Diablo 4 seasons will not have time-restricted content

Not including in-game events of course

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  Ryan Gilliam
  

• on July 18, 2023, at 12:21 p.m

The Diablo franchise has seen a lot of iterations as the MMO in its latest entry, Diablo 4but Blizzard steers clear of one of the genre’s most frustrating features: the time portal.

For those who aren’t in the know, time-restricted content refers to in-game features or missions that won’t appear until a real-world date. No matter how much a player plays, the next mission in the story won’t unlock until the following week. Or, the harder version of the activity that is actually playable won’t be available until weeks or even months later. Destiny 2 And World of Warcraft They both do this several times a year.

But in a group Q&A session with Blizzard developers about Diablo 4Season 1 Season 1 – Season of Insidious – Associate Game Director Joe Biborah confirmed to Polygon that the team has no plans to add time-bound content for Season 1 or future seasons. Players can jump into Season of the Malignant on July 20, play as hard or as often as they want, “beat” the season, and come back when the next season starts. is similar to Diablo 3 From seasons, there’s no waiting a few weeks for all of the content to be in-game.

However, Piepiora added two caveats to his answer. The first is that while players will not need to stop playing and wait Diablo 4There are certain seasonal mechanics that players must unlock by playing the game or reaching a certain level. So the entire insidious season would take several hours of leveling and game progression to actually reveal.

Piepiora also mentioned that potential in-game events could start at a different time than the season. He speculated that an in-game holiday event, for example, would pop up around the real-world holiday it’s based on, not the start of the season.

Just as an example, if Diablo 4Season 2 begins October 12 – 12 weeks from July 20 – it’s not hard to imagine Blizzard might launch a Halloween event a few weeks later, closer to the 31st. But while players will need to wait for the event itself, the seasonal content will be fully playable on Day 12.

Piepiora did not specifically confirm A Diablo 4 Halloween event, or event for any other holiday. Blizzard has not yet announced any kind of special event for Diablo 4.

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