Best Video Game Easter Eggs

Yet another series that isn’t shy to show its love for pop culture, Fallout: New Vegas gets a tad cheeky with one of the best Fallout easter eggs. As many Indiana Jones fans might know, it’s often been seen as controversial and debated to have Indiana Jones survive a nuclear blast by hiding in a fridge. It seems that the developers of Fallout: New Vegas thought so too after seeing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Sk

While fans of the series are probably happy to hear that the next sequel is in the works, taking a good, hard look at how Blizzard has monetized its games for the long-term leaves little doubt that Diablo 4 will be anything but a constant cash grab. This is not pessimism towards the company or the series, but instead, an objective consideration of Blizzard’s other games, and how their games-as-a-service design manage to pull in revenue in a way that Diablo 3 could not.


Admittedly Diablo 3 did a great job of making gold gathering more automated and seeing a continuation of that in the next game would do wonders. Having pets or minions that not only run around scooping up gold, but possibly also gathering items based on your filters would streamline play and bring more focus to the fig

Cosmetic items are also an obvious place where Blizzard could be making money. It's honestly rather surprising to see that so much is given away freely in Diablo 3 , including wings, pets, pendants, and more.


The Diablo 4 items series in general has done a great job of taking the players to wild locations and chaotic realms. Endless deserts, terrifying jungles, crumbling cathedrals, the depths of hell and the heights of heaven, but there’s so much more that could be explo


Despite this ending being a non-canon joke, the Mira shiba inu dog ending has featured in a few Silent Hill games due to how fun this easter egg is. It’s a nice change of pace from all the horrors , fog, and murders, and it features Mira as the dog that was behind all the events in Silent Hill 2 thanks to a bunch of control levers and butt

The more probable idea is to split the game into episodes, similar to what was done with Starcraft II over its long development and release. Alternatively, the game could go the route of World of Warcraft , which is to say that Blizzard could release expansions more frequently, perhaps every year or so. These would provide not only a small amount of new content, but also an all-important level cap increase to gate progression for existing players unless they buy in.

Following the disastrous announcement of Diablo 4 multiplayer guide: Immortal at BlizzCon 2018, players were somewhat relieved to learn that Diablo 4 is finally in development. Recently here at TheGamer, we discussed how the failure of the Real Money Auction House (RMAH) was a catalyst that shifted how Diablo 3 was developed, and subsequently abandoned long before its original vision was fulfilled. This included the cancellation of a second expansion called The King of the North, and the rumor of a cancelled Druid class.


It's not just modern advancements that could make Diablo 4 a bastion of accessibility, either. Diablo 4 should resist the temptation of always-online, for instance, to maintain a flexibility for those who would like offline play. Essentially, letting players choose how they want to play could go a long way for Blizz

Finally, Blizzard could also release new classes at halfway points between each expansion. They could start with a basic set of five classes, much like the release of Diablo 3 , and then add our old favorites again, including the Necromancer, Druid, Paladin/Crusader, Amazon, and whatever other fan-favorite classes would ensure another purchase. Unlike expansions, these would not be mandatory, but few would pass up a new class in their favorite game!


However, this didn't work for everyone, and plenty of fans would prefer Diablo to maintain its dark, gothic roots and gloomy palette. It's easy to see why, as well: Diablo 2 in particular is distinct among its peers, and it's still a game with a tone that rings true today. Moving back towards this, and away from a change of pace that some felt was too close to Warcraft for comfort, could really make Diablo 4 a big hit with f

Reading the above ideas about Diablo 4 may come off as pessimistic, but again, the point is to consider how a design for the next game would look with a revenue model that would satisfy Blizzard’s expectations, and that of its shareholders. Gone are the days of putting out a game with a single DLC pack and calling it a day. Blizzard, and many others, seek to produce games as a service, and Diablo 3 simply did not cut it. Let us cross our fingers and hope for the best, that Diablo 4 both meets our expectations and Blizzard’s - though it’s hard to imagine such an ideal landing spot for the next game.

This writer does not agree or appreciate the notion of any of the above ideas for how to monetize Diablo 4 in the long term, but it is absolutely in line with how Blizzard treats all their games. Seeing how successful Hearthstone, Overwatch, and World of Warcraft are, consumers have clearly accepted this as the status quo.