Diablo 4 GM confirms \u201cannual expansions\u201d for the game Blizzard EntertainmentIn a recent interview with Dexerto, Diablo 4 general manager Rod Fergusson confirmed that Blizzard is working on \u201cannual expansions\u201d for the game. Ever since the launch of Diablo 4, players have been clamoring for more. Season of the Malignant has helped to tide players over and give them a new chase. It allows players to go out into the world and roll a new character to hunt down new builds. That said, while these work as seasonal releases, like the upcoming Season 2, players are hungry for juicier expansions. Diablo 2\u2019s Lord of Destruction expansion and Diablo 3\u2019s Reaper of Souls were both very well-liked, and there are already mounting expectations for Diablo 4 to match those. Especially with where the story left off in the campaign, players will be hoping to see that continuation in the future. However, while we\u2019ve known there are multiple expansions in the works, it\u2019s not been clear when we might expect those. However, we may now know. In a recent Interview with Dexerto, Diablo General Manager Rod Fergusson said the game will be getting \u201cannual expansions\u201d. Blizzard is planning to support Diablo for years into the future In our interview, we asked Fergusson how long is the team planning ahead with Diablo 4. In the exchange, Fergusson referenced \u201cquarterly seasons\u201d and \u201cannual expansions\u201d giving us a glimpse into how Blizzard is considering the Diablo calendar. Here\u2019s the exchange in full: \u201cPatrick Dane: This is a broader question \u2013 how long does the future of Diablo 4 go? How far does that vision go? You know, we\u2019ve come through the launch, which had this really nice condensed campaign. And now we\u2019re at the seasonal stuff, so, like how long does that live? Rod Fergusson: Yeah, I mean, obviously, that\u2019s like how long is a piece of string. PD: Exactly. RF: But, you know, it\u2019s years and years. That\u2019s the thing we\u2019re focused on. When you look at the launch of the game and this first season, we see that as building a foundation on which we can build for the future. So, as we look at our quarterly seasons, and we look at our annual expansions, those are the things that we\u2019re really focused on for our live service. We\u2019ve got plans, we have storylines that go well into the future. We\u2019ve got plans. We\u2019re always leapfrogging our seasons, and leapfrogging our expansions, so it\u2019s something we are going to do for a long time. We\u2019re excited. When you look back and realise that there were 11 years between D3 and D4, that feels like we didn\u2019t live up to our players, our community, and what they deserve. That\u2019s something we are rectifying in D4 with our seasons and our expansions.\u201d With four quarterly seasons and an expansion roughly every year, it sounds like Diablo 4 is aiming for a release cadence similar to Destiny 2. Bungie\u2019s game has largely stuck to that, though expansions have been delayed in the past. Of course, that Diablo 4 matches Destiny 2 is speculation on our part. On that, game development can change, and this is likely just a projected release schedule. Still, it seems from this phrasing that Blizzard could be aiming for an expansion in the summer of next year. This would put it in line with a year from the release of the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Diablo 4 GM confirms \u201cannual expansions\u201d for the game Blizzard EntertainmentIn a recent interview with Dexerto, Diablo 4 general manager Rod Fergusson confirmed that Blizzard is working on \u201cannual expansions\u201d for the game. Ever since the launch of Diablo 4, players have been clamoring for more. Season of the Malignant has helped to tide players […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}