Diablo 2: Resurrected Modders Receive Cease And Desist After Getting Into Closed Alpha
Blizzard sent two Diablo 2: Resurrected modders cease-and-desist letters after they managed to get into the game’s closed alpha.
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Blizzard held Diablo 2: Resurrected’s first technical alpha last month. It was supposed to last just the weekend of April 9 and was invitation only. Most of the game was unplayable and there were just three classes you could try while playing solo.
Unless you managed to download the closed alpha and then get your hands on a pair of mods that have now disappeared from the internet.
A new report from Kotaku lays out how a pair of modders managed to sneak into the closed alpha and created mods that allowed thousands to enjoy their preview of Diablo 2: Resurrected long after the April 9 weekend had come and gone.
It first started with DR2Offline, a mod made by Belgian programmer Ferib Hellscream. He was contacted by avid Diablo 2 fans who wanted into the closed alpha but didn’t receive an invitation. Ferib noted that the alpha’s code was basically copy and pasted from the original, so he had a piece of software designed to defeat World of Warcraft’s anti-cheat that could be easily modified to allow access to Diablo 2: Resurrected’s closed alpha.
It also allowed modders to gain access to the game itself, which led to a modder named Shalzuth creating D2RModding. This tool allowed players to take the limited closed alpha and bust it wide open, unlocking unplayable classes and even letting people set up multiplayer servers.
This didn’t last for too long, of course. Blizzard actually paid a private investigator to track down Shalzuth and serve him a cease and desist letter which demanded that he stop distributing D2R Modding. Ferib received a similar letter, which also required him to promise to stay away from modding any future Blizzard projects.
“Classic Diablo 2 and its mods will continue to exist and we’re going to do our best to continue to support the mods for Diablo 2: Resurrected as well,” said Blizzard in a statement to Kotaku. “That said, some mods are atypical and pose security threats to our games. Security has always been a top priority for us and programs that could pose major security issues will not be tolerated.”
We still don’t know when Diablo 2: Resurrected will launch, but the mobile Diablo Immortal is confirmed for 2021. You all have phones, right?
Link Source : https://www.thegamer.com/diablo-2-resurrected-moders-cease-and-desist-blizzard/