Blizzard has announced that Diablo III is currently running on consoles, though it hasn't yet been granted the status of an "official project".
Speaking to Polygon, Blizzard executive Rob Pardo explained that the team was testing to see how the game performed on unspecified consoles, which would in turn lead to official ports should it go well enough.
"We're still kind of exploring it," he explained. "We've got builds up and running on it. We're hoping to get it far enough along where we can make it an official project, but we're not quite ready to release stuff about it, but it's looking pretty cool."
Who says a dud game can't have a video game comeback?
Cyberpunk and No Man's Sky have to be up there. We're lucky and cursed, equally, to have games that can be updated now. For folks old enough to remember the Sega/SNES into PS1 and even 2 eras, if a game came out that was half baked (*cough*Angel of Darkness*cough*) that was it, no redemption. At the same time, having the option for updates shouldn't be an excuse for half assing games.
I remember when the Nintendo Seal of Approval meant something.
All those games had to release without bugs.
Diablo III still works on modern PlayStation and Xbox consoles, and remains hugely playable a decade after initial release.
Diablo III: Season 28 brings with it the Altar of Rites, an altar full of unlockable bonuses and potions that will require the gathering of tons of resources. One of things needed is the Staff of Herding, which also unlocks the famous Cow Level known as Whimsyshire. Here's how to craft that staff, for those that either have forgotten, or have never completed it.
1 big pro if it does come to console's, no bots to ruin the entire gold economy like they did on pc.
Not surprising. After being able to max it out w/ my old 4850, I remember checking out the lowest settings... while maybe not up to PS2 standards, on its lowest settings Diablo III certainly doesn't look like anything an original Xbox or Gamecube couldn't handle.
And, hell, apparently even an integrated Intel GPU can handle it.
Say what you will about Diablo III's myriad flaws, Bethesda really hit it out of the park in terms of optimization and hardware scaling.
Game would be a natural fit on the Wii U with the gamepad.
The Auction House and bots murdered this game. It wasn't even good to begin with. Blizzard has adopted Activision's policies. Rushed half-assed game for maximum profit.
game was already designed with console in mind anyway, the reason is sucked so badly on PC, just glad they keep the D2 battle realm alive, have just been playing D2 classic as normal, so thanks for that at least blizzard