Diablo 4 Players May Want to Mark November 3 on Their Calendars Highlights The upcoming second season of Diablo 4, titled the Season of Blood, has the potential to make up for a lackluster first season with new content to bolster the endgame loop. Fans of Diablo 4 should keep an eye on BlizzCon 2023, as historically, the event has been a source of big news and updates for the franchise. It could reignite hype and bring exciting announcements for the game. There is a possibility that Diablo 4’s first major expansion could be announced at BlizzCon, signaling the introduction of annual content expansions for the game. Alternatively, new playable class information may be revealed at the event.
Despite Diablo 4’s rough first season, exciting things may be on the horizon for fans of Blizzard’s latest entry in the iconic ARPG series. The first of which is the upcoming second season of Diablo 4 entitled the Season of Blood which has the potential to make up for a lackluster first season with the addition of new content to bolster the endgame loop. While this new season is exciting on its own, players might be in for even more of a treat on November 3 as it marks the start of BlizzCon 2023.
Diablo 4 was off to a strong start when it was first released in June earlier this year, but a series of missteps with the Season of the Malignant including unpopular changes to the endgame grind saw the game’s player base drop off significantly. While a lot is riding on the Season of Blood to turn things around, Blizzard could also be hiding an ace up their sleeve at BlizzCon 2023. As such, whether the Season of Blood is successful or not, Diablo 4 fans will want to keep an eye on November 3 for any new Diablo-related announcements that come out of the event.
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Historically, BlizzCon has been a huge source of news and updates for the Diablo franchise, despite the event being canceled in 2022. Past years of events like BlizzCon 2021 saw the reveal of Diablo 2: Resurrected, and 2018 was the year of the infamous Diablo Immortal announcement. As the first BlizzCon coming off the heels of Diablo 4’s release, Blizzard will likely want to reignite some of the hype for the game, setting the stage for a big showing for Diablo fans at this year’s event.
A very likely part of Diablo 4’s showing at BlizzCon 2023 will be what fans can expect for the game’s third season. The Season of Blood starts on October 17, which while it is quite close to BlizzCon’s start date of November 3, could still allow for Diablo 4 Season 3 information to be shared at the event. Diablo 4 Season 2 was announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live just over a month after the start of its first season, so there is precedent for announcing new seasonal plans close to the launch of the current season.
Given the rocky start to Diablo 4’s live-service structure for its seasons, Blizzard may want to pull out all the stops at BlizzCon and announce the first major expansion for Diablo 4. The company has made it clear that there are plans to introduce annual content expansions for Diablo 4, similar to the model of Destiny 2. With Diablo’s history of content expansions like the Lord of Destruction expansion for Diablo 2 and the Reaper of Souls expansion for Diablo 3, Diablo 4 is really going to need to step up its content game if these annual expansions are going to live up to the expectations set by the series’ past, and a strong showing at BlizzCon could put it on the right path.
Even if the first major expansion for Diablo 4 isn’t announced at BlizzCon, there is still the possibility that juicy information like a new playable class for Diablo 4 is revealed. There has been a lot of speculation as to what class or classes would be added to Diablo 4 with choices like Amazon or Paladin seeming like strong potential options to be the game’s sixth class. Whatever Blizzard has in store for Diablo fans at BlizzCon 2023, it will likely be worth marking November 3 on the calendar, so fans won’t miss any exciting announcements from the event.
Diablo 4 is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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