By completing objectives as part of the Season Journey, players will progress the battle pass and will unlock both cosmetics rewards as well as a currency called Smoldering Ash that is used to purchase upgrades that only work for that season. Players will only be able to progress the game's seasonal battle pass by creating and playing a new seasonal character. Players will need to have completed the campaign on either an Eternal Realm character or on a seasonal character to unlock the seasonal questline and begin engaging with the new seasonal Malignant mechanics.īlizzard additionally clarified how Diablo IV's seasons will work. Season 1 will additionally introduce a seasonal questline that Blizzard has described as a 'side story' to Diablo IV's main storyline. Blizzard said players will want a combination of all Caged Heart color types, which will create new ways for players to customize their builds. A rarer version of a Caged Heart will be eligible to be socketed into any of the three color sockets. These powers come in Caged Hearts of three different colors and will need to be placed in gear with a matching color socket in order to be used. There are a total of 32 new Malignant powers players will be able to choose from. Now Playing: Diablo IV | Season of the Malignant | Announce Trailer We want to do right by the fans, honor the game’s rich lores and visceral world building while evoking the strong emotions the players feel while immersing in the game.”ĭiablo IV will be available on Windows PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4 at launch.By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's “Diablo fans are very passionate, and many have been with the game for over two decades. “Working with Blizzard, we had the wonderful opportunity to bring the dark, thrilling and imaginative world of Diablo IV to life,” said Zhao.

I’ll play a game set there, but there’s a few too many monsters to settle down, thank you very much. “Saviors Wanted,” which you can watch above, takes place in the world of Sanctuary, “a realm that has been besieged by horrific monsters while the High Heavens and the Burning Hells wage destructive battles against each other.” It’s not a world I would want to live in. Diablo IV comes out on June 6th, and as part of the launch, Blizzard Entertainment released a trailer for the role-playing video game directed by none other than Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao ( Nomadland, The Rider, Eternals). It’s been 11 years since Diablo III, but the wait is almost over.

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