Diablo 4 Will Be Around "For Years," Blizzard Says; Don't Expect Diablo 5 Soon

Sequels are hallmark of the video game industry, but no one should expect Diablo 5 anytime soon. Blizzard's Rod Fergusson said in an interview that the studio intends for Diablo 4 to stick around "for years" to come.

Diablo 4 is embracing a sort-of live-service approach with plans for yearly expansions--however, 2025's expansion is now coming in 2026. In any event, Blizzard intends to continue to support Diablo 4 as opposed to moving on right away to a potential sequel.

"I don't know if it's eternal. I think Destiny tried and did that like, 'This is a ten-year game,' and then they quickly were not," Fergusson told IGN. "We want people to see the road ahead, because we know that, to play a Diablo game, you're probably putting hundreds of hours in and we want people to know that we're respecting their time and that we're not just here and gone."

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