitled ''Diablo II: Resurrected'', was released in 2021 for Windows, [[PlayStation 4]], [[PlayStation 5]], [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox Series X and Series S]], and [[Nintendo Switch]]. The remaster includes updated graphics, smoother gameplay and re-rendering of the game's [[cutscene]]s, and supports cross-progression between the different platforms.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ign.com/articles/diablo-2-resurrected-announced-for-pc-ps5-xbox-series-x-ps4-xbox-one-and-nintendo-switch | title = Diablo 2 Resurrected Announced for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch | first = Ryan | last = McCafferty | date = February 19, 2021 | accessdate = February 19, 2021 | work = [[IGN]] | archive-date = February 19, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210219225630/https://www.ign.com/articles/diablo-2-resurrected-announced-for-pc-ps5-xbox-series-x-ps4-xbox-one-and-nintendo-switch | url-status = live }}</ref> The remastered version supports online features for players within the same console family, but not local co-op. [[Cross-platform play]] was not available upon release, although there is a possibility of it being included in a future update. The game also features quality-of-life improvements that Blizzard can implement by taking advantage of modern computers and consoles, including support for controllers on all systems, easier means of item identification, and shared stashes of items between all of a player's characters.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-02-19-the-big-diablo-2-resurrected-interview | title = The big Diablo 2 Resurrected interview | first = Wesley | last = Yin-Poole | date = February 19, 2021 | accessdate = February 19, 2021 | work = [[Eurogamer]] | archive-date = February 19, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210219225338/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-02-19-the-big-diablo-2-resurrected-interview | url-status = live }}</ref> But the designers also forego elements such as quest markers that are common in modern games, preserving as much of the original experience as possible, and making the re-master almost completely unchanged from the original ''Diablo II''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gilliam|first=Ryan|date=2021-02-19|title=Diablo 2 Resurrected is almost completely unchanged from the original|url=https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/19/22289916/diablo-2-resurrected-blizzard-features-upgrades-updates|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Polygon|language=en|archive-date=February 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219230158/https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/19/22289916/diablo-2-resurrected-blizzard-features-upgrades-updates|url-status=live}}</ref>