Diablo III

Diablo III
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Developer(s)	Blizzard Entertainment[a]
Publisher(s)	Blizzard Entertainment
Director(s)	Jay Wilson
Producer(s)	Alex Mayberry
Designer(s)	Kevin Martens David M. Adams
Programmer(s)	Jason Regier
Artist(s)	Christian Lichtner
Writer(s)	Chris Metzen
Composer(s)	Russell Brower Derek Duke Edo Guidotti Laurence Juber Joseph Lawrence Glenn Stafford
Series	Diablo
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows OS X PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch
Release	Windows, OS X May 15, 2012 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 September 3, 2013 PlayStation 4, Xbox One August 19, 2014 Nintendo Switch November 2, 2018
Genre(s)	Action role-playing, hack and slash
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Diablo III is a 2012 hack-and-slash action role-playing game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment as the third installment in the Diablo franchise. It was released for Microsoft Windows and OS X in May 2012, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in September 2013, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in August 2014, and Nintendo Switch in November 2018. Set 20 years after the events of Diablo II, players control one of seven character classes – Barbarian, Crusader, Demon Hunter, Monk, Necromancer, Witch Doctor, or Wizard – and are tasked with defeating Diablo.

An expansion pack, Reaper of Souls, was released for PC in March 2014. It was released for consoles as part of the Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition version in August 2014. The Rise of the Necromancer pack was released for the Windows, macOS, and PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in June 2017. Diablo III: Eternal Collection, combining Reaper of Souls and Rise of the Necromancer, was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in June 2017, and for the Nintendo Switch in November 2018.

The game received positive reviews, although its always-on DRM feature was criticized. The game set a new record for "fastest-selling PC game" by selling over 3.5 million copies in the first 24 hours of its release, and became the best-selling PC game of 2012 by selling over 12 million copies. As of August 2015, the number of sales had grown to over 30 million. A sequel, Diablo IV, was announced in 2019 and was released on June 5, 2023.
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