Diablo 2: Resurrected director suggests that players "do what they believe is right" in deciding whether or not to support D2R ladder items the publisher Activision Blizzard by buying the remake as it goes on sale next week.

It's the first game that the firm has made available since allegations of an "frat boy" workplace culture that were uncovered at Activision Blizzard were made by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing however it's important to mention that the developer in charge here will be Vicarious Visions, which has had no involvement or been implicated in the legal complaint.

"It was certainly very upsetting to hear these types of incidents," design director Rob Gallerani said to Axios (thanks, VGC). "And we truly wanted to support our colleagues and our co-workers."

Gallerani said that management of the studio asked employees to provide feedback about ways in which it could better support its staff and added that, while it had "heard a lot of really positive comments" however, it was vital to ensure that management "always need to keep asking".

In contrast, although the scandal has seen Blizzard go through its games to find undesirable content, like references to the former employees associated with the sexual harassment lawsuit, no issues of this nature were found within Diablo 2: Resurrected, however, its Amazon warrior is tweaked to make its appearance less sexual.

"A lot of those perspectives weigh strongly on us," Gallerani added, adding that he decided to change the look of the characters to ensure that characters looked like warriors and not just people who "rolled out of an evening club".

ICYMI, Activision employees have launched a new lawsuit against Activision Blizzard of accusing the firm of employing "coercive strategies" to cheap diablo 2 resurrected items hinder efforts to improve working conditions.