Diablo 4

We're only a few months past the tenth anniversary of StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty's release, but the end has officially come -- Blizzard quietly announced today that they would be ending the production of new for-purchase content like Co-Op Commanders and War Chests.

Another quarter, another Quarterly Update from the Diablo 4 development team.

We know that Diablo 4 is going to have some unique mechanics for each class, which is pretty awesome -- the Arsenal system for Barbarians allows them to switch between a massive two-handed club, a sword, even two weapons based on the situation, while the upcoming Enchantment system for Sorceress characters lets them place certain skills in a special Enchantment slot and transform an active skill into a passive proc.

Game Director Luis Barriga has given us a lot to mull over in the latest Diablo 4 development update.

Druids were first introduced as a playable class in Diablo 2, and they were an immediate player favorite. But they never showed up in Diablo 3, despite the suggestion that they might be added in a hero pack like the Necromancer. But now Druids are making their triumphant return in Diablo 4.

The temptation to answer the headline of this post with a giant yes was irresistable, and yet, I have not simply written yes in giant ten foot tall letters.

We're almost halfway through 2020, and now we know the Diablo 4 team is still hard at work while safely working from home.

So, if you guys all remember 2018 — sometimes I feel like it's been a thousand years since 2018 — Blizzard announced Diablo Immortal at BlizzCon and people who had expected a Diablo 4 announcement instead got...

There is a consensus that Diablo 4 is, in many ways, trying to go back to the roots of the series.

Both Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 had some form of follower characters in the gameplay.