Diablo goes Berserk | Polygon

Particulars on the collaboration are scarce, however the announcement video is evocative as hell. It opens with a shot of Berserk’s foreboding and narrative-shifting eclipse earlier than panning to the motion happening beneath. Diablo’s Barbarian, decked out in Berserk protagonist Guts’ jagged armor and large Dragon Slayer nice sword, cuts down a horde of lesser demons, their crimson blood exaggerated in opposition to the blackness of the moon’s shadow. He stops for a second to disclose one other piece of Berserk iconography within the glowing Model of Sacrifice on his neck earlier than resuming his slaughter.

The video’s X add is captioned “You could have been Branded,” whereas the YouTube model invitations gamers to “Hint the trail of the Black Swordsman.” Each Diablo 4 and Diablo Immortal will apparently be included within the crossover.

Whereas each Diablo video games will greater than doubtless obtain Berserk cosmetics to have fun the pairing, we might also be capable to glean gameplay components from the quick video courtesy of the Model of Sacrifice’s cameo. The mark is an enormous deal on the earth of Berserk, as these bearing the model have been labeled as choices in a ceremony meant to help one other in transcending humanity and changing into a god. Ought to an individual with the Model of Sacrifice survive the ceremony, they develop into one thing of a beacon for evil spirits. It’s doable Diablo gamers will be capable to settle for the Model of Sacrifice willingly as a method to enhance enemy spawns and thus garner extra expertise and loot.

Berserk was first revealed by author and artist Kentaro Miura in 1989, and within the many years since has gone on to develop into one of the beloved and commercially profitable manga in historical past (simply don’t ask concerning the anime variations). Its legacy is tangible, not solely within the worlds of comics and animation however video video games as nicely, most notably serving as a significant affect on FromSoftware releases like Darkish Souls and Elden Ring. Miura’s sudden passing in 2021 shocked the world and shifted duty for Berserk’s continuation to Kouji Mori, a detailed good friend who promised to “solely write the traces and tales that Miura described to me.” The manga’s most up-to-date chapter, the title of which roughly interprets to the Sekiro subtitle “Shadows Die Twice,” was revealed on Feb. 28.

A agency date hasn’t been supplied for the Diablo x Berserk crossover, but it surely’s scheduled to happen throughout the “Belial’s Return,” occasion someday between April and July.