The new season goes live on July 20th and features a quest where players must cage the Malignant Hearts of Corrupted Monsters. Blizzard Entertainment has released a short new gameplay trailer for Diablo 4’s upcoming Season of the Malignant. It sees players battling Malignant enemies and capturing their Malignant Hearts to socket them into jewellery…
Diablo 3’s Rebirth isn’t in the sequel “yet”, but Blizzard’s Adam Fletcher notes, “We’ve heard this a bunch, so the team is aware.” With Diablo 4’s Season of the Malignant going live on July 20th, players can look forward to new quests, Malignant Powers, a new replayable dungeon and boss, and the first Battle Pass….
Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra has quashed recent rumours that the action RPG is headed to Game Pass. Microsoft is currently trying to get its proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard approved, and if/when that does happen, all of the latter’s games will inevitably be added to the ever-growing Game Pass libary. If, however,…
“When a season rolls and there are new things for you to come out, that’s a great time to come back,” said Blizzard’s Joe Piepiora. While Diablo 4’s first season, Season of the Malignant, goes live on July 20th, players who have been dialled in since launch may be feeling the burnout. During the recent…
The Battle Pass consists of 63 Premium Tiers, but all players can unlock new Legendary Aspects, a new Mastery Title, and more. Diablo 4’s Season of the Malignant starts on July 20th and introduces a new story where you help Cormond fight against some Malignant Monsters. Before its reveal, the development team confirmed that you’d…
The cap on crafting materials has also increased from 9,999 to 99,999, and three bosses have had their health and damage reduced. After revealing Season of the Malignant for Diablo 4, Blizzard Entertainment dropped patch 1.0.4 for all platforms. It’s smaller than the action RPG looter’s last update, but it makes one big change: Uniques…
Associate game director Joseph Piepiora and lead game producer Timothy Ismay will unveil Season 1 in an upcoming stream. Even in the form that Diablo 4 launched, it’s a monstrous experience, with enough content to have kept players busy for quite a while. Though of course, with Blizzard’s plans to build the action RPG as…
Blizzard has also been working to increase Elite and monster density in the end game when Season 1 goes live in mid to late July. Diablo 4 Patch Increases Rewards from Nightmare Dungeons, Helltides and WhispersBlizzard has also been working to increase Elite and monster density in the end game when Season 1 goes live…
Game director Joe Shely also speaks about buffing other classes instead of nerfing one and how it can “result in more balance issues.” Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 4 has found great success since its release, with over $666 million in revenue in just five days. However, it has flaws, some of which the development team is…
Diablo 4 will be changing up how gems are found and stored, but not any time soon. Blizzard has revealed that it has plans to reduce the inventory clutter faced by many Diablo 4 players, especially as they get later into the game and start engaging with more of the endgame systems. In a livestreamed…
The developer is “standardizing” Elite monster density so that no Dungeon is “clearly more efficient to run through than others.” The hotfixes for Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 4 continue to roll out, implementing bug fixes and balance changes to the action RPG looter. However, its latest hotfix also “adjusts” Elite monster density in Dungeons to standardize…
Diablo series general manager Rod Fergusson is seemingly aware of mixed reactions to Elite monster density nerf in Dungeons. While Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 4 has seen great success (over $666 million in revenue in five days), there’s a bit of unrest in the community. The various nerfs to meta builds like Whirlwind Barbarian, Twisting Blades…
A bug that saw Elite monsters spawning in Dungeons in larger numbers than expected, allowing players to amass XP, is no more. Many of the most powerful builds in Diablo 4 have seen nerfs, thanks to a recent patch. However, Blizzard Entertainment isn’t done and released multiple hotfixes to counteract bugs and an XP farming…
Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, and PC players can delve into Blizzard’s action RPG, with Standard Edition owners starting June 6th. Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 4 is now available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and PC, but only for Deluxe and Ultimate Edition owners. Standard Edition owners gain access on June…
Xbox, PlayStation and PC players can now download the title before its early access launch on June 2nd and worldwide release on June 6th. Reviews went live for Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 4 yesterday, with several 8s, 9s and 10s praising the action RPG looter. The player base won’t have to wait much longer to get…
Blizzard’s action RPG looter has received praise for its combat, loot, world design and presentation before its June 6th release. Spoiler-free reviews have gone live for Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 4. Thus far, they’re pretty positive. On OpenCritic, it has 49 reviews with an average score of 89. Metacritic has it at an 88 Metascore based…
The new trailer features various live actors asking you to save them when the action RPG launches on June 6th for consoles and PC. Diablo 4 has already received launch trailers for its story and gameplay before its release next month. Nevertheless, Blizzard Entertainment is going for the triple whammy with a live-action launch trailer….
Associate game director Joe Piepiora says seasons will have themes and questlines to explore them, but their stories exist in isolation. Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 4 is out on June 6th worldwide, but it’s only the beginning of years-long support for the action RPG looter. The first season goes live in mid to late July and…
The world of Sanctuary faces its greatest ever threat with the return of Lilith and her overzealous minions. There’s been little to no time to pause and take a breath in 2023 thus far, what with the constant string of exciting new releases, and that it’s stopping anytime soon. June, for instance, is looking like…
Blizzard Entertainment’s dark fantasy action RPG is available on June 6th for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and PC. Overwatch 2’s Hero Mode is cancelled, but at least there’s Diablo 4 for that sweet PvE action. Its Server Slam recently wrapped, and the development team is preparing for its worldwide launch. Check out…
