Following a free weekend on Xbox, Diablo 4 is free to download and play on PC from today through October 30th. Meanwhile, the Diablo Immortal team has issued a warning to cheaters.
09.10.2023 - 12:03 / gamingbolt.com
Following a strong launch with over $666 million in revenue within the first five days, Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 4 fumbled its first season with a hugely unpopular patch. Nerfs galore, increased XP for leveling, underwhelming Uniques – such was the backlash that the game’s Metacritic user scores took a beating.
Many unpopular changes have been undone, and the team is prepping for Season of Blood on October 17th. It introduces a new vampire threat in Sanctuary, with the player cursed and utilizing new vampiric powers. GamesRadar spoke to lead game producer Timothy Ismay and associate game designer Antonio Watson about the response, and it seems there’s a fair bit of optimism from fans.
“There’s a lot of stuff that was received very positively by the fans. A lot of the conversations that I’ve had have been that people are excited about the Season 2 content, but they’re also separately very excited about the quality of life changes. It feels like it’s enough of a motivating factor for people to come back and play,” said Watson.
Ismay says the new season is extensively played internally. “Honestly, the quality of life changes – we’ve been able to play them pretty extensively internally – [Diablo 4] is a lot more fun to play. There are improvements that, each of them is small, but collectively, the game just feels a lot better.”
Some of these QoL improvements include removing gems from your inventory, as you’ll instead collect materials to craft them at the Jeweller. Those who complete the Prologue in the base game can skip the campaign on a new seasonal character, and there are five new Uber bosses to battle for an increased chance at Uniques. Stay tuned for more details en route to the season’s release, which coincides with Diablo 4’s upcoming launch on Steam.
Following a free weekend on Xbox, Diablo 4 is free to download and play on PC from today through October 30th. Meanwhile, the Diablo Immortal team has issued a warning to cheaters.
Season 2 of introduces new bosses to fight across Sanctuary, including a frozen foe named The Beast in the Ice that you'll have to summon by unlocking a Nightmare Dungeon. Only a specific item your character can craft is able to open the path toward this dangerous boss. Only those who have progressed to a high enough level and World Tier will be able to challenge The Beast in Ice for Unique gear rewards.
Two unreleased zones for Diablo 4 were spotted in the localization strings of the Steam version. These can be found on SteamDB, a website that utilizes the Steam API to provide a plethora of information. Diablo 4 on SteamDB Diablo 4 Now Available On Steam Only two of the listed zones on SteamDB are not present in the current iteration of Diablo 4, these being Teganze Plains and Torajan Jungles. It is not the first time these zones have shown up in Diablo 4's game files. The zone names were first spotted in the earliest public beta builds of Diablo 4.Some of Diablo 4's localization strings found on SteamDB. The localization strings above, where these zone names were found, are used to show people's location in Sanctuary in the Battle.net friend list among other things. At the moment we can only speculate if these zones were cut early on in the development of Diablo 4 or if they are part of the game's first expansion. But where are the Teganze Plains and Torajan Jungles located and what role do they play in the history of Diablo? Let's take a look at the history of these two regions of Sanctuary!
With Season of Blood in full swing, players are fighting back against the forces of Lord Zir across Sanctuary — but what if you wanted to help him instead? Blizzard has announced the next best thing: a blood drive which not only benefits your surrounding community, but can earn the Diablo 4 community goodies as well! Blood Harvest Progress Blood Harvest Website As players work together to donate 666 quarts of blood, they can unlock three potential tiers of rewards as well as a final giveaway: Tier 1:
Blizzard has submitted a worthy entry for the year's most-unhinged PR stunt, raffling a Diablo 4 gaming PC "infused with real human blood" as part of a community-wide blood drive seeking 666 quarts by next month, which would require standard 1-pint donations from 1,332 players assuming no repeat entries.
Season 2 of is the Season of Blood, which features exciting Blood Harvest events that feature new items called Seeker Keys. Blood Harvests are like Helltides but with vampires instead of demons. When you travel to the green-tinted areas that mark a Blood Harvest, your job is to collect Blood Lures and Seeker Keys to get exciting rewards.
A new shop rotation means new cosmetics to see! Sorcerers certainly aren't living in Mother's shadow, despite what these set names might imply! Not only that, but Sorcerers have a chance to snag the sleepiest kitty in Sanctuary,, in a pawsitively purrfect Accessory pack — take a look at the model and animation below! Pet Backpacks Enter the Diablo 4 Store While we don't know for certain when thess packages will rotate out of stock, what we do know is that the shop refreshes happen daily at approximately 10 am PDT, so stay tuned — we may have new cosmetic options soon! Premium Currency in Diablo 4
For all completionists out there, after discovering all areas and playing all side missions in Diablo 4, we were all greeted by rewards thanks to our collected Renown across Sanctuary. Thankfully, our new Seasonal characters won’t have to suffer the same fate of walking across the world searching for souls to help, diabolical enemies to fight, chests to open, and dangerous areas to discover. Does Renown carry over to Diablo 4, Season 2: Season of the Blood? Let’s find out.
Diablo IV has been heavy on our noggins recently with news of its new season’s content. As a vampire stan myself, I look forward to employing the Season of Blood’s vampiric powers. While Blizzard set the second season to drop today, it has just announced that the studio has come across some issues that need resolving, resulting in a delay. We’ll have to hold out just a little bit longer before experiencing the blood-sucking features.
Diablo IV’s Season of Blood starts on October 17th, and Blizzard has released gameplay footage before the new season begins. The trailer shows some of the new enemies players will face off against, as well as abilities that will be accessible in the new season. It has quite a bit of blood and gore, which should be expected with a name like Season of Blood.
Diablo IV has been out for a while now, and if you’re enjoying the game, chances are you’re waiting for the second season to drop. Fortunately, the wait is coming to an end as the upcoming season, Season of Blood, will be available for players tomorrow. This will give you a new questline among other in-game content unique for the latest content drop. Fortunately, a new trailer has also been released, giving players a look at some of the gameplay experience you can expect starting tomorrow.
Diablo 4 will be Steam Deck verified as soon as it leaves Battle.net exclusivity and hits Valve's PC platform at the start of Season 2.