At the moment, throughout Blizzcon 2023, Blizzard gave us an early take a look at Diablo IV’s first enlargement, Vessel of Hatred. The upcoming enlargement will characteristic a brand new class and will likely be out subsequent 12 months.
Blizzard’s annual fan occasion, Blizzcon, is at present taking place over the weekend and it kicked off on November 3 with a stay opening ceremony presentation. Throughout this showcase, Blizzard introduced plans for its well-liked video games like Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, and naturally, Diablo IV. The largest information was the reveal of the motion RPG’s first main enlargement.
Vessel of Hatred will take gamers again to the jungle-covered world of Nahantu, a area first seen in Diablo II. In accordance with Blizzard, the story of this enlargement will concentrate on the destiny of Prime Evil baddie Mephisto and the demon’s plans for Sanctuary after the occasions of Diablo IV.
Blizzard didn’t have many different particulars to share concerning the enlargement however did present a brief teaser for followers to get hyped over.
Blizzard additionally teased that Vessel of Hatred will add a brand new class to Diablo IV that hasn’t been seen in any earlier Diablo recreation. Whereas the corporate didn’t share every other particulars about this new class, a latest datamine would possibly present us with extra info.
October’s Diablo IV datamine appears correct
Final month, gamers dug right into a take a look at construct of Diablo IV and found knowledge pointing to a brand new enlargement named “Lord of Hatred.” In Diablo lore, that title belongs to Mephisto and the datamine implied that this demon could be the large villain of this new story.
So whereas the upcoming enlargement appears to have had a tiny identify change, the information gamers found nonetheless strains up with what Blizzard has thus far revealed.
That very same datamine indicated that the brand new class will likely be known as the Spiritborn and will likely be a nature-based warrior that cleaves by means of enemies with a glaive. Followers suppose this class would possibly play like a druid-barbarian hybrid, which sounds fascinating. In fact, datamines aren’t all the time correct and it’s doable this isn’t the primary new class Blizzard has deliberate for Diablo IV. We’ll have to attend for Blizzard to disclose extra about Vessel of Hatred which is deliberate to launch in “late 2024.”
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