Diablo IV endgame dungeon Gauntlet and its associated leaderboard will not be released next week as previously announced, as the developer needs some more time to work on it.
Speaking on X/Twitter, series General Manager Rod Fergusson confirmed the anticipated endgame activity, will not launch on February 13th as previously announced, as the developer needs more time to polish a few things up. Thankfully, it’s not going to be a huge delay, as the Gauntlet dungeon is still on track for release during Season 3.
Great seeing the excitement about the Gauntlet & Leaderboards. We’re still on track for S3 but decided to take a bit more time to polish a few things up, so it won’t be launching on Feb 13 as I mentioned on a recent podcast. We’ll share more details and the new date soon.
— Rod Fergusson (@RodFergusson) February 5, 2024
Diablo IV’s current season is the Season of the Construct, which introduces new mechanics as well as an AI Seneschal companion that can be fully customized. At the start of the season, the new companion wasn’t particularly helpful, but multiple patches made it a much more worthwhile addition to the experience.
Diablo IV is now available on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Xbox One worldwide. You can learn more about the game by checking out Alessio’s review.
Diablo IV is a return to form at a much needed time for Blizzard. It delivers incredibly fun hack and slash action combat, a greatly improved skill system, and a ton of things to do, not to mention the best story told in the franchise yet. It also looks awesome, sounds great, and runs well (except for rare instances of traversal stuttering). That said, it sticks a little bit too closely to the rulebook, which works against it in a few areas. The open world is not as dynamic as one could have hoped, with events getting repetitive rather quickly. The side content doesn’t provide any real narrative juice, and the endgame replayability may not be as deep as needed due to limited randomization and lack of certain features.
