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Thursday20th Jul 2023
News Diablo 4's Huge Patch Backlash Prompts Damage Control Chat with Blizzard Devs
Sit by the fire
Blizzard seems to have really kicked the hornet's nest with its latest update for Diablo 4. Patch 1.1.0 released just a couple of days ago at the time of writing, and to say that it hasn't gone down well would be a dramatic understatement. Said update makes sweeping changes to the game's balance, most notably nerfing a wide range of...
Wednesday19th Jul 2023
News Diablo 4 Classes Nerfed to the High Heavens Ahead of Season 1 Launch
Reality check
Diablo 4's first live season, known as the Season of the Malignant, is mere days away from launch, and Blizzard has released a hefty patch to prepare for its coming. Amongst many, many changes (the patch notes weigh in at 5k words), the intent appears to be a general curbing of power across every class in the game, with community...
Friday7th Jul 2023
News Diablo 4's Latest Patch Makes Unique Items Easier to Come By
All aboard the Helltide train
Diablo 4's latest patch is live now on PlayStation platforms, bringing with it a long list of bug fixes and improvements, but most crucially of all, makes the acquisition of Unique items easier. Blizzard posted the full list, which is available for your perusal, but for our purposes, it's the addition of Unique items...
News Diablo 4's Season of the Malignant Revealed, Raise Hell from 20th July on PS5, PS4
Thank the High Heavens
Diablo 4's first season has been revealed, and it kicks off rather imminently, on 20th July. It's called Season of the Malignant, and in a new post-campaign quest line, players will face off against Malignant monstrosities born of Lillith's corruption. Revealed as part of a developer live stream, a short trailer was revealed...
Monday3rd Jul 2023
News Diablo 4 Bug Prime Suspect in Rash of Treasure Goblin-Related Killings
Payback time
Diablo 4's nominally passive Treasure Goblins are a type of pacifist enemy that players are encouraged to murder whenever encountered. They drop high-tier loot, leak gold when hit, and will immediately attempt to flee upon sighting the player. And yet, these seemingly harmless loot pinatas appear to be the cause of a series of...
Wednesday28th Jun 2023
News Diablo 4's Latest Patch Significantly Increases Endgame XP Gains
Amongst other things
Diablo 4's latest patch just dropped, and it compiles a fairly extensive list of bug fixes and improvements which should keep the experience of playing smooth. The biggest changes, at least for those who managed to beat the game's extensive Campaign, are targeted at XP gains. Specifically, these changes affect gains during the...
Monday26th Jun 2023
News Diablo 4's Secret Post-Credits Scenes Have Fans Trying to Predict the Next Apocalypse
The portents align
The titanic launch of Diablo 4 smashed Blizzard's own sales records, and as more of those many millions of players beat the game, reports of secret post-credits scenes began to emerge. There are four so far, and how exactly they trigger remains unclear. Nevertheless, it seems like either one or both of the big bads of the two...
News Blizzard Dev Sets the Record Straight on Diablo 4's Rarest Item Drops
Unlucky
Pious gamers have been sending hopeful prayers to RNGesus for as long as the medium has existed, and our dice-headed deity is a fickle one. Sometimes it's just nice to know what you're up against, though; a Blizzard dev has cleared up some confusion regarding some of Diablo 4's rarest unique items. Lead class designer Adam Jackson took to...
Friday16th Jun 2023
News Blizzard Nerfs Dungeons to Stop Rampant Diablo 4 XP Farming
Salt the earth
Blizzard's latest hotfix for Diablo 4, amongst other things, aims to stop rampant XP farming by "standardising the density of elite monsters that spawn in dungeons to ensure that no particular dungeon is clearly more efficient to run through than others." In a tale as old as time, gamers have already discovered the most optimal...
