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Thursday6th Apr 2023
News Diablo 4 Global Unlock Times Revealed, Go Ahead and Get That Leave Approved
Holiday in June
Diablo 4 is shaping up to be both an excellent video game and a massive time-sink, a dangerous combination indeed. Blizzard president Mike Ybarra has revealed the global unlock times for the highly anticipated action RPG with plenty of advance warning, so you can book some well-deserved time off work that just so happens to coincide...
Wednesday5th Apr 2023
News Diablo 4 Details Its Many Endgame Activities
Forged in fire
Blizzard has spilled the beans on how Diablo 4 will (hopefully) keep you playing well beyond the end of the main campaign. And to be honest, it all sounds very promising. Once you've slaughtered your way through the game's story, a bunch of activities are unlocked so that you can continue to develop your character(s). Here's a quick...
Thursday30th Mar 2023
News Diablo 4 Releases Some Mind-Blowing Beta Stats
Bloody hell
Surprise! The Diablo 4 beta ended up being very, very popular. The action RPG opened its gates to players who had pre-ordered last-last weekend, and the open beta was available to everyone the weekend after. Blizzard has gone ahead and released a bunch of beta-based stats, and we're looking at some pretty crazy numbers here. For...
News Diablo 4 Changes Based on Beta Feedback Will Be Announced Soon
Well ahead of June's launch
The recent Diablo 4 beta will have given developer Blizzard a lot to think about. During the testing period — which covered the last two weekends — players were encouraged to share any and all feedback with the team. Given that the beta was rather robust in terms of content, it's fair to assume that Blizzard will be...
Tuesday21st Mar 2023
Random Blizzard Giving Away $20k Worth of Cleaning Services to Lucky Diablo 4 Fans
Take it easy
Blizzard has come up with a novel way to promote the second weekend of Diablo 4's open beta and is giving away $20,000 worth of cleaning services to some lucky and soon-to-be-pampered fans. The offer is only valid for residents of the United States, and winners will receive a $200 credit for the cleaning service Thumbtack. Considering...
Thursday16th Mar 2023
News You Can Now Preload Diablo 4 Ahead of Imminent Early Access Open Beta
Only fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Rejoice, mortals, the long wait to finally get your forsaken hands on Diablo 4 is almost over. Preload is now live for the first of two open beta sessions, which will kick off at 9 a.m. PT on Friday, 17th March and runs for three days, ending at 12 p.m. PT on Sunday, 19th March. To gain early access and...
Saturday18th Feb 2023
News Diablo 4 Open Beta Dated for March on PS5, PS4, Pre-Orders Get Early Access
Includes all of Act 1
Blizzard has confirmed that the open beta for Diablo 4 will be unleashed in March. It'll be available on both PS5 and PS4, and you'll be able to play through the game's prologue and first act. Based on our own early access to the action RPG back in December, that represents roughly ten hours of content. Anyway, a pre-order...
Friday9th Dec 2022
News Diablo 4 Unleashes Hell on PS5, PS4 in June 2023
Hot, hot, hot
Diablo 4 now has a confirmed release date on PS5 and PS4. It adds to what's shaping up to be a very busy summer on PlayStation, set to launch on the 6th June, 2023. You can catch the date at the end of the trailer above, which features a rather stunning siege of hell cinematic. You can also give our Diablo 4 preview a read if you...
Wednesday7th Dec 2022
News The Diablo 4 Release Date Might Have Leaked Ahead of The Game Awards
Go to hell this summer
It appears the release date of Diablo IV has leaked just one day prior to its expected reveal at The Game Awards. The Twitter account Aggiornamenti Lumina, which reliably scrubs the Microsoft Store for new information, has picked up a 5th June 2023 launch date for the Blizzard title, but this could slip into the day after...
Sunday6th Nov 2022
Rumour Diablo 4 Unleashes Hell in April 2023
Getting hot in here
Diablo 4 will target an April 2023 release date, according to fresh rumours from XboxEra, which have been backed up by Windows Central. Officially, the action RPG is on track for an entirely vague 2023 launch. Given that the game's closed beta test is currently ongoing, a full release in the first half of next year does make...
Tuesday20th Sep 2022
News Devoted Diablo Players to Be Selected for Diablo 4 Closed End Game Beta
Gotta pump those numbers up
A closed beta focusing on Diablo 4's end game has been announced, and dedicated players will be chosen to shape the upcoming action RPGs' most challenging content, with PS5 and PS4 players eligible to take part. If you have spent a "significant" amount of time playing the end-game experiences of Diablo 2: Resurrected and...
