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After years of requests, Diablo 4’s Paladin might finally be on the horizon — here’s why fans think it’s happening

A leak from Blizzard’s internal servers has fans convinced Diablo 4’s most-requested class, the Paladin, is finally on the way, just ahead of Gamescom. Meanwhile, Season 10 is bringing the game’s most chaotic theme yet. Literally, the theme is 'Chaos'.

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Diablo 4’s Paladin might finally be here soon — plus Season 10’s Chaos theme fully revealed

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Diablo franchise boss Rod Fergusson is leaving Blizzard after 5 years

Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson has announced that he is leaving Blizzard Entertainment after five years.

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Diablo boss Rod Fergusson is leaving Blizzard for a 'new adventure'

Fergusson joined Blizzard in 2020 after a long career as head of Gears of War studio The Coalition.

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Former Gears of War boss becomes former Diablo boss as Rod Fergusson leaves Microsoft a third time, "sword in hand," after 5 years overseeing the ARPG series: "I'm proud of what we've built"

I look forward to seeing what Fergusson accomplishes at the next studio to be inevitably acquired by Xbox

GamesRadar

Diablo Lead Is Once Again Leaving Microsoft, After Previously Leaving Gears of War — “It’s Time To Step Away From Blizzard/Microsoft.”

Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson is departing Blizzard Entertainment over five years after he joined the company.

Windows Central

Diablo 4 boss has almost 1,500 hours - that's 60 days - logged in his own game, and I need to know the 1 achievement he's somehow still missing

"Season 9 events will get me there I'm sure"

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Diablo series head says 'there's opportunity' for Diablo 4 on Nintendo Switch 2, but 'live services on Switch have been a little bit challenging in the past'

The Diablo series head isn't ruling out the idea of a Switch 2 version of Diablo 4, but says the studio would need to figure out the logistics of live services.

TechRadar

Diablo 4 could come to Nintendo Switch 2, but series head says "live services on Switch have been a little bit challenging in the past"

This could be a new era for Nintendo

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"We're here for the long haul." Diablo manager confirms 10-year road map

In a recent interview, Rod Fergusson, General Manager of the Diablo franchise, revealed that the team has a detailed plan stretching over the next decade.

Windows Central

Diablo 4 boss would push for patches to have more fun stuff to balance out unpopular but necessary nerfs: "Lots of medicine, don't see much sugar"

Those early Diablo 4 balance patches could've been even more controversial

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Diablo 4's second expansion won't be out until 2026

The plan had originally been for annual expansions, but apparently Blizzard needs more time.

PC Gamer

Diablo 4's second expansion won't come out until 2026

Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred came out in October

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Current holders of the ARPG crown congratulate Path of Exile 2 devs on release as Diablo 4 leads admit they're jumping in themselves

"Now to figure out what class to play…"

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As a Diablo fan, I'm rooting for the success of its strongest competitor: Path of Exile 2

With Path of Exile 2 launching soon, Diablo 4 devotees are pushing back on the notion that it spells doom for Blizzard and, rather, brings innovation to both games.

PC Gamer

Diablo boss triggers mass eyeroll after wondering out loud if 'we could normalize Diablo-like for ARPGs that follow the Diablo formula'

I wonder if we could normalise calling me a cool dude that's fun to hang out with, but we don't always get what we want.

GamesRadar

Diablo boss gets ratio'd for saying we should "normalize 'Diablo-like' for ARPGs that follow the Diablo formula," "much like 'Souls-like' and 'Rogue-like'"

In Rod Fergusson's ideal world, we'd be calling Path of Exile a Diablo-like

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18 Years Later, Xbox's Gory Sci-Fi Shooter Could Have Gone To Space

Game developer Rod Fergusson reveals the original plan for Gears 6.

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Diablo 4 boss asks players if the broken Spiritborn class should be fixed and gets an overwhelming response: "Leave it!"

"No, I'm not offering 'break the other classes'"

PC Gamer

Diablo 4 boss asks if the new class dealing billions of damage should be 'fixed' or not

Bugs have made the spiritborn ridiculously stronger than the other classes.

GamesRadar

Diablo 4 boss admits the Spiritborn is "going to have some issues that need to be addressed," but "some people don't recognize the difference between 'fix' and 'nerf'"

But "I'm not saying we're doing anything," Rod Fergusson clarifies

GamesRadar

Blizzard says Diablo 4 will be PS5 Pro enhanced: "Very proud of our hardworking team to make this happen"

All that blood will be especially shiny on PS5 Pro

GamesRadar

Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred isn't the only big thing on the RPG's horizon, as devs say Season 6 "does for progression" what Season 4 did for improving loot

You've got my attention

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Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred is bringing back the series-favorite mercenary system to cover the "soft spot" that Blizzard says exists in each and every class build

Glass canon enthusiasts rejoice

Windows Central

"Once Vessel of Hatred comes out, hearing all the feedback from that, will have a huge influence in terms of what we do moving forward" — Diablo 4 leads tease massive changes ahead

In this exclusive interview at Gamescom 2024, Diablo 4 leads provide insights into the new Spiritborn class, Mercenaries, and discuss plans to overhaul the paragon system and progression in upcoming patch 2.0.

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