Category: Diablo 3 News

YouTube streamer MadTom has posted a video that shows a brand new (and unexpected) Secret Cow Level. Players need to travel to the Ruins of Sescheron, head to the Immortal Throne and speak with Kanai. He will pound his halberd three times on the floor and VOILA! A portal opens to Kanai’s Stomping Grounds!

The Blizzard Jobs page has been updated with an expanded advertisement for developers to work on an unannounced Diablo universe project. The job postings originally cropped up last October but have been recently updated with a search for a Senior Concept Artist, Senior Character Artist and a Lighting Artist.

After spending several hours exploring the new update, the question becomes what 2.4 brings to the average Diablo 3 player: A lot of lag for console players from what I understand. I play on PC so I have not experienced this, but there have been wide reports by players on all available consoles that this is a huge problem. Beyond that, there are a lot of things that are pretty fun, but outrageously frustrating at times as well.

Diablo 3 players in North America can now log into servers to try out the latest and one of the biggest updates to the game. Patch 2.4.0 features a new location called Greyhollow Island, expanded zones in the original game, set dungeons, empowered rifts, Season 5, a new buff bar, better action combat and alterations to both classes and items.

It was on this day in 1996 that we first learned the travails of Tristram and the danger it faced from one of the Prime Evils, Diablo!

Seasonal play in Diablo III is undergoing some significant changes when it rolls out onto live servers on January 15, 2016. Among other things, Blizzard has removed Seasonal Legendaries completely in direct response to player-feedback. As a replacement, players will receive something called “Haedrig’s Gift”, a bundle of set items given along the way during each season. Over the course of seasonal play, adventurers should be able to attain a full class set that will rotate from season to season.

The Diablo 3 site has been updated with a look ahead at how various sets will be overhauled with the arrival of the v2.4.0 patch. In addition, a brief overview of new legendary items, new seasonal rewards and how some sets are being expanded in the number of items included.

The Diablo 3 site has been update with a look at the new zone that will be coming with the v2.4.0 patch. Called Greyhollow Island, the adventure zone only location is outside the area where the Eternal Conflict rages and has given the team a chance to try out a special sort of narrative storytelling that doesn’t get in the way of loot acquisition.

On the second day of BlizzCon 2015, we sat down with System Designer Joe Shely and Senior Level Designer Matthew Berger to go over the particulars of Diablo 3’s upcoming big patch, 2.4. Starting off, Berger discussed the new zone, the Eternal Woods, featuring roaming yetis. He added that the royal manor of King Leoric would finally be available to players now that the cultists have moved away from the entrance.

With last month’s revelation that the Diablo III team was looking for personnel with a love of the IP, many hoped that Blizzcon 2015 might reveal a new expansion or even Diablo IV. Given the title of today’s panel, it’s more likely the former than the latter but Blizzard always has a few surprises. Keep your eye on this space as we provide the details as they emerge from Anaheim.