While Diablo 4 hasnât officially been released just yet (itâs available in early access now, with the full launch on June 6), Blizzard already has content incoming for players in the form of Diablo 4 expansions (DLC), and not just one, but two are already in the works.
This was confirmed by Diablo franchise General Manager Rod Fergusson in a new video chat with Kinda Funny Games. In it, Fergusson talks about the dev teamâs structure and how you need to develop a game in a sustainable way where there they arenât too burnt out when the game launches.. He also explains how things in Diablo 4 need to be developed in parallel given how it takes longer to make a season than to play it, and in the process, causally confirmed that there are two Diablo 4 expansions in the works.
When youâre making a game like this you have to make it in a sustainable way. You canât, you know, push the team such that when you get to launch day, you cross this Finish Line and everybody falls over exhausted. Because guess what? You have a season coming you have the week two patch coming, because thereâs some balance changes or what have you, so you have to build your team and your structure around a way that you can do that sustainably â because youâre kind of always shipping in a way, and in fact thatâs something we talk about is we have to build things in parallel.
You know, right now, as I sit here, you know weâre about to launch the main game weâre finishing up Season One, weâre working on Season Two, weâre working on expansion one, weâre kicking off expansion two. All thatâs happening right now and so we havenât even launched the game yet, So, like, you have to have a team that can work in that parallel way [so that] because it takes longer to make a season than it is to play a season, so you canât, just like, wait till the season ends and start a new one; you have to already be mostly, you know, done by that time, and so that just takes a lot of rigor and resiliency on the team and thatâs whatâs been great about this team is that theyâve really embraced the sort of parallel structure and the ability to be able to do that in a sustainable way. â Rod Fergusson, Diablo General Manager
Given past Diablo games, an expansion is something players will undoubtedly expecting. As for the gameâs season, expect Season 1 to kick off this July, and youâll need to have beaten the gameâs campaign to take part in it.