Gaming News Diablo IV: Open World, release date… Blizzard announces details for Summer Game Fest 2022
Three months after the last information about Diablo IV, Blizzard announced the cover art this Sunday, June 12th during the Xbox Bethesda conference. The developers then talked about an open world, the endgame, but also a release period.
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- Diablo IV: an open world and a new class…
- Diablo IV: Multiplayer and Release Date What You Need to Know
Diablo IV: an open world and a new class…
After a first stint with Overwatch 2, Blizzard once again excelled at the Xbox Bethesda conference Summer game festival 2022 with Diablo IV. The developers used the event to share their progress in the game with a trailer lasting more than four minutes (see above). For example, you mentioned that players can explore the world of Sanctuary.as you wish” with many objectives to achieve or not: the bastions will be places where they must be cleansed of their demonic dwellers in order to obtain treasures.
In addition, Blizzard has also revealed the new and final class of Diablo IV: it will be the Necromancer. This character’s mechanics, already present in Diablo III: Reaper of the Soul, revolve around death and resurrection to bend the dead to their will. Blizzard promises more information about the class in a new article that will be published on the site tomorrow.
Diablo IV: Multiplayer and Release Date What You Need to Know
In addition, Blizzard has also provided details on the title’s multiplayer: Diablo IV will support crossplay, cross-platform co-progression, and local co-op. On this theme, the game will be released on PC, PS4, Xbox One but also on new generation consoles with the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox series. Regarding the release date, Blizzard did not go away empty-handed: Diablo IV is expected in 2023!
To date, the release date was unknown: although announced at BlizzCon 2019, players were expecting a release around 2021 or even 2022. Blizzard assured last year that Diablo IV will not be released in 2021 before declaring thisPlan to start later than expected“. In any case, Diablo IV has never been so close to its release.
About the summer game festival
What is Summer Game Fest?
No E3 this year, but we can still count on another world-class event: the Summer Game Fest, a big show dedicated to announcing video games that will come this year or the following years. In 2020, journalist and presenter Geoff Keighley launched this now essential festival for the first time. Last year the show featured stunning images of the Elden Ring; So the third iteration inevitably raises high expectations.
When does Summer Game Fest 2022 start?
The Summer Game Fest takes place this Thursday, June 9th at 8pm. The show will again be followed by a Day of the Devs session dedicated to the independent scene.
How can I follow Summer Game Fest 2022?
In particular, on JV, alongside Maxildan and Aymeric Lallée, we will be responding live to announcements from the LeStream channel. The show will also be shown directly as a teaser on JV’s homepage. And of course, for those who prefer to read, you can find our news throughout the conference. A written summary will also be available
What is the program for Summer Game Fest 2022?
Among the games not to be missed is in particular the legacy of Dead Space, The Callisto Protocol, which shows us its first gameplay images. For its part, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 presents us with its first level. Also on the programme: Gotham Knights, Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course, the first game from Aaryn Flynn’s studio (ex-Bioware) Nightingale, the JRPG One Piece Odyssey, the free-to-play Warframe or even Planet of Lana. Geoff Keighley further announced: “We’ve got some new game announcements for this show and hopefully some surprises when it all comes together. But it’s definitely a show that focuses mostly on things that have been predicted.”
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