Update: Blizzard announced “a small delay” for the launch of Vessel of Hatred due to technical issues. According to a blog post, Blizzard will “begin locking out new logins for Diablo IV. Players already logged in prior to 4pm PDT will still be in-game on Patch 1.5.2, but they should expect to lose connection to the game over time while we do additional work to get the simultaneous launch prepared.”
Global Director of Community for Diablo, Adam Fletcher, said he hopes the delay will only last a couple of hours at most, “but we shall see.”
Im hoping just a couple hours at most, but we shall see.
— Adam Fletcher (@PezRadar) October 7, 2024
Previous story as follows:
Diablo 4 expansion Vessel of Hatred goes live today, October 7 in some regions, with a global release date of October 8. Here are all the release times across the globe.
Vessel of Hatred — Diablo 4’s first expansion — goes live as early as 4pm PDT on October 7. Pre-download on Battle.net and console (Xbox and PlayStation) is already available. There is no pre-download for Diablo 4 on Steam (Steam users must wait to download the update when Vessel of Hatred goes live at 4pm PDT on October 7).
It’s worth noting that Diablo 4 players can pre-download the patch that contains Vessel of Hatred and the Season of Hatred Rising (Season 6) content regardless of whether they have bought Vessel of Hatred. Blizzard recently released the patch notes for 2.0.1 and 2.0.2, and not only are they huge but change the game in significant ways.
Vessel of Hatred’s headline new features include a new class, new region, and a new story. The new Spiritborn class is joined by the new region of Nahantu, where you search for Neyrelle, who is on a mission to destroy the Prime Evil Mephisto. You can also recruit mercenaries to aid you in combat and fight together in a new PvE co-op activity.
IGN’s Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred review returned an 8/10. We said: “Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred is a stellar expansion that hits all the right notes, but only feels like the first act to a larger adventure.”
Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred PC, PlayStation, and Xbox global release times:
- Irvine: 4pm PDT, October 7
- New York: 7pm EDT, October 7
- São Paulo: 8pm BRT, October 7
- London: 12am BST, October 8
- Berlin: 1am CEST, October 8
- Istanbul: 2am TRT, October 8
- Seoul: 8am KST, October 8
- Sydney: 10am AEDT, October 8
- Auckland: 12pm NZDT, October 8
Last week, Blizzard confirmed Diablo 4 and Vessel of Hatred will be PS5 Pro Enhanced. Diablo 4 is the first Microsoft game with confirmed Enhanced support for Sony’s $700 mid-gen upgrade, which launches November 7.
Microsoft owns all Activision Blizzard’s franchises following its $69 billion acquisition of the company in 2023, and since then has added a number of the firm’s games to its subscription service, Game Pass. Diablo 4 is in Game Pass, although not in its Standard tier. Vessel of Hatred is not in Game Pass.
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
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