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Diablo V Launches
Blizzard's next mainline Diablo, set in a Sanctuary where Diablo has already won, is targeted for Spring 2029.
- "Diablo V is officially in development and coming Spring 2029", given its first glimpse at the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony on 12 September 2026[1][3][4]
- An early look at "the world, classes and creative vision" was scheduled for a Main Stage panel on September 12 at 1:45 p.m. PT, hosted by Johanna Faries with the Diablo V development team on story, world-building and class design philosophy; the page calls it "Diablo V: Forging the Next Era" in one place and "Diablo V: Forging the Future" in its schedule[1]
- The reveal was a surprise - "Blizzard managed to keep the lid on Diablo 5 ahead of the event" - and headlined BlizzCon 2026, which Windows Central called "a bombshell"[3][4]
- Blizzard made clear Diablo IV continues alongside it, with Season of Hell's Legacy from September 15 and the Amazon class pack in the first half of 2027[1][3][4]
- Players can sign up for future Diablo V updates at Diablo5.Blizzard.com; Blizzard notes more than 130 million players worldwide have entered Sanctuary across the franchise[1]
Notable features
- "Sanctuary has fallen. Diablo won." - "For the first time, players will enter a Sanctuary where Diablo has triumphed and its heroes have been defeated"[1]
- "At the heart of Diablo V lies a defining question: what must you become when the world has already fallen?"[1]
- Players become the Heir to Westmarch, crossing a Sanctuary that Diablo actively reshapes, with a procedural landscape where terrain, points of interest, monsters and rewards can change on return, and a growing caravan of survivors who act as vendors and companions in place of towns[5]
- The first three classes are the returning Demon Hunter, with twin crossbows, the returning Monk, and the all-new Plague Knight, which spreads disease and pestilence and then consumes it for power[5]
- Itemization is inspired by Diablo II: Blizzard is experimenting with stat requirements on gear, larger items again take more inventory slots, gear-based sets return, and crafting includes Diablo II-style Runes and Runewords[5]