Blizzard’s General Manager of all things Diablo, Rod Fergusson, has confirmed that Diablo 4 will be receiving annual expansions.
Fergusson slipped as much in a recent interview with outlet Dexerto. When asked about the future of the game as well as the team’s vision, Fergusson mentioned the game’s expansions, which he confirmed to be a yearly thing. “But, you know, it’s years and years”, the General Manager said. “That’s the thing we’re focused on. When you look at the launch of the game and this first season, we see that as building a foundation on which we can build for the future. So, as we look at our quarterly seasons, and we look at our annual expansions, those are the things that we’re really focused on for our live service.”
He added, “We’ve got plans, we have storylines that go well into the future. We’ve got plans. We’re always leapfrogging our seasons, and leapfrogging our expansions, so it’s something we are going to do for a long time. We’re excited.”
With World of Warcraft, Blizzard is known for releasing major expansions on a regular basis. Then again, World of Warcraft expansions don’t launch annually, but generally every two years (with the exception of Wrath of the Lich King).
Back in June of this year, Fergusson confirmed that two Diablo 4 expansions are currently in the works. “As I sit here we’re about to launch the main game, we’re finishing up season one, we’re working on season two, we’re working on expansion one, we’re kicking off expansion two… we’re working on that now [laughs] and we haven’t even launched the game”, he said.
Additional details about these expansions haven’t been shared just yet, but we’ll update you as soon as more information comes in.
Diablo 4 is available now for PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4.
