Blizzard's game developers have revealed the PlayStation 4 version of "Diablo III: Reaper of Souls" will contain exclusive features for the next-gen console.
According to IGN, senior producer Julia Humphreys said the developers wanted to "take advantage" of the PS4's newest features to give gamers a "cool" experience.
"The DualShock 4 definitely has some really cool features on it," Humphreys told IGN. "A small one is the Light Bar. I know that seems like 'okay, whatever, that's cool,' but one of the nice things is we can color code it to the player colors in the game. We found it's actually already really useful. If you've been playing and someone walks away from the table and comes back, they're like, 'which one is mine? Oh, I'm the blue one.' It's a small thing, but very cool."
The biggest feature the developers focused on was the PS4's new controller. The team "played around" with touch pad to see what "extra components" they could add to the PS4 version of their titles.
"One of the things we're investigating right now is we could it for emotes in the game. That's been a popular request from people, because we have emotes on PC but don't have any way to have them really on the PS3, so with the touchpad we can have a little shortcut menu for emotes," Humphreys told IGN.
The developers also wanted to create new ways to interact with friends while playing the title, which is where their idea for a new feature called "Avenger Kills" stems.
"Let's say you're out playing in the world and a lowly white monster manages to get that last killing blow on you," Humphreys said. "There's a chance that that monster will level up and then a portal will open and the monster will jump through. And then maybe later on when I'm playing in my game, a portal may open up and the monster will come through and I'll get a message like '[your friend]'s killer is now hunting you.' And I have a chance to then take vengeance for this monster that killed you. It'll be now a unique monster that has affixes and is much more powerful and when loot drops, of course, I'll be able to get mine, but that I can send some back to you. It's just kind of a fun way to help connect games."
A release date for "Diablo III: Reaper of Souls" has not been set yet. Click here to read IGN's full feature on "Diablo 3."
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