Archive EntryPreservation Record
Diablo IV
Shelf markLIB-0053
Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record
2023Game
Catalog Information
- Original Title
- Diablo IV
- Release
- October 17, 2023
- Developer
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Publisher
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Medium
- Digital edition · Steam
- Subjects
- Action · RPG · Digital Preservation
Archival Status
- Custody
- Permanent archive holding
- Reference Copy
- Steam digital edition · Blizzard Entertainment build
- Condition Report
- Account-bound license on the archive Steam account. No physical media is part of this accession.
- Acquisition
- Digital acquisition · July 2026
- Filed
- August 8, 2026
Acquisition Record
How this digital copy entered archival custody — provenance for the holding, not the identity of the work.
- Source
- Steam
- Acquired through
- Digital library holding
- Entered
- August 8, 2026
- Steam App ID
- 2344520
Technical record
- Holding reference
steam-2344520- Provenance reconciled
- August 8, 2026
- Recorded playtime
- 126 hours
- Store listing
- Steam store listing
Curator Notes
Collection Documentation
Preservation Notes
- Access Hardware
- Windows PC through Steam under archive custody
- Original Hardware
- PC · Steam digital edition
- Playback Compatibility
- Continued access requires the archive account, Steam’s support for the title, and Blizzard’s online services where the client requires them.
- Preservation Concerns
- Account-bound digital holdings face platform dependency and policy change. Seasonal live-service structure and online authentication increase preservation risk relative to offline single-player Steam titles. No physical disc or offline installer is held.
- Edition History
- Steam edition dated October 17, 2023 on the storefront. Seasonal content revises the live client in place; this accession records the licensed digital edition in custody.
- Access Status
- Held as a permanent digital license on the archive Steam account while that custody and the required services for the title continue.
Connections
- Series
- Diablo
- Editorial Record
- Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.
Artifact Documentation
This filing is retained as a digital edition. Physical collection photography does not apply to the holding itself.
Supplementary archival media may be entered if documentation is later filed. Nothing is forced into the record.
Stewardship History
A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0053.
Collection Documentation entered
Connections established
Official artwork entered
Steam storefront / library artwork filed under the Library accession path.
Editorial revision
Catalog identity, authority references, and digital-holding documentation aligned for publication.
Preservation Notes entered
Published to the Bloodsoaked Library
Digital accession curated from Steam custody and set to Catalogued · Permanent Record.