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Diablo 4 is transforming once again with the release of its upcoming Lord of Hatred expansion, and one of the new features coming to Blizzard’s modern ARPG is bound to make old-school fans of the series happy.
Come update 3.0, launching alongside Lord of Hatred, Diablo 4 will officially have a map overlay. This lets players put a togglable map directly in the middle of the screen on top of the action, instead of using the minimap in the top-right corner of the screen or opening an entirely different map window that covers up gameplay.
Players will have to choose between using the current minimap or the new map overlay, but Blizzard is giving players some tools to customize the overlay to their liking. The map’s opacity and color can be customized, and to go alongside the map overlay, a new pathfinding feature highlights the path players should take to reach their destination.
It sounds like a small addition in an expansion filled to the brim with system overhauls and new features, but fans have wanted a map overlay since Diablo 4’s launch. The overlay is in pretty much constant use in other ARPGs like Diablo 2 and
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