With today’s launch of Diablo 2 Resurrected, some might be wondering why they can’t connect, and that Diablo 2 Resurrected down time is happening to servers. Don’t fret, it’s unscheduled maintenance according to Blizzard!
Update (9/26/21): Those wondering why servers are down, maintenance is on-going and it’s a planned one. Check here for server updates.
Diablo 2 Resurrected Down for Unscheduled Maintenance This Sept. 23:
Update #2: Blizzard has announced that servers are back up! Go on and start slaying again!
[#D2R] Servers should be available again in all regions. We will continue to monitor performance. We've also applied a fix that should help unlock characters and will continue to review for any we've missed.
— Blizzard CS – The Americas (@BlizzardCS) September 23, 2021
Update: Here’s the announcement from from Blizzard, and the reason why players still can’t log in.
[#D2R] We'll be performing emergency maintenance beginning at 1:00 PM (PDT) and lasting until approximately 1:45 PM (PDT)
— Blizzard CS – The Americas (@BlizzardCS) September 23, 2021
We've had tons of players online, which is great but has been a challenge for servers surpassing our testing. We know many players are still affected, so we're actively adding capacity and will keep on this until it’s in a better place. This may involve more restarts as well.
— Rod Fergusson (@RodFergusson) September 23, 2021
Here’s the announcement from Blizzard Customer Support:
To address game creation and character issues, #D2R will undergo unscheduled maintenance at 10am PT. We expect this maintenance to last 30 minutes. Players who are online and playing should logout before the shutdown if possible.
It’s only 30 minutes, though we’ve seen this thing get extended. We’ll be updating this post as we get more news from Blizzard, so if you still can’t connect, you might want to refresh this post from time to time.
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Our review of Diablo 2 Resurrected will be hitting the site soon-ish, as we got our review codes late.