The subsequent Diablo 4 enlargement received’t be out in 2025, regardless of the studio’s earlier feedback about releasing them yearly. Talking on the DICE Summit in Las Vegas (through Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier), Diablo common supervisor Rod Fergusson mentioned the follow-up to 2024’s Vessel of Hatred enlargement received’t be out till 2026.
“In his DICE Summit presentation immediately on constructing a resilient reside service, Diablo GM Rod Fergusson emphasised serving the sport over the plan,” a Blizzard spokesperson informed game-feeds. “To that, we’re excited to share that we’re in growth on our second enlargement for Diablo IV, which can debut in 2026.”
A couple of months after Diablo 4 launched in 2023, Fergusson informed Dexerto that new enlargement releases can be annual. When requested about that assertion in a 2024 GameSpot interview, his certainty wavered: “Our gamers should have extra content material and extra methods to play, however by way of what’s the cadence and the correct amount is just not one thing I can speak about immediately.”
At DICE (through IGN), Fergusson mentioned, “In 2025, or simply earlier than Season 8, we may have a 2025 roadmap for Diablo 4. Now, our second enlargement received’t be on that roadmap, as a result of our second enlargement is coming in 2026, however no less than gamers may have the highway forward.”
In line with IGN, Fergusson mentioned Vessel of Hatred slipped previous the discharge date Blizzard initially had in thoughts on account of the gargantuan overhaul to the sport’s core methods final yr. That shift pushed the upcoming enlargement ahead into 2026.
Blizzard hasn’t made any official bulletins about what to anticipate within the subsequent enlargement, however anybody who has completed Vessel of Hatred may have a number of good guesses on the place the story will go subsequent. Within the meantime, the Season of Witchcraft remains to be on, granting gamers seasonal occult powers, like a toxic pet frog.
Replace (8:07 p.m. ET): This story has been up to date with a remark from Blizzard.
