Reign of the Warlock dominates: one point nine million warlocks in one month

Published on May 28, 2026 | Translated from Spanish

The Reign of the Warlock expansion for Diablo II: Resurrected has generated notable figures in its first month. Players created 1.92 million characters of the new warlock class and accumulated over 93.4 million hours of gameplay. The content includes a redesigned endgame and fresh mechanics that have revitalized the title. 🎮

dark fantasy dungeon scene, a warlock clad in ornate black armor casting a swirling green soul-siphon spell at a horde of demons, glowing runes on the ground pulsing with energy, multiple computer monitors in the background showing Diablo II Resurrected gameplay stats and character creation interface, a keyboard with RGB lighting and a mouse with glowing logo visible, spell particles forming a vortex of souls being absorbed, dramatic rim lighting from the spell and monitor glow, cinematic photorealistic rendering, ultra-detailed armor textures and spell effects, motion blur on demon corpses being disintegrated, technical gaming setup integrated into the scene, dark atmospheric shadows with emerald and crimson highlights

The original code as a pillar of the technical redesign 🔧

Blizzard attributes the game's longevity to the foundation laid by the original developers. For this expansion, the team rewrote damage balance and map generation systems for the endgame, maintaining the classic skill tree structure. A new synergy system between curses and spells was implemented, optimizing performance on modern hardware without breaking the legacy gameplay.

The public relations strategy nobody asked for 🤫

According to internal sources, the expansion idea emerged as a public relations strategy to silence the purists. And it worked: now the same people who asked not to touch the game spend 93 million hours casting curses. Blizzard must be rubbing their hands together, though they are surely already planning the next marketing move disguised as nostalgia.