Each type of Leaderboard is divided by goal, by class and by solo/group mode rather than a 'by account' one. The goal and key feature of Seasons is the ability to climb Leaderboards by completing achievements, earning Conquests, or running Greater Rifts. It also awards special banner and transmogrification options. Season participation benefits include exclusive rewards and unique Legendary Items, which are only available to Seasonal characters. Seasonal characters take up one of the regular 12 or 15 character slots and will remain in this slot after the end of a Season, simply having their Season status removed. These are also separate for Softcore and Hardcore Seasonal characters, making a total of four types per account. Seasonal characters have a separate stash, gold and other currencies, artisans, Paragon experience etc., starting fresh and completely clear when the season begins. Cooperative and competitive play are available online through an upgraded version of Blizzard Entertainment’s renowned online gaming service, are only available to freshly created characters who must be leveled all the way from level 1 after the season begins. These elements, along with a new quest system and random scripted events, have been integrated into the game’s random-level generator, giving Diablo III the ultimate combination of dynamic gameplay and replayability. The game's physics-enhanced environments are interactive and destructible, offering traps and obstacles that create added danger for players and monsters alike. Diablo III features a custom 3D-graphics engine to render lush indoor and outdoor areas of Sanctuary with a high level of detail and vivid special effects.

Playing as a hero from one of five distinct character classes, players acquire powerful items, spells, and abilities as they explore new and familiar areas of Sanctuary and battle hordes of demons to safeguard the world from the horrors that have arisen.

Mephisto, Diablo, and Baal have been defeated, but the Worldstone, which once shielded the inhabitants of the world of Sanctuary from the forces of both the High Heavens and the Burning Hells, has been destroyed, and evil once again stirs in Tristram. Diablo III picks up the story twenty years after the events of Diablo II.

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