Blizzard has announced that it will host a Diablo IV developer live stream on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. BT, where it will announce details about the upcoming Season 8: Belial’s Return, which is due to launch on April 29, 2025, five days after the livestream.
The live stream event will also be followed by a Q&A period during which players can ask questions directly to the development team. Should you miss it in the moment and don’t want to rewatch the entire stream, Blizzard will also publish an article recapping everything the live stream discusses.
“Tune in to learn more about the new questline coming with the season, new seasonal powers, and more,” Blizzard wrote in a blog post. More in-depth details about everything coming in Season 8, like the patch notes, will likely come closer to its April 29 launch.
This live stream will instead be our first real look at the new season, and hopefully, some details on the quality of life changes, the new collaboration with an outside series, and Blizzard’s plans for Diablo IV’s second anniversary, all announced in the 2025 roadmap.
Also revealed in that roadmap was the news that Diablo IV will not have a full expansion in 2025 but instead will receive a series of seasonal updates throughout the year. A new expansion on the scale of Vessel of Hatred will be out sometime in 2026.
That’s not to say the seasonal updates won’t have anything exciting for players. Season 8 in particular will let players take advantage of boss powers for the first time, which players have already been testing in the PTR for over a month now.
When the stream goes live next Thursday, you can tune into it on Blizzard’s official Diablo Twitch, YouTube, X, and TikTok social channels.
