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Diablo II breaks sales record

News by Gestalt Contributor

Published on 18 Jul 2000

In earth-shatteringly surprising news (ahem), Sierra has revealed that the eagerly awaited hack 'n' slash RPG "Diablo II" by Blizzard has broken all previous records by shifting a staggering one million copies worldwide in its first two weeks of release, including 350,000 just here in Europe! The game looks like being one of the biggest hits of the year on the PC, and there is even a Macintosh version due for release in August. For the full story, read the press release from Sierra.