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That would be awesome too. What are the chances we get D2 and LOD here on GOG?
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Kelefane: That would be awesome too. What are the chances we get D2 and LOD here on GOG?
Diablo 2 is on Battlenet, so you can grab it there :-)
Is it DRM free?
It's not on Blizzards Battle.net

idk if there is a alternative battlenet
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Skovsnegl: It's not on Blizzards Battle.net
You can buy keys to a digital copy of Diablo 2 (+ LoD) on the official Battle.net website:
shop.battle.net
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Skovsnegl: It's not on Blizzards Battle.net
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AvidOldschoolGamer: You can buy keys to a digital copy of Diablo 2 (+ LoD) on the official Battle.net website:
shop.battle.net
Yeah just saw that, under Classic Games - Just bought the set, €20 is not bad for the old game - Damn so many memories of me playing that game in 2003.
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Kelefane: That would be awesome too. What are the chances we get D2 and LOD here on GOG?
Blizzard still sells D2 (and LOD) through its online store. The main reason D1 was able to come here is (a) the game is no longer for sale from Blizzard, directly, and (b) the game is, at least in part, owned by Sierra (or rather, Sierra's estate) and Blizzard can't block it.

Now... while this means D2 is unlikely to come to GoG in the immediate future... though, granted, I'd love to be proven wrong... it DOES mean that "Hellfire" can come to GoG, as a separate game (think of it as "Diablo 1.5").
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Kelefane: That would be awesome too. What are the chances we get D2 and LOD here on GOG?
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CLBrown: Blizzard still sells D2 (and LOD) through its online store. The main reason D1 was able to come here is (a) the game is no longer for sale from Blizzard, directly, and (b) the game is, at least in part, owned by Sierra (or rather, Sierra's estate) and Blizzard can't block it.

Now... while this means D2 is unlikely to come to GoG in the immediate future... though, granted, I'd love to be proven wrong... it DOES mean that "Hellfire" can come to GoG, as a separate game (think of it as "Diablo 1.5").
If they do release Hellfire as a standalone I hope they finish the Barbarian and Bard classes though I doubt we will be that lucky.
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Kelefane: That would be awesome too. What are the chances we get D2 and LOD here on GOG?
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CLBrown: Blizzard still sells D2 (and LOD) through its online store. The main reason D1 was able to come here is (a) the game is no longer for sale from Blizzard, directly, and (b) the game is, at least in part, owned by Sierra (or rather, Sierra's estate) and Blizzard can't block it.

Now... while this means D2 is unlikely to come to GoG in the immediate future... though, granted, I'd love to be proven wrong... it DOES mean that "Hellfire" can come to GoG, as a separate game (think of it as "Diablo 1.5").
This is not true. Sierra owns the Hellfire expansion, not the base game. Blizzard owns Diablo, always has.
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CLBrown: Blizzard still sells D2 (and LOD) through its online store. The main reason D1 was able to come here is (a) the game is no longer for sale from Blizzard, directly, and (b) the game is, at least in part, owned by Sierra (or rather, Sierra's estate) and Blizzard can't block it.

Now... while this means D2 is unlikely to come to GoG in the immediate future... though, granted, I'd love to be proven wrong... it DOES mean that "Hellfire" can come to GoG, as a separate game (think of it as "Diablo 1.5").
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GrandMoffVixen: This is not true. Sierra owns the Hellfire expansion, not the base game. Blizzard owns Diablo, always has.
And Activision owns Blizzard, AND Sierra, if I'm not mistaken.
looks like hellfire and diablo 2 wont be available @gog

at least the official blizzard faq says no

https://eu.diablo3.com/en/blog/22887361/
Post edited March 15, 2019 by meonfire
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CLBrown: Blizzard still sells D2 (and LOD) through its online store. The main reason D1 was able to come here is (a) the game is no longer for sale from Blizzard, directly, and (b) the game is, at least in part, owned by Sierra (or rather, Sierra's estate) and Blizzard can't block it.

