{"id":89367,"date":"2026-09-14T05:19:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T09:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=89367"},"modified":"2026-09-14T06:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:40:57","slug":"blizzard-insists-there-are-many-reasons-to-keep-playing-diablo-4-as-fans-debate-end-of-expansions-and-diablo-5-in-2029","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=89367","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard Insists There Are ‘Many Reasons to Keep Playing’ Diablo 4 as Fans Debate End of Expansions and Diablo 5 in 2029"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blizzard has insisted Diablo 4<\/a> still has \u201cbright support\u201d as the community debates the shock news that no more expansions will be released for the game and with Diablo 5 looming over the horizon.<\/p>\n

At BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony, Blizzard announced Diablo 5 for 2029<\/a>. It\u2019s due out six years after Diablo 4, and promises more classes than any Diablo game has had before. (If you need a catch-up, here’s everything announced at BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

But what does all this mean for Diablo 4? In an interview with PC Gamer<\/a>, Diablo 4 game director Brent Gibson said Blizzard is now focused on releasing seasons for Diablo 4 and \u201cgetting to Diablo 5.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe feel like we told the Story of Hatred,\u201d he added. \u201cWe had a great conclusion with Lord of Hatred with what we have with Mephisto, and we are moving towards telling the Story of Terror.” That\u2019s a reference to Diablo 5, which sees Diablo himself ruling over a post-apocalyptic Sanctuary.<\/p>\n

Some Diablo 4 players have reacted to the news with anger, particularly the lack of any new expansions. Players are pointing out that former Diablo 4 boss, Rod Fergusson, mentioned \u201cannual expansions\u201d for the action<\/p>\n

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Blizzard has insisted Diablo 4 still has \u201cbright support\u201d as the community debates the shock news that no more expansions will be released for the game and with Diablo 5 looming over the horizon. At BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony, Blizzard announced Diablo 5 for 2029. It\u2019s due out six years after Diablo 4, and promises…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":89369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89367"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89367"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89371,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89367\/revisions\/89371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}