HEAVEN AND HELL BRING THEIR ETERNAL CONFLICT TO GAME NIGHT WITH AN OFFICIAL DIABLO® TABLETOP GAMING PROGRAM
Blizzard Entertainment, Glass Cannon Unplugged, and Genuine Entertainment are proud to announce a long-term tabletop gaming program delving into the Burning Hells of the genre-defining video game series, Diablo®.
Glass Cannon Unplugged’s multi-year agreement with Blizzard calls for a growing range of tabletop games drawing from the full scope of the Diablo series and universe. The first release drops next fall with an official Diablo tabletop roleplaying game, which will launch via a pre-order campaign on Kickstarter after its world debut at BlizzCon® 2024.
“We’ve spent the past year living the dream with Blizzard. Collaborating with game directors, producers, and loremasters. Testing our demon-fighting skills. Reading endless tomes. We couldn’t have asked for more access, enthusiasm, and support,” says GCU CEO Jakub Wiśniewski. “Going to hell has never been so much fun.”
Diablo®: The Roleplaying Game features an original core engine inspired by Diablo IV, the recent blockbuster that pioneers new ground for open-world, non-linear exploration. The Diablo RPG will further explore the overworld and underworld of Sanctuary, embarking on adventures above and below with fan-favorite mechanics torn straight from the screen.
The Core Rulebook is thematically set alongside Diablo IV, with future tabletop supplements planned throughout Diablo’s timeline. Moreover, the TTRPG is a direct companion to the upcoming Diablo: The Board Game, a co-op adventure board game slated for fall 2025. The TTRPG and board game will fuel one another with interchangeable game components, shared accessories, and complementary expansions with overarching events in a fully integrated product line.
Rounding out the party is Joe LeFavi of Genuine Entertainment, GCU’s sorcerer who conjured up the Diablo collaboration and serves as their line producer and brand manager on the program. LeFavi also sits in the managing editor chair on the Diablo RPG, leveraging his prior experience working on other high-profile RPGs (including Alien, Altered Carbon, Blade Runner, The Dragon Prince, Dune, and The Walking Dead) to steer the series with GCU. “Diablo plunged a soulstone into the hearts and minds of an entire generation of gamers and game makers – myself included,” says LeFavi. “It’s been a life-long dream to work and play in Sanctuary.”
To learn more, all aspiring adventurers can subscribe to the Diablo RPG newsletter via GCU’s official website, then stay awhile on GCU’s social channels and listen for the latest updates on tabletop quests to come. Anyone who signs up for the newsletter may later opt-in to the closed Beta Test for the upcoming TTRPG, receiving exclusive playtests, news, and previews over the next year.
XXX
ABOUT BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.
ABOUT GLASS CANNON UNPLUGGED
Founded by seasoned video game industry veterans and life-long tabletop gamers with 50+ years of collective experience, Glass Cannon Unplugged is a tabletop game studio created with one clear mission in mind: producing the best tabletop adaptations of the best video games in the world. Led by Jakub Wiśniewski (creator of the highly acclaimed This War of Mine: The Board Game) and Michał Ozon (former COO of board game publisher PHALANX), Glass Cannon Unplugged’s first release – the highly-anticipated Frostpunk: The Board Game – hits shelves Summer 2022 after becoming one of the most-funded Kickstarter tabletop campaigns in history. GCU’s next collaborations include Techland’s Dying Light and EA’s Apex Legends, both with pre-order campaigns on Kickstarter in 2023. Learn more at glasscannonunplugged.com.
ABOUT GENUINE ENTERTAINMENT
As a trusted consigliere, media matchmaker, and licensing luck dragon across all corners of pop culture, Genuine is a leading producer and paladin for beloved entertainment franchises and fandoms. We help our favorite IPs and companies to level up through strategic business development, authentic adaptations, and premium licensing & merchandising programs alongside best-in-class partners. Providing 360° brand management, financial advisory services, and full-service product development support for licensors & licensees alike, Genuine has paved the way for landmark deals, millions of units sold, and a growing library of best-selling, award-winning stories, games, and geekery for iconic IP including Alien, Altered Carbon, Apex Legends, Batman, Blade Runner, Call of Duty, Diablo, The Dragon Prince, Dune, Hello Neighbor, Lore Olympus, Vampire: The Masquerade, The Walking Dead, WEBTOON, and Wheel of Time. Come play at genuineent.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements:
Information in this press release that involves Blizzard Entertainment’s expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future, including statements about the availability, pricing, features, and functionality of Diablo® IV are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause Blizzard Entertainment’s actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include unanticipated product delays and other factors identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Blizzard Entertainment and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Blizzard Entertainment nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Blizzard Entertainment or Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