Tuesday6th Jun 2023
News Yes, Diablo 4 Is Blizzard's Fastest Selling Game of All Time
Well, there it is
Looks like success is contagious, and the industry is having a humdinger of a year. Hot on the heels of Street Fighter 6’s humongous launch, Blizzard has now confirmed that Diablo 4 is its biggest launch ever. The organisation –
News Diablo 4's Barely Out on PS5, PS4 But Of Course Someone's Reached Level 100 on Hardcore
An inspiration to Barbarians everywhere
Diablo 4 isn't even officially out yet, and already someone has picked up the gauntlet thrown down by developer Blizzard and slapped the world with it. The company, in their hubris, declared that the first 1000 players to reach level 100 on Hardcore mode (permadeath) would have their names immortalised, carved...
News Two Diablo 4 Expansions Are Already in the Works at Blizzard
First one is pretty much done
Blizzard is pitching Diablo 4 as something you'll still be playing years into the future if it gets its hooks into you, and that will be thanks to a plethora of post-launch support. Alongside free content updates, the developer is currently producing two expansions, as confirmed by general manager Rod Fergusson. In a...
Friday2nd Jun 2023
News Diablo 4 PS5, PS4 Early Launch Faces Invalid License Issues
Blizzard is investigating
It was never going to be as smooth and problem-free as Blizzard wanted it to be, was it? Diablo 4 is available to play now on PS5, PS4 via the four days of early access granted by the Ultimate Edition, and many users are encountering an error to do with license issues. This is preventing them from playing the game, but it...
Wednesday31st May 2023
News Diablo 4 Dev Promises Servers Will Survive Launch Day Surge
Prepped and ready
With the demonic onset of Diablo 4 almost upon us, it doesn't take an apocalyptic prophet of the end times to predict the awesome action RPG is going to be massive. Understandably, fans are concerned about whether servers will be up to the inevitable strain come launch day, a fear which has been allayed previously. Nevertheless,...
Tuesday30th May 2023
News The Number of the Beast Is All Over Diablo 4's Trophy List
Kill 666 of all enemy types
Even the Diablo 4 Trophy list is embracing the game's setting of Hell with digital trinkets that will have you killing beasts down under 666 times. In order to unlock the Platinum Trophy, you'll need to earn 25 other gongs, and five of them are all about fending off the legions of Hell. Five Bronze Trophies will ask you...
Your fell deeds, wrought in stone
The appointed time is almost upon us, with the infernal launch of Diablo 4 mere days away (less for those that purchased the Ultimate Edition of the game). To tempt its adherents still further into selling their souls, Blizzard has announced the ultimate reward for the most devoted of players: The names of the first...
Tuesday23rd May 2023
News Gory Diablo 4 Story Trailer Will Have You Hyped as Hell
By three, they come
The wait for Diablo 4 has been an infernal one, but worry not, weary wanderer. The appointed time draws ever closer. We know because we just got this hype-as-heck story launch trailer, despite the game not actually launching until 6th June (2nd June for purchasers of the Ultimate Edition). To be clear, this is the story trailer...
Thursday18th May 2023
News Deliciously Evil Diablo 4 Gameplay Is Worth Selling Your Soul For
Violent delights
Rejoice, fellow denizens of Hell; we are officially in the home stretch now. Diablo 4 might not be out until 6th June (with access four days earlier for Ultimate Edition owners), but we got this bumpin' Billie Eilish-led gameplay trailer to hold us over in the meantime. A fresh Diablo game is such a tantalising prospect, and this...
Tuesday16th May 2023
News Blizzard Is 'Really Confident' Diablo 4 Won't Break on Launch Day
The Server Slam did its job
Diablo 4 developer Blizzard has said it expects a smooth PS5, PS4 launch next month thanks to the betas and series of server stress tests it's conducted over recent months. Speaking with Eurogamer, it's revealed the team has been doing internal tests with millions of bot accounts for over a year now, and has learned a lot...
Monday15th May 2023
News Diablo 4's Story Explained in New Lore-Heavy Video
Heaven or Hell
The Diablo franchise isn't typically known for its storytelling, but there is some cool lore behind all of the demon-slaying action. And with Diablo 4 just a few weeks away from its full release on the 6th June, Blizzard is on hand to explain just what the hell's going on in its latest dark fantasy adventure. Set roughly 50 years...
