Video game giant Blizzard celebrates 30 years with Diablo II Resurrected

The developer's BlizzCon virtual convention announced the return of classic games including World of Warcraft - and looked ahead to future releases

In a normal year, Blizzard's annual fan convention would have involved tens of thousands of cosplayers, esports pros, players and developers meeting and mingling in Anaheim, California. But, thanks to Covid, the video game developer was forced to postpone 2020's convention and instead celebrate its 30th year with a virtual convention last weekend.

Given this significant anniversary, it makes sense that many of the announcements were targeted at nostalgic fans. Three of Blizzard's older titles (Lost Vikings, Rock & Roll Racing and Blackthorne) have been bundled together in the Blizzard Arcade Collection. World of Warcraft Classic, which takes players back to the venerable MMO's earliest days, will get a recreation of its first expansion, Burning Crusade. And 2000's beloved dungeon crawler Diablo II will be getting an HD remaster, releasing this year on to consoles, PC and Nintendo Switch as Diablo II Resurrected.