𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒐 𝟒, 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑹𝑷𝑮 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑩𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒅. 𝑨𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑿𝒃𝒐𝒙 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑷𝑪 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑, 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆'𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉-𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒐 𝟒 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆'𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒏 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆 𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑.
𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒐 𝟒'𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒑 𝒊𝒔, 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒂, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒊𝒕𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝑫𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒔𝒔, 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒐 𝟒'𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆'𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒑.'
- In the beta, we only had access to a region known as the Fractured Peaks. The snow-blasted climbs are littered with frost-bitten forests, and glacial caverns, with impressive snow tessellation tech and weather effects. Even in this solitary area, there were multiple types of biomes and environments, but it becomes ever more daunting when you realize just how small this area was compared to the wider map above.
- The regions above represent the Dry Steppes and Kehjistan Empire on the western side, with the wintry Fractured Peaks and swampy Hawezar jungles to the southeast. Capping off the north is Scosglen, which is where the Blizzcon 2019 demo took place.
- The area represents much of Sanctuary's eastern continent, although given the sheer scale of the map, it's really not a stretch to think how much further Diablo IV could expand here.
- Diablo IV is in essence an MMO, with an always-online connection required, funded by battle passes and cosmetics. To keep players engaged, you can full expect ongoing content updates similar to other online action RPGs like Lost Ark and Path of Exile.
- Given the size and multi-dimensional state of Diablo's world, there are plenty of environments Blizzard could introduce in future patches. We could see a return of New Tristram from Diablo 3, or perhaps we'll find ourselves scaling Mount Arreat again. One thing is for certain; we're all going to hell.
- 𝔻𝕚𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕠 𝟜 𝕝𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕁𝕦𝕟𝕖 𝟞, 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟛 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕏𝕓𝕠𝕩 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℙℂ, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕓 𝕚𝕥 𝕒 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕕𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕦𝕖𝕤.