Right now, throughout Blizzcon 2023, Blizzard gave us an early have a look at Diablo IV’s first enlargement, Vessel of Hatred. The upcoming enlargement will characteristic a brand new class and will probably be out subsequent yr.

Blizzard’s annual fan occasion, Blizzcon, is at the moment occurring over the weekend and it kicked off on November 3 with a reside opening ceremony presentation. Throughout this showcase, Blizzard introduced plans for its widespread video games like Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, and naturally, Diablo IV. The largest information was the reveal of the motion RPG’s first main enlargement.

Vessel of Hatred will take gamers again to the jungle-covered world of Nahantu, a area first seen in Diablo II. In line with Blizzard, the story of this enlargement will give attention to the destiny of Prime Evil baddie Mephisto and the demon’s plans for Sanctuary after the occasions of Diablo IV.

Blizzard didn’t have many different particulars to share concerning the enlargement however did present a brief teaser for followers to get hyped over.

Blizzard additionally teased that Vessel of Hatred will add a brand new class to Diablo IV that hasn’t been seen in any earlier Diablo recreation. Whereas the corporate didn’t share some other particulars about this new class, a latest datamine may present us with extra info.

October’s Diablo IV datamine appears correct

Final month, gamers dug right into a check construct of Diablo IV and found information pointing to a brand new enlargement named “Lord of Hatred.” In Diablo lore, that title belongs to Mephisto and the datamine implied that this demon can be the large villain of this new story.

So whereas the upcoming enlargement appears to have had a tiny identify change, the info gamers found nonetheless traces up with what Blizzard has thus far revealed.

That very same datamine indicated that the brand new class will probably be referred to as the Spiritborn and will probably be a nature-based warrior that cleaves by way of enemies with a glaive. Followers assume this class may play like a druid-barbarian hybrid, which sounds fascinating. In fact, datamines aren’t at all times correct and it’s doable this isn’t the primary new class Blizzard has deliberate for Diablo IV. We’ll have to attend for Blizzard to disclose extra about Vessel of Hatred which is deliberate to launch in “late 2024.”

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