When was Diablo IV released?
Diablo IV was released on the 5th of June 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, and Microsoft Windows, with early access beginning on the 1st of June 2023.
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Diablo IV was released on the 5th of June 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, and Microsoft Windows, with early access beginning on the 1st of June 2023.
Diablo IV generated $666 million in revenue within its first five days after launch and surpassed one billion dollars in total revenue by September 2024.
Diablo IV has eight playable classes: Barbarian, Sorcerer, Druid, Rogue, Necromancer, Spiritborn, Paladin, and Warlock. The last three were added through the game's two expansion packs.
The main antagonist is Lilith, voiced by Caroline Faber, the daughter of the Prime Evil Mephisto. She is a demon who co-created the realm of Sanctuary with the angel Inarius and is summoned back to Sanctuary by a cultist named Elias at the start of the game's story.
Vessel of Hatred is the first expansion pack for Diablo IV, released on the 8th of October 2024. It is set in the jungle region of Nahantu and introduces the Spiritborn as a new playable class.
Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra stated that Diablo IV took more than six years to develop. The earliest version, code-named Hades, was cancelled when its lead Josh Mosqueira left Blizzard in July 2016, restarting development before the game was publicly announced in November 2019.