Monday19th Sep 2022
Rumour Over 40 Minutes of Diablo 4 Gameplay Has Apparently Leaked
Day for it
More than 40 minutes of gameplay from the Diablo 4 beta has apparently leaked, on the same day that 90-odd videos that purport to be early work-in-progress clips of Grand Theft Auto VI surfaced online, which has to be some kind of record. We won't be hosting the content directly, but the leak looks to have originated over
Monday13th Jun 2022
News Diablo 4 Will Be a Full Price Release with Premium Cosmetic Items and Expansions
Blizzard confirms
Blizzard has opened up on the model that it's using for Diablo 4. Just in case there was any doubt, Diablo 4 will be a full price release. There were some rumours floating around that it could end up being free-to-play, but that speculation was clearly unfounded. However, Blizzard is keen to point out that it wants to support...
Sunday12th Jun 2022
News Diablo 4 Goes Open World with Full Cross-Play on PS5, PS4 in 2023
Gets a big gameplay trailer
It was always expected, but Diablo 4 has been officially confirmed for PS5 as well as PS4. It's also landed a vague 2023 release window, as well as a relatively in-depth gameplay trailer, which we've embedded above. We think it's all looking rather promising. Blizzard says that the game has over 140 dungeons scatted...
Thursday31st Mar 2022
News Diablo 4 Dev Update Talks of More than 150 Procedurally Generated Dungeons
Open closed world
With everything that's been happening with Activision Blizzard on both business and legal levels, it's easy to forget that the company still has a number of video games in development. Indeed, titles like Diablo IV and Overwatch 2 are still very much in the works, even though setbacks within the company have quite clearly had an...
Wednesday3rd Nov 2021
News Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 Delayed, Seemingly to 2023
Blizzard blockbusters pushed back
Activision Blizzard, the mega-publisher behind some of gaming's most popular franchises, has just delayed two key releases. In the company's latest quarterly financial report, it's stated that Diablo IV and Overwatch 2 have been pushed back. These two games are Blizzard's most hotly anticipated titles, and both...
Saturday20th Feb 2021
News The Rogue Class Returns in Diablo 4
Knife in the dark
A fourth playable character class has been confirmed for Diablo 4: the Rogue. Originally a playable class in the first Diablo, the Rogue is exactly what you'd expect. They can wield bows and crossbows at long range, or they can get in close with swords or daggers. You can see some brief gameplay footage in the trailer that we've...
Monday4th Nov 2019
News Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 Are Almost Certainly PS5 Games
Blizzard doesn't know when they'll launch
Blizzcon 2019 lifted the lid on two of Blizzard's biggest upcoming games this past weekend -- Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2. They're new installments in two incredibly popular franchises, but we wouldn't expect either of them to actually release any time soon. The publisher has stated that even it doesn't know...
Saturday2nd Nov 2019
Gallery Diablo 4 Concept Art Is Beautifully Grim, Shows Characters, Environments, and More
Hell and back
Diablo 4 is official, and its concept art is bloody stunning. Blizzard has released a whole load of drawings from development, showing off playable character classes, various locations, the kind of gear you can expect to find while looting the corpses of your enemies, and more. Below, you can feast your eyes on all of the concept art...
News Diablo 4 Set to Have Cosmetic Microtransactions and Paid Expansions
Oh, hell
When Diablo 4 was announced yesterday (at the time of writing), many of our regular readers rocked up into the comments section to discuss potential microtransactions -- and guess what? They've just been confirmed. During a Twitch stream by Quin69 who got to sit down and play an early build at BlizzCon 2019 -- thanks Skill Up for pointing...
Friday1st Nov 2019
News Diablo 4 Has a 'Shared Open World', Campaign Is Non-Linear
Sanctuary for all
Blizzard has dropped a lot more details on Diablo 4 than we were expecting. The action role-playing game -- which is in development for PlayStation 4 -- will feature a "shared open world" in which players can meet up and adventure together or trade with one another. This open world will be split up into five different regions, and...
News Diablo 4 Gameplay Shows a Clear Return to the Dark Horror of Diablo 2
Combat, classes, and more
Blizzard is taking a step back from the comicbook vibes of Diablo 3 with Diablo 4, it would seem. Revealed during the opening ceremony of BlizzCon 2019, Diablo 4 looks set to return to the dark fantasy that was so prevalent in Diablo 2, complete with more greys and browns than a rundown council estate. The action...
News Diablo 4 Finally Announced, Will Bring Hell to PS4
Hell yeah
Diablo 4 has finally been announced after years of supposed leaks, rumours, and countless speculative posts all over the internet. The action role-playing game was unveiled during BlizzCon 2019's opening ceremony, and debuted with the lengthy cinematic trailer that we've embedded above. The game is currently in development for PlayStation...
Thursday31st Oct 2019
Rumour Diablo 4 Is Much Darker and Grittier than Diablo 3, Might Be Open World
Nods to Diablo 2
There's a big Diablo 4 leak doing the rounds, and it seems to have a lot of weight to it. Reddit user PracticalBrush12 -- who has leaked accurate information for numerous games in the past -- goes into quite a bit of depth with regards to Blizzard's eagerly anticipated sequel. Apparently, Diablo 4 will return to the darker and...
