Diablo: Hellfire Live on GOG

Diablo, a classic Blizzard Entertainment title that can be considered the forefather of the ever-popular hack ‘n’ slash action-RPG genre, made its GOG debut back in March. And while it was nice to revisit the town of Tristram on a modern system, the initial release lacked the game’s not quite official Hellfire expansion that introduced a couple of dungeons, some neat quality of life improvements, and a handful of new features.

That has now been sorted out, so those of you who’d like to play through Diablo’s expansion content, can now do so, hassle-free. Here’s what the folks over at GOG have to say about this:

Hellfire expansion is now available as a free add-on for everyone who purchases the Blizzard classic Diablo on GOG.COM.

Originally developed by Synergistic Software and released in 1997, Hellfire was not an official Blizzard product and did not carry Blizzard’s endorsement or label. Despite that, in response to Diablo players who have expressed a desire to experience the content, Blizzard has given the OK for it to be included as a free add-on with Diablo purchases on GOG.COM.

Hellfire offers a non-canonical single-player storyline where players must defeat a powerful demon named Na-Krul who is threatening Tristram. The expansion also adds a Monk class, new weapons and items, new missions, locations, dungeons, and enemies. Hellfire will be accessible while launching the original Diablo.

The Hellfire expansion comes with high-resolution support and compatibility updates to allow it to run on modern systems, and it’s available now as a free add-on for everyone who purchases the Blizzard classic Diablo. The game is currently 10% off during the Summer Sale Festival until June 17, 10 PM UTC.