News on the upcoming Diablo 4 has been slow and steady ever since its initial announcement at BlizzCon 2019. Every few months or so, mostly in Blizzard's quarterly update for development, Diablo 4 will reveal some additional details, like the announcement of a brand-new character type or showing new weapons and armor sets. A recent Xbox as well as Bethesda Games Showcase gave players the chance to see even more of the upcoming action RPG, and it's possible to say that Diablo 4 seems to be shaping up quite nicely.

The game will feature plenty things that fans of the franchise will be familiar with, from its re-playable, procedurally generated dungeons to its loot-focused gameplay. Diablo 4 will also be determined to take on the dark fantasy aesthetics of its predecessors. However, it will also introduce new aspects like PvP interactions and a vast open-world world for players to explore as well. Another slightly newer aspect is the reported promise of Blizzard to providing years of post-launch content and content for its fans who hope to dine at the table with Diablo 4 for a good long time.

Blizzard currently is in a lot of hot water at the moment. In addition to the concerns about the upcoming Overwatch 2. the developer is facing a significant amount of controversy regarding its newly launched MMORPG Diablo 4. Although technically free to play, Diablo 4 contains some excessively expensive microtransactions, as well as an unbalanced progression system which has really offended a large community of fans. Blizzard could use some positive news right now in particular where its Diablo games are concerned. It is not surprising that the game's creator has started to think about what Diablo 4 will bring to the table.

Rod Fergusson, a video game producer in charge of the development of the game, Recently tweeted on Diablo 4's "breadth of games." While Fergusson assured players that there'll be plenty of content for them to experience during the launch, he mentioned the developer's intention to release content over "years to be years to come," including "optional cosmetic items & full story-driven expansions." Diablo 4's cash-grabs haven't put a lot of players at ease when it comes to Diablo 4's future content plans and even if there are some purchasable cosmetics however, it appears that Diablo 4 has more ambitious plans for the future as well. While there aren't any public details yet regarding what players will be able to expect, Fergusson's tweet has given players a lot of things to think about.

When Diablo first released way back in 1997 the game didn't receive updates or patches on a regular basis and were not supported after launch by a flurry of new cosmetic items or game modes. Through the years, expansion packs were obviously made available for older games as well as, occasionally, updates for the original game, however the world of video games was beginning to operate different during the period when the Diablo series first came out. In general, gamers were expecting their games to be complete and fully functional when they purchased. However, if they weren't, this was usually how they stayed. Expansion packs weren't incredibly common but they were a good addition and typically were a significant addition to the game base to justify the purchase.