Polygon.com / 01.05.25

How Blizzard went about bringing its Berserk x Diablo' collaboration to life

Last week, Blizzard Entertainment announced the full details behind its upcoming limited-time crossover event between Diablo 4 and Diablo Immortal and Berserk, the long-running dark fantasy manga created by the late Kentaro Miura. Beginning on May 1 for Diablo Immortal and May 6 for Diablo 4, players will be able to collect cosmetics themed after characters and weapons inspired by the manga, which first began publication in 1989. On Monday, Polygon attended a roundtable interview with Viviane Kosty and Emil Salim, the lead artists for Diablo 4 and Diablo Immortal, respectively, to discuss the process of adapting Miuras iconic universe to the setting of Diablo, how they went about choosing which characters and monsters to highlight from the manga, and how Miuras original artwork inspired them not only while working on the in-game crossover, but as artists themselves. We really saw that it was a natural fit right from the very beginning, Salim said. It fits with Diablo on a story level;...
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