Now... while this means D2 is unlikely to come to GoG in the immediate future... though, granted, I'd love to be proven wrong... it DOES mean that "Hellfire" can come to GoG, as a separate game (think of it as "Diablo 1.5").
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GrandMoffVixen: This is not true. Sierra owns the Hellfire expansion, not the base game. Blizzard owns Diablo, always has.
Blizzard developed Diablo. Sierra SOLD Diablo. Look at any retail box in which Diablo was sold (at least in the USA... I can't refer to other countries). It says "Sierra" on the box. This is not a MEANINGLESS point, as you just attempted to claim.

Sierra holds distribution rights for the original Diablo. However, Diablo II was not distributed by Sierra.

Don't believe me? Go to "Mobygames" and look at the scans of the retail boxes.

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GrandMoffVixen: This is not true. Sierra owns the Hellfire expansion, not the base game. Blizzard owns Diablo, always has.
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krappled: And Activision owns Blizzard, AND Sierra, if I'm not mistaken.
Similarly, Viacom owns both CBS and Paramount Pictures... and yet, CBS and Paramount are perpetually fighting over which parts of Star Trek each can use.

What you just said is meaningful, only insofar as it is meaningful that a father CAN decide, arbitrarily, that everything his oldest child owns suddenly belongs to his youngest child instead. Activision may well own both, but internal "ownership" is still entirely meaningful.

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meonfire: looks like hellfire and diablo 2 wont be available @gog

at least the official blizzard faq says no

https://eu.diablo3.com/en/blog/22887361/
Well, Blizzard has no say, whatsoever, in whether Hellfire becomes available here. Granted, some of the folks at Blizzard (at the time of Hellfire's development, and likely still) WISH this were the case... there's bad blood there... but no, Sierra owns full rights to Hellfire. Other than handing over their code to Sierra and providing a bit of technical support on occasion, Blizzard had no role in developing Hellfire. It was developed by another holding (at the time) of Sierra... and there was plenty of bad blood (likely remaining the case to this day) over that at the time.
Post edited March 15, 2019 by CLBrown
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meonfire: looks like hellfire and diablo 2 wont be available @gog

at least the official blizzard faq says no

https://eu.diablo3.com/en/blog/22887361/
With Hellfire they flat say "We have no plans to bring Diablo: Hellfire to GOG.COM at this time." With Diablo 2 they say "We have no additional announcements at this time."

So it could mean something, probably means nothing.
If D1 sells like crazy here they might bring D2 here as well.
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GrandMoffVixen: This is not true. Sierra owns the Hellfire expansion, not the base game. Blizzard owns Diablo, always has.
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CLBrown: Blizzard developed Diablo. Sierra SOLD Diablo. Look at any retail box in which Diablo was sold (at least in the USA... I can't refer to other countries). It says "Sierra" on the box. This is not a MEANINGLESS point, as you just attempted to claim.

Sierra holds distribution rights for the original Diablo. However, Diablo II was not distributed by Sierra.

Don't believe me? Go to "Mobygames" and look at the scans of the retail boxes.

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krappled: And Activision owns Blizzard, AND Sierra, if I'm not mistaken.
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CLBrown: Similarly, Viacom owns both CBS and Paramount Pictures... and yet, CBS and Paramount are perpetually fighting over which parts of Star Trek each can use.

What you just said is meaningful, only insofar as it is meaningful that a father CAN decide, arbitrarily, that everything his oldest child owns suddenly belongs to his youngest child instead. Activision may well own both, but internal "ownership" is still entirely meaningful.

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meonfire: looks like hellfire and diablo 2 wont be available @gog

at least the official blizzard faq says no

https://eu.diablo3.com/en/blog/22887361/
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CLBrown: Well, Blizzard has no say, whatsoever, in whether Hellfire becomes available here. Granted, some of the folks at Blizzard (at the time of Hellfire's development, and likely still) WISH this were the case... there's bad blood there... but no, Sierra owns full rights to Hellfire. Other than handing over their code to Sierra and providing a bit of technical support on occasion, Blizzard had no role in developing Hellfire. It was developed by another holding (at the time) of Sierra... and there was plenty of bad blood (likely remaining the case to this day) over that at the time.
Alright, I will bite. I went to Mobygames and looked, none of those scanned images have any mark of Sierra on them. Seriously, dude, if you are going to talk the talk, at least make sure you can walk the walk.
Post edited March 16, 2019 by GrandMoffVixen