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Diablo 4 ditches expansions for seasonal storytelling
Blizzard ends Diablo 4 expansions and will continue the narrative through seasons instead, freeing the team from structural constraints.
In brief
Blizzard ends Diablo 4 expansions and will continue the narrative through seasons instead, freeing the team from structural constraints. Blizzard will stop making Diablo 4 expansions and tell future stories through seasons, giving the team more creative freedom after completing the main narrative. Originally reported…
Blizzard ends Diablo 4 expansions
Blizzard has confirmed Diablo 4 will receive no more expansions. The team will continue the story through seasons instead.
Season 15 launches at BlizzCon
Diablo 4 Season of Hell's Legacy is the game's fifteenth season and centerpiece of Blizzard's thirtieth anniversary celebration for Diablo.
Lord of Hatred concludes main story
The expansion Lord of Hatred provided the big conclusion to Diablo 4's overarching narrative, with seasons now continuing the story.
Gibson calls shift liberating
Game director Brent Gibson told TechRadar the change is liberating. We completed the story, but the butterfly effect can take us anywhere.
“We completed the story, but the butterfly effect can take us anywhere.”
New death mantle mystery unfolds
Season fifteen features events in Pandemonium leading to someone taking the mantle of death. Gibson teased the identity will be revealed later.
Creative freedom without expansion limits
Removing expansion constraints allows the team creative flexibility with existing story pieces after confronting Mephisto in the main narrative.
The short version
Blizzard will stop making Diablo 4 expansions and tell future stories through seasons, giving the team more creative freedom after completing the main narrative.
