{"id":295596,"date":"2025-04-09T21:09:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T21:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/blizzard-reveals-diablo-iv-2025-content-roadmap-next-expansion-launches-next-year\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T21:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T21:09:20","slug":"blizzard-reveals-diablo-iv-2025-content-roadmap-next-expansion-launches-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/blizzard-reveals-diablo-iv-2025-content-roadmap-next-expansion-launches-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard Reveals Diablo IV 2025 Content Roadmap, Next Expansion Launches Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div property=\"schema:text\">\n<p>Blizzard has unveiled its 2025 content roadmap for Diablo IV, detailing all of the planned changes and additions coming to the 2023 title. The studio also confirmed the game\u2019s next expansion will arrive in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>As for this year, though, the game will continue building off last year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/preview\/2024\/07\/18\/hands-on-with-the-new-spiritborn-class\">Vessel of Hatred <\/a>expansion, with seasonal themes and quests building toward the next expansion. One of the most eyebrow-raising updates coming is two mysterious collaborations with IPs. Blizzard isn\u2019t revealing what they are, only stating in a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.blizzard.com\/en-us\/article\/24189529\/the-age-of-hatred-persists-diablo-iv-2025-roadmap\">blog post<\/a>, &#8220;&#8230;we\u2019re extremely excited to meld the Diablo universe with universes that complement its dark themes.\u201d Another noteworthy update is the addition of keyboard and mouse support for consoles, which arrives this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full rundown of the roadmap:<\/p>\n<article data-embed-button=\"image_browser_uploader\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:file.body_default_rendered\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"{&quot;link_url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;link_target&quot;:0,&quot;link_original&quot;:1,&quot;image_source&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;embed_source&quot;:0,&quot;image_caption&quot;:&quot;Click to enlarge&quot;,&quot;embed_caption&quot;:0,&quot;content_warning&quot;:0}\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"4b71cc3f-6a8a-46f3-a79f-876a6f2c9dc4\" data-langcode=\"en\" class=\"embedded-entity\"><a class=\"linkoriginal\" data-featherlight=\"image\" href=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-jpeg file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2025\/04\/08\/d1aab624\/diablo42025roadmap.jpeg\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click to enlarge<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<h4>January &#8211; April: Witchcraft<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Witchcraft Powers &#8211; Quests &amp; Reputation Board<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Headhunt\u2019s Activity<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Occult Gems<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Earnable Raven Pet<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">New Armor (Permanent Addition)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Whispers QoL Update (Permanent Addition)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>April &#8211; July: Belial\u2019s Return<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Boss Powers &#8211; Quests &amp; Reputation Board<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Apparition Incursion Activity<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Earnable Feline Pet<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">New IP Collab<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">2 Year Anniversary<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">New Lair Bosses &#8211; Belial\/Urivar\/Harbinger (Permanent Addition)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Lair Bosses QoL (Permanent Addition)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Reliquaries (Permanent Addtion)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Season Journey Update<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>July &#8211; September: Sins of the Horadrim<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Horadric Powers &#8211; Quests &amp; Reputation Board<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Dungeon Escalation<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Earnable Pet<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">New Nighttime Dungeon Activities (Permanent Addition)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Console Keyboard &amp; Mouse Support (Permanent Addition)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Unannounced permanent content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>September &#8211; December: Infernal Chaos<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Chaos Powers &#8211; Quests &amp; Reputation Board<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Infernal Hordes Update<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Earnable Pet<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">New IP Collab<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2026<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">New Expansion<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">New Ranking System<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Leaderboards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can read our review of Diablo IV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/review\/diablo-iv\/heaven-sent\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2025\/04\/08\/blizzard-reveals-diablo-iv-2025-content-roadmap-next-expansion-launches-next-year\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard has unveiled its 2025 content roadmap for Diablo IV, detailing all of the planned changes and additions coming to the 2023 title. 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