Diablo III: Reaper of Souls announced

Blizzard has announced Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, the upcoming expansion to Diablo III.

The story sees Malthael, the fallen Archangel of Wisdom, vanish after the events depicted at the end of Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. In Reaper of Souls, he returns as the Angel of Death and seizes the Black Soulstone, which contains the essence of the Prime Evil. It now falls to the players to track down Malthael and stop him before he unleashes havoc on the world.

A new player class called Crusaders are warriors of righteousness who have been hardened through relentless, brutal combat with the foul evils plaguing eastern Sanctuary. In addition to wearing immensely heavy armor and wielding a wide range of cruel and punishing weapons, this new playable class in Reaper of Souls uses battle magic to strengthen allies and weaken foes.

In addition, Reaper of Souls increases the game’s level cap to 70. Players continuing on with their existing Barbarian, Witch Doctor, Demon Hunter, Wizard, and Monk characters will benefit from new spells and abilities as they advance in level.

The expansion also bings a greater emphasis on randomized environments to explore; new quests; new monsters to defeat; and substantial updates to the loot experience, with new and improved multilevel Legendary items, new Blacksmith and Jeweler item-crafting options, and more.

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls currently has no release window, and will be available for PC.

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