The Diablo 4 Blood Harvest is going well, with the community already having met the first goal, unlocking themed weapon skins for all. Plus, Blizzard has some frightful new stories for all.
It's the Season of Blood in Diablo 4, and Blizzard is using the vampiric themed season to do some good. They're running a monthlong campaign to encourage real-life blood donation. In-game cosmetics will unlock for all if the community hits certain donation goals, including the 666 quart big goal.
Season of Blood is underway in Diablo 4. There's also a Xbox Free Play Days weekend starting today, that includes Diablo 4 without paid membership needed.
Diablo 4's Season of Blood begins next week and the team revealed what's coming in the October 17th update, from balance to player experience improvements.
Diablo 4 pulled back the curtain on the vampiric scourge that will descend upon Sanctuary on October 17th in Season 2. Blizzard will also release Diablo 4 on Steam the same day.
With the Season of Blood coming October 17th, the Diablo 4 team has set a date for their next Campfire Chat livestream to talk about the season and upcoming improvements.
Blizzard plans to support Diablo 4 for years with seasonal updates and annual expansions, confirms GM Rod Fergusson. "We've got plans, we have storylines that go well into the future."
Diablo 4 Is offering some special gold and XP bonuses this coming weekend, starting on September 1st.
While Diablo 4 is still in the throes of its first season, Season of the Malignant, Season 2 is already close at hand. Coming October 17th, Season of Blood brings a new companion, the Vampire Hunter Erys.
Earlier today, Blizzard suspended player trading in Diablo IV thanks to an item and gold duplication exploit in the game. Despite the 1.1.2 patch today, trading is still disabled.
A brand new short story, "Teeth of the Plague" is now out, concluding the Diablo IV Tales of Sanctuary series.
Diablo 4's first season, Season of the Malignant, has been out for a bit now. Kanishka goes over the various classes to help those still on the fence which class they should look at when building their next character.
Keeping promises, the Diablo 4 1.1.1 patch notes have been released, featuring balance changes, boosts to Barbarian and Sorcerer, more guaranteed Legendary weapons, and more helpful tweaks.
The Diablo IV team outlined patch 1.1.1, with Barbarians and Sorcerers getting major help, quality of life changes, and much more when the update is out on August 8th.
Following last week's promised greater transparency, the Diablo IV team will detailpatch 1.1.1 in a new stream tomorrow, complete with community Q&A on changes (and course correction) to come.