What to Expect From the Upcoming Season of Blood Livestreams - Diablo 4

Blizzard has taken down a Diablo 4 video after fans pointed out several bizarre mistakes and inaccuracies within it.

Ahead of Diablo 4’s jump from Battlenet onto Steam in just a few days’ time, Blizzard has confirmed that its demon-slaying action-RPG will be fully Steam Deck Verified when it lands.

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.

Diablo 4's leap to Steam—alongside other games like Overwatch 2—is welcome news to gamers wanting to keep their rigs launcher-slim. Adam Fletcher, the game's Global Community Development Director, has fully confirmed on Twitter that the game will be coming Steam Deck verified next Tuesday.

Diablo 4 Steam Deck verification is coming next week alongside the game's launch on Steam and the start of Season 2.

Diablo 4 global community manager Adam Fletcher has taken to social media platform X to announce that the upcoming Steam release of the action RPG will launch with support for the Steam Deck. Fletcher has stated that Diablo 4 will be Steam Deck Verified when it’s out on Steam on October 17.

In an unexpected turn of events, the Diablo 4 community is abuzz with excitement as the game’s Community Director, Adam Fletcher, took to Twitter to unveil some major revelations today. Not only will the highly anticipated action RPG be making its debut on Steam with the upcoming “Season of Blood,” but it’s been granted a prestigious status that has sent ripples of joy through the gaming community: Steam Deck Verification. This marks the very first time that Diablo 4 will be officially available on the Steam platform, and the game’s Steam Store Page has already been revamped to reflect this significant development.

Diablo 4 Community Director Adam Fletcher revealed on Twitter today that the ARPG will be Steam Deck Verified when it launches on Steam. Diablo 4 will be heading to Steam with the upcoming Season 2, Season of Blood. The second season releases on October 17 on all platforms, and will be the first time D4 is playable on Steam. The Store Page for the game on Steam has already been updated to indicate its verification.

Already hailed as the biggest Diablo 4 patch notes since launch, Blizzard’s Diablo 4 Season 2 update just got even larger. Following the D4 developer update on Tuesday October 10, where the team revealed its extensive patch 1.2.0 notes ahead of the start of the next season, additional gear has now been added. Not only does this give us an even clearer picture of what we’ll be hunting down in Season 2, it also helps to round out the picture of how the new damage calculations in Diablo IV will play out.

Though new features like target dummies won't be there for Season 2's launch, players won't have to wait long.

With Diablo IV Season 2 just around the corner, Blizzard's developers have once again gotten together for a campfire chat to detail some of the major planned changes coming to Season of Blood. They are part of what Blizzard is calling its "five-point strategy" to "focus on addressing player feedback and making systemic improvements." You can find the full patch notes here.

Blizzard has clarified that the announced changes to Renown coming with Season 2 will also apply to Hardcore characters. Following the first Season 2 Developer Livestream, there was some noted confusion regarding the announced Renown changes.