Hack and Slay is a subgenre of RPGs and a game system that puts a strong emphasis on combat. Many also use the term hack and kill for games like Diablo. It is a mixture of two successful genres, action games and role playing games. The new 3D graphics engine first used in Diablo 3 is partly responsible for the long development.Īn action role-playing game (ARPG) is a genre of computer games. The development of the action role-playing game was announced by Blizzard at the 2008 World Wide Invitational. Diablo 3 was released for the Nintendo Switch in 2018.
The game was released for all major platforms and even for new generations. Fans of the Hack and Slay series had to wait twelve years for the next part. The long-awaited action role-playing game was released in 2012. The game's developer is known and loved by many different major brands. Blizzard Entertainment has not always been Blizzard, as the company, founded in 1991, was renamed Blizzard in 1994.
