Diablo II: Resurrected – Infernal Edition gets released on Steam and Steam Deck Verified

Blizzard have released Diablo II: Resurrected – Infernal Edition on Steam, a newly upgraded version of the classic action RPG and it's Steam Deck Verified too.

Oh what joy, I had to grab this as soon as possible as I have such fond memories of playing through it when I was a lot younger. Diablo 2 really is an absolute classic, and holds up really well today. With a few enhancements to it in this new addition like the new Warlock class, an expanded end-game, new items, and various quality of life updates like a loot filter perhaps now it's better than ever?

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One thing that should be noted a lot clearer, which is buried in the small-print at the very bottom of the Steam page, is this rather important little notice:

Internet connection, Battle.net® Account, and Battle.net® desktop app required to play.

I can hear your groaning from here - but actually, this doesn't seem to be quite correct. The game directly launches with no third-party launcher ever touched. It does note it's signing into Battle.net when you launch to the menu, but other than that it works just fine with the latest Proton 10 on Linux.

Even controller support worked perfectly without issues with my PowerA OPS v1, and for someone like me who nowadays prefers the controller but hasn't played Diablo 2 since probably the early 2000s this is just incredible. A real nostalgia trip.

The super easy access via Steam with all the new bits, and it working great on Linux with Proton made it easily worth the purchase for me.

You can see the main changes in the Blizzard news post.