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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

Blizzard has released a new patch [tomshardware.com] for Diablo II:

According to Blizzard, the main focus of the patch, version 1.14a, was to repair "system glitches on modern operating systems." The company's official PC requirements for the game, which was recently updated, now list the 64-bit versions of Windows 7, 8 and 10 as the recommended OS for the game (the minimum OS requirements are Windows Vista or XP).

The patch also introduced a new launcher for the game on OS X and made improvements to Blizzard's "cheat-detection and hack-prevention" systems.

However, this doesn't seem to be the final update for the game. The company stated that making Diablo II work on current systems is just the first step. The developers will continue to make more improvements to the game and release them at some point in the future.

Median XL [moddb.com] is regarded as one of the best mods for Diablo II. You may also be interested in the D2SE mod manager [moddb.com]. Checking "Use PlugY" when running it will enable a shared inventory between characters and essentially infinite storage space. These mods will probably need to be updated to work with 1.14a.

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