They might plan it for a holiday release in 2021, but again, I would predict at least one or two delays that push it into 2022. If that’s the case, I would not expect Diablo 4 to arrive in 2020 or 2021. I was getting vibes of the Anthem reveal, which ended up being pretty much crafted entirely from scratch just to show off at E3, while actual development of the actual game was completely separate and featured major departures.

The sinking sense I got from the Diablo reveal is that while they have the ideas for what they want the game to be in place, the actual development of the game is still super, super early, and even if it was playable at the show, I have to believe this was a build that was put together expressly for this purpose, and there’s no telling how much it will actually resemble the finished product.

And yet if you were really listening, you would hear things like game director Luis Barriga saying that the game was not even close to getting here, and would not even be arriving “Blizzard soon,” with the playable build being shown off a “first step” in a lengthy process. Diablo 4 – Planned September 2021 release, delayed to February 2022, delayed to May 2022.Īgain, if we were just going by how much was revealed at the show and how much was talked about, you would think Diablo 4 might be ready to arrive within the next year.

Diablo 4 release 2021