Blizzard will talk about Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred one last time before the expansion's launch next week

Diablo 4 is mere days away from the launch of its biggest expansion yet, and Blizzard wants to make sure it got one last chance to tell you about it. Lord of Hatred is the follow-up to 2024’s Vessel of Hatred, and it’s set to arrive on April 28.

Next week, however, we’re getting an updated look at the new content as part of a livestream. This is the Developer Update kind; the meaty, information-dense show anyone who follows Diablo’s livestreams should be familiar with.

The next Developer Update is set for Thursday, April 23. It’ll kick off at 11am PT, 2pm ET, 6pm GMT. The show will, naturally, focus on Lord of Hatred. In particular, we’re getting another look at the expansion content that hasn’t been given the same level of coverage as the bigger features.

Everyone knows about the new Skovos region, the Warlock class (and the Paladin before that), but we haven’t seen much from the other gameplay-altering features that affect a lot of the core flow.

In next week’s showcase, Blizzard will show off the updated and expanded skill trees - which come to all classes, the Talisman system, and the gear-altering Horadric Cube. War Plans, the new make-your-own-endgame feature will be discussed, too.

More interestingly, we’re also going to hear about the new season kicking off right alongside the launch of Lord of Hatred. A short, in-betweener season is currently live in Diablo 4, and it’s going to end right as the next one/the expansion launch.

And, of course, the show won’t end before the team takes a few questions from chat, as is tradition. If you want to catch it live, you’ll be able to do so on Diablo’s official YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, and TikTok channels.