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It turns out aDiablo 4reveal wasn’t dropped from the BlizzCon opening ceremony at the last moment, according to Blizzard. Hours afterKotakureported that aDiablo 4video announcement had been removed from the presentation, Blizzard told Kotaku that the reveal wasn’t actually in the cards for BlizzCon.
“First off we want to mention that we definitely hear our community. We generally don’t comment on rumors or speculation, but we can say that we didn’t pull any announcements from BlizzCon this year or have plans for other announcements. We do continue to have different teams working on multiple unannounced Diablo projects, and we look forward to announcing when the time is right,” Blizzard said in a statement.
It seems like Blizzard doesn’t know when it will officially announceDiablo 4, though we already know that it’s in development. According to Kotaku, Blizzard did in fact create a video message featuring studio co-founder Allen Adham, as originally reported. In the address, Adham would relay to fans thatDiablo 4wasn’t available to show off, but that it was currently in development. If and when we’ll ever see that message remains to be seen.
The team working onDiablo 4doesn’t seem quite ready to show it off. In the four years since the sequel was conceived, the project has had “at least two different iterations under “different directors.” It sounds like Blizzard is still figuring out what it wantsDiablo 4to be.
While it shouldn’t be surprising that Blizzard didn’t revealDiablo 4during BlizzCon, a teaser video probably could have mitigated much of the maelstrom surroundingDiablo Immortal. The video message from Adham would have been comparable to when Nintendo teased a core Pokémon game for Switch, theMetroid Prime 4logo reveal, and Bethesda’sThe Elder Scrolls VItease at E3.
Diablo Immortalanchored theBlizzCon opening ceremonyover the weekend. Once it was shown, the presentation ended and the mixed reactions started pouring in immediately. If you’ve been following this saga, you already know thatDiablo Immortalreceived a ton of backlash, including mass down votes on YouTube and even an audience question aboutwhether the mobile game was an April Fool’s joke.
For what it’s worth, we enjoyedour hands-on timewithDiablo Immortalat BlizzCon. While you continue to wait for the inevitable reveal ofDiablo 4, verify to checkout our interview with Adham. He assured us that Blizzard hasn’t forgotten about core Diablo fans.
Updated on June 09, 2025: Revised to reflect Blizzard’s denial that a video reveal of Diablo 4 was planned for BlizzCon.