Friday12th May 2023
News Last Chance to Play Diablo 4 Before Release Is Right Now on PS5, PS4
The Server Slam is live
If you want to play Diablo 4 one last time before its release on the 6th June, this is your last chance. The so-called Server Slam — which is basically an open beta — is now live on PS5 and PS4. All you need to do is download the client from the PlayStation Store. The Server Slam includes the whole first act of Diablo 4,...
Thursday11th May 2023
News Diablo 4 Dev Reconfirms Cosmetic-Only Microtransactions
Live service stuff detailed
Diablo 4 developer Blizzard has spilled a few more beans on the game's live service elements. With the action RPG set to launch on PS5 and PS4 in just under a month, it makes sense for the studio to clarify how things will work once we're in the post-launch period. First up: Blizzard has reiterated that microtransactions...
Thursday4th May 2023
News Diablo 4's Live Service Stuff Will Be Detailed Next Week
Seasons, battle pass...
Like it or not, Diablo 4 is set to be a long-term project for Blizzard, through the magic of a live service model. That's not to say the action RPG's going to launch unfinished or anything — the campaign's supposed to be a good 35 hours long, for example — but the intention is to keep adding and refreshing things as the...
Tuesday25th Apr 2023
News Diablo 4's Max Level Will Take Most Players 150 Hours to Hit
The big 100
Trying to determine the length of a game like Diablo 4 seems like a pretty pointless endeavour, since players can technically grind for all eternity. But if you're desperate for a number, then associate game director Joseph Piepiora has your back. When asked about how long it'll take to reach the game's level cap of 100, Piepiora says...
Thursday20th Apr 2023
News Diablo 4 Opens to Everyone in May for One Last Pre-Release Run
The Server Slam
After a bout of teasing on social media, Blizzard has confirmed that Diablo 4 will return for one more networking test ahead of its full release in June. From Friday the 12th May to Sunday the 14th May, the game will be open to everyone, and will feature the same content as the previous beta weekends. The big gameplay adjustments...
Wednesday19th Apr 2023
News Diablo 4 Will Lack an Essential Feature from Past Entries
Time to get your eyes tested
Diablo 4's release date is fast approaching, with the apocalyptic action RPG springing forth on PS5 and PS4 on 6th June. It's officially gone gold (yay), but the Tweet announcing that fact was something of a double-edged sword, as Rod Ferguson, the dark lord of the Diablo franchise, popped into the replies to confirm a...
Monday17th Apr 2023
News Diablo 4 Goes Gold Ahead of June Release Date
Hell-o there
Blizzard has confirmed that Diablo 4 has gone gold, meaning that the game's ready to ship ahead of its 6th June release date on PS5 and PS4. A few months back, there were actually some (unsubstantiated) whispers that the action RPG would be delayed to later in the year, but the date has stuck. This is all following on from immensely...
Friday14th Apr 2023
News Diablo 4 Is Changing a Lot Based on Beta Feedback, Full List Revealed
Blizzard posts details
As promised, Blizzard has released a long list of changes coming to Diablo 4 when the game launches on the 6th June. These adjustments — some of which are quite significant — are based on player feedback from the closed and open beta tests that happened last month. The developer stressed that it was going to take any and...
Thursday13th Apr 2023
News Diablo 4's Seasonal Battle Passes Will Take 'Roughly 80 Hours' to Work Through
Putting in overtime
Diablo 4 has become something of a mid-year milestone we really can't wait to reach, thanks largely to positive preview coverage and the implementation of some fresh ideas. Also, it's a new Diablo game! In an interview
Wednesday12th Apr 2023
News Diablo 4's Campaign Can Be Skipped Once It's Completed
Additional characters can ignore the story
Over the last few weeks, we've seen some Diablo fans wondering how having multiple characters will work in Diablo 4. Because there's no story-skipping Adventure Mode (as there is in Diablo 3), does every character you make have to slog through the game's main story? We were asking this same question prior...
