Diablo III: Eternal Collection

Diablo III Eternal Collection Might Not Come Out With Cross-Platform Play, Blizzard Said

While earlier this week Business Insider reported that Blizzard announced them that cross-platform play in Diablo III is under development, yesterday, the company stated its devs ruled out the idea of adding cross-platform play to Diablo III.

Initially, Business Insider said that Blizzard is already in talks with Sony and Microsoft for making their Diablo III Eternal Collection versions compatible with the variant for Nintendo Switch. Yesterday, however, a Blizzard representative contacted DualShockers to reveal that cross-platform play was ruled out for the moment.

“While we love the idea of bringing our players together across platforms, we do not have any plans to implement cross-platform gameplay for Diablo at this time,” the Blizzard Entertainment spokesperson reported for DualShockers.

Diablo III Eternal Collection would come out to Nintendo Switch on November 2nd, 2018, for all regions. It would cost $59.99 for US and Canada. However, as reported by Blizzard, the upcoming title of the popular franchise won’t boast cross-platform play.

Diablo Gamers Community Demanded Cross-Platform Play For Diablo III

Since many variants of Diablo III appeared over the time, the Diablo gamers community demanded cross-platform play for Diablo III Eternal Collection. In reality, cross-play is an increasingly more popular feature, and video games such as Fortnite, Minecraft, and Rocket League, to mention a few, pleased their fans with such a functionality.

However, Blizzard promised to explore the cross-play addition to Diablo III, but, unfortunately, according to the Blizzard’s most recent statements, the company ruled out the idea of implementing cross-platform play into Diable III Eternal Collection, at least for the moment. So, the company indicates that this feature can get in the game later after launch.

As cross-play is a popular feature nowadays, we hope Blizzard would change its mind eventually and add cross-platform play to Diable III Eternal Collection which is set to come out on November 2nd on Nintendo Switch.

Anna Galvez

Diablo III: Eternal Collection for Nintendo Switch Popped Up on Amazon as a Pre-Order

Since the official announcement of the launch of Diablo III: Eternal Collection for Nintendo Switch, which occurred a few weeks ago, Blizzard has been offering more details and trailers about this new version of the famous game that, for now, does not have an official release date. Now, thanks to the fact that Amazon has listed this video game as a pre-order, we have been able to see how the cover of Diablo III for Nintendo Switch looks like, along with some of the new features and enhancements that come exclusively for the Nintendo Switch version of the video game.

According to the Amazon website, the Diablo III cover is a spectacular illustration which is in line with what Blizzard has accustomed us with over the time. However, just watching to the cover and you’ll depict one of the new features in Diablo III: Eternal Collection for Nintendo Switch. There we see a novel set of armor.

According to the description of the product, this new armor, which is merely cosmetic, will not be the only new addition in the Nintendo Switch version for Diablo III.

Diablo III: Eternal Collection for Nintendo Switch release date and new features and improvements

According to Amazon, where the game already appeared as a pre-order, the Diablo III: Eternal Collection for Nintendo Switch will bring the following new features and enhancements:

Includes Switch-exclusive bonus cosmetics, featuring a full intimidating armor transmog set befit for the King of All Evil, Ganondorf;
Play with up to 4 friends online, offline via local coop, or on a single console couch-coop style;
Supports all Switch controller configurations, including individual and dual Joy-Con action;

As for the release date, Amazon points out to the end of the year, either “on or before December 31st, 2018. Obviously, this could only be an estimative date as nothing official in this regard has been announced so far. However, some rumors are saying that the Diablo III: Eternal Collection for Nintendo Switch could be released officially during the BlizzCon, at the beginning of November.

Anna Galvez