Overview

• Blizzard has announced that the first expansion for Diablo IV, named 'Vessel of Hatred,' is set to release in late 2024 and will revisit the Nahantu jungle from Diablo II.
• The expansion will focus on the storyline of the villain Mephisto, elaborating his evil plans for Sanctuary.
• A new character class, speculated to be a nature-based warrior and potentially named 'Spiritborn,' is to be introduced, which might play like a druid-barbarian hybrid, offering new ways to play and new evils to vanquish.
• The developers at Blizzard also gave a sneak peek at Diablo IV's third season, featuring a new kind of challenge dungeon called 'The Gauntlet,' and a seasonal event named 'Midwinter Blight' starting on December 12 and lasting for three weeks.
• Diablo IV is evolving into more of a live service game, similar to World of Warcraft, with annual expansions planned and more frequent patches and updates.