Those other features remained in, but eventually the need for a speedy way to return to town became too pressing to ignore, and in 2011 the developers revealed that the Town Portal function was returning to the to game in a new form. <ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/town-portals-return....-sorta/ Town Portal Returns] - Blizzard, 28/6/2011</ref>