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Blizzard is potentially moving Diablo 4 to a yearly release schedule in a manner not unlike Destiny 2, franchise manager Rod Fergusson said in a recent interview. That means you can expect big Diablo 4 expansions once per year, with several seasons in between that offer supplementary quests and storylines (thanks, Dexerto).
“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,” Fergusson said. “So, as we look at our quarterly seasons, and we look at our annual expansions, those are the things that we’re really focused on for our live service.”
The news comes a few months after Blizzard confirmed that the team was working on two expansions at the time Diablo 4 launched. That announcement fit with Blizzard’s approach to previous Diablo games. The studio launched critically acclaimed expansions for Diablo 2 and Diablo 3, with a second expansion planned for each that ended up getting canceled.
Fergusson evidently wasn’t just talking about the team’s plans for launching the two announced expansions. He told Dexerto’s Patrick Dane that Blizzard has plans that go “well into the future…it’s years and years.”
Associate game director Joe Piepiora previously said Blizzard doesn’t intend you to play Diablo 4 forever like the best MMOs, but it sounds like that might not be the case anymore.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
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