While the transition has introduced challenges, we feel very fortunate to be able to keep momentum going strong on the development of Diablo IV.Īs with many other games, we organize the development of Diablo IV around team milestones.

Hello, and welcome to our latest Diablo IV quarterly update! We are excited to share some of the progress we’ve made on the game today.Īs is the case with many other game and technology companies at the time of writing this, the Diablo IV team has fully transitioned to working from home. Items - This was the first time many team members got to try out the new itemization system since BlizzCon, which had undergone many changes with new attributes like Angelic and Demonic Power.Multiplayer - you shouldn't feel challenged to join a group to complete anything, but there are some new group-finder tools coming if you need a party.Mounts are also still coming along, and there's the possibility of mount visuals updating with a trophy when you complete a challenge in a zone. One notable type of outdoor content is camps, locations of importance that have been overrun by enemies, which once cleansed turn into friendly outposts with NPCs and a waypoint location. Open World - The playtest allowed devs to complete main campaign and side/unstructured content.Storytelling - The team is using a mix of tool-generated and manually choreographed cameras to tackle conversations, and working on real-time cutscenes (RTC) for important moments.Back in May, we reported on a Diablo IV encrypted build, and in retrospect, the update was for this team playtest.ĭiablo IV: Everything We KnowLast Quarterly Update Blizzard has posted their latest quarterly update for Diablo IV, detailing their team's reaction to storytelling, open world atmosphere, multiplayer mode, items and more after a two-day internal playtest in the Dry Steppes.

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