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ForDiablo IV: Season 8, developers Blizzard have partnered with anime and manga seriesBerserkfor a grimdark player experience like no other. And as if that wasn’t enough, Finnish metallers Beast In Black have written a brand-new song for the game
WORDS: STEPHEN HILL
CALLING ALL FANTASY fans! For Diablo IV: Season 8, world-renowned videogame developers Blizzard have partnered with Berserk, the iconic manga and anime series set in a medieval Europe-inspired dark fantasy world. Plus, they’ve enlisted Finnish metallers Beast In Black to write a brand new song to soundtrack the mayhem.
Since Diablo launched in 2005, metal fans have been heavily invested in the dungeon crawler role-playing series – and it’s easy to see why. Its vast world is filled with barbarians, sorcerers, necromancers and druids, all navigating the harsh, hellish terrain, by hacking, slashing, shapeshifting and conjuring. The release of Diablo II: Resurrected was even accompanied by Start Again, a collab track from YouTuber Mark The Hammer and Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia.