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| 1900s | all right |
| 1922s | I have returned to hell |
| 1925s | for you |
| 1945s | I'm joined here by Joe Shelley who's the |
| 1948s | game director for uh Diablo 4 and then I |
| 1950s | have uh Joseph pipora who's the |
| 1952s | associate game director of uh Diablo 4. |
| 1956s | uh obviously this is our like I said our |
| 1959s | first live stream here live at blizzard |
| 1961s | uh right now that we're doing the cave |
| 1964s | live in the cave we're here you guys are |
| 1966s | seeing it for the first time this is our |
| 1967s | brand new studio that we'll be doing |
| 1969s | live streams from going forward uh you |
| 1972s | probably recognize some familiar things |
| 1974s | in the background as well uh we have uh |
| 1976s | like bail back here uh from the Diablo 2 |
| 1979s | resurrected commercial that we actually |
| 1981s | did with simu simulu and uh and uh |
| 1984s | Winston Duke which is really cool and we |
| 1986s | got like the giant Diablo School in the |
| 1988s | background our skate deck I'm like |
| 1990s | trying to point in random directions |
| 1992s | right now as I look at myself on this |
| 1994s | monitor yeah and then of course |
| 1996s | that's right here um and what's cool oh |
| 1998s | and and behind Joe's head we actually |
| 2000s | have a a giant treasure Goblin treasure |
| 2002s | it's the mascot oh it's right yeah |
| 2004s | sneaking off for team Diablo there |
| 2007s | um especially in our building here at |
| 2008s | blizzard um but as you guys know we've |
| 2011s | been doing a developer quarterly update |
| 2013s | blogs uh since the announce uh back in |
| 2015s | 2019 uh with with Diablo 4 and this is |
| 2019s | kind of our new format going forward |
| 2020s | we're actually going to be doing more |
| 2022s | and more developer update live streams |
| 2024s | as we head towards launch uh for D4 and |
| 2027s | even post launch |
| 2029s | um but this gives us the opportunity of |
| 2030s | being able to connect with the community |
| 2032s | uh hear from the dev straight from them |
| 2034s | uh through a fun format like live stream |
| 2037s | so please excuse our our mistakes and |
| 2040s | slip-ups I promise you we'll have them |
| 2042s | uh that's the best part about doing live |
| 2044s | streams and so forth um the live part |
| 2047s | exactly but at the same time what's |
| 2050s | great about these is that you guys will |
| 2052s | be able to hear more and more |
| 2054s | um from the developers behind the scenes |
| 2056s | and hear their stories about how they |
| 2058s | are working on the game and what they're |
| 2060s | working on so uh in future live streams |
| 2062s | we'll have uh more information and more |
| 2065s | details about uh Diablo 4 before we head |
| 2068s | into launch |
| 2069s | um but yeah I know we we have a lot of |
| 2072s | stuff uh that we actually did announce |
| 2074s | uh over the past week and Joe I think it |
| 2078s | would be like a great opportunity for us |
| 2080s | to kind of uh dive in and and kind of |
| 2082s | talk more about like what what's a card |
| 2084s | over the past couple weeks yeah the past |
| 2086s | couple weeks have been you know really |
| 2088s | the culmination of the past year of |
| 2091s | getting the game uh getting all the |
| 2093s | content into the game testing the game |
| 2095s | you know we've had test after test this |
| 2098s | year internal tests uh the close beta |
| 2101s | end game test which was uh you know we |
| 2103s | wanted to test our end game to make sure |
| 2105s | that uh uh we have a chance to tune it |
| 2107s | and polish it before launch yeah better |
| 2110s | to better to test it before as early as |
| 2112s | possible right |
| 2113s | um and uh you know including uh the um |
| 2117s | the previous the Press previews that we |
| 2119s | that we did uh some of the press got to |
| 2122s | play and Community got to play |
| 2124s | um a little bit before the game awards |
| 2125s | and then of course we had the game |
| 2127s | awards moment that uh you know really |
| 2129s | capped off the year and uh brought in um |
| 2132s | we had the the monks take over uh the |
| 2135s | game awards the the there in LA we had |
| 2138s | um uh that that wonderful opening where |
| 2141s | the everything got dark and it you know |
| 2144s | he sort of had a little bit of mystery |
| 2145s | about what was going to happen and then |
| 2146s | of course Halsey uh performing yeah the |
| 2150s | the Halsey moment was was uh amazing uh |
| 2154s | and this this image was so cool this is |
| 2156s | uh actually a a picture she ended up uh |
| 2159s | taking right before the game Awards |
| 2161s | performance uh holding the Diablo skull |
| 2163s | uh |
| 2165s | incredibly |
| 2166s | like iconic in terms of how it was it |
| 2169s | was fantastic I had no idea she was a |
| 2171s | huge Diablo fan I mean I love how it |
| 2173s | mirrors this the statue of Lois holding |
| 2175s | the Diablos yes yeah yeah and she is a |
| 2177s | huge Diablo fan she you know she she |
| 2179s | said she her first Diablo game was |
| 2180s | actually D2 uh so it's it's pretty cool |
| 2183s | to to be working with her and having her |
| 2186s | perform her song Lilith uh there uh at |
| 2189s | the game awards and having that cool |
| 2190s | moment as we led into uh you know the |
| 2193s | the reveal of the trailer and of course |
| 2195s | you know the big announcements at the |
| 2198s | game awards being uh the release date uh |
| 2201s | for Diablo 4 which is we can finally say |
| 2204s | that's right which is June 6 2023 uh and |
| 2209s | uh during that uh you know announcement |
| 2211s | we also ended up opening up pre-orders |
| 2213s | uh for the game uh and we have multiple |
| 2216s | different versions for people to |
| 2217s | pre-order uh online or you know on the |
| 2220s | Xbox store or on PlayStation Store |
| 2222s | um but we've also gotten some questions |
| 2223s | regarded regarding the the actual |
| 2226s | different versions and I think we want |
| 2228s | to just kind of like go through a few of |
| 2229s | them so we can kind of detail out |
| 2231s | exactly what people will end up be |
| 2233s | getting for each of the different |
| 2234s | versions of the game |
| 2236s | um I know that the first version |
| 2237s | obviously the standard edition of the |
| 2239s | game itself |
| 2240s | um and if you end up pre-ordering any |
| 2241s | copy of the game uh you do get early |
| 2244s | access to uh open Beta yes it doesn't |
| 2247s | matter what version of the game you guys |
| 2248s | as long as you as long as you pre-order |
| 2250s | it you're gonna get early access to the |
| 2251s | open Beta exactly and pre-ordering the |
| 2253s | standard version of the game you know |
| 2254s | comes with |
| 2255s | benefits and itself of like within |
| 2258s | Diablo 3 Diablo Immortals and cosmetics |
| 2261s | um and of course it comes with the uh a |
| 2264s | a amounts uh in in D4 and I I think one |
| 2268s | of the coolest things is this this World |
| 2270s | of Warcraft mount uh and I have to give |
| 2272s | a huge shout out to uh the the wow team |
| 2275s | here uh they absolutely killed it I've |
| 2277s | been using this around valdraxas myself |
| 2279s | while playing dragonflight it just looks |
| 2281s | so so cool and uh it does come with uh |
| 2284s | the pre-ordering the game in it itself |
| 2286s | and if you get pre-order PC you actually |
| 2289s | get it now and if you pre-order on |
| 2291s | Console you'll end up getting at |
| 2292s | launched with console when you can link |
| 2293s | your Battlenet accounts yeah and you |
| 2295s | know that mount is based on a character |
| 2296s | in Diablo 4 yes uh spoilers |
| 2301s | but yeah we won't spoil everything but |
| 2304s | yes it most definitely is uh and then |
| 2307s | there is the digital deluxe version of |
| 2309s | the game uh and we also have an ultimate |
| 2312s | version of the game but with the digital |
| 2313s | deluxe version of the game uh you uh do |
| 2316s | actually get early access to the launch |
| 2319s | of the game uh which is uh really really |
| 2322s | awesome and it ends up coming with an |
| 2325s | additional mount in in D4 and of course |
| 2328s | uh it also does come with the battle |
| 2331s | pass in itself the the premium battle |
| 2333s | pass for the game and uh I know we have |
| 2337s | a image here for the ultimate version of |
| 2339s | the game as well uh which comes you know |
| 2342s | with the uh the emote uh that's right |
| 2344s | the wings of the uh the wing Zim out |
| 2347s | which will allow you to have anarius |
| 2349s | wings India in the game show them off in |
| 2352s | town with the remote uh the remote |
| 2354s | button yeah and we've we've gotten uh |
| 2356s | some questions from the community that |
| 2357s | we we wanted to talk about in regarding |
| 2359s | the um at least with the premium battle |
| 2361s | pass itself |
| 2362s | um because I think there's there's |
| 2364s | questions related to pricing of what the |
| 2366s | battle pass is going to be but it is |
| 2368s | going to be ten dollars in U.S US |
| 2370s | Dollars uh in in-game currency value for |
| 2373s | for the premium battle pass you get that |
| 2374s | included with the digital Deluxe and the |
| 2376s | ultimate version the ultimate version |
| 2378s | does come with like the tier skips and |
| 2379s | so forth |
| 2380s | um but then uh and there's also |
| 2382s | questions related to uh Early Access uh |
| 2386s | for uh the digital Deluxe and the |
| 2388s | ultimate version because I think some |
| 2390s | people were wanting to know like oh does |
| 2392s | that come with uh like with Early Access |
| 2394s | does that mean I have like a massive leg |
| 2396s | up on people and I know you guys wanted |
| 2397s | to talk about that a little bit more |
| 2399s | yeah so I think there are two two points |
| 2400s | there one is um getting early access to |
| 2403s | the to the games release that you get |
| 2405s | through the the deluxe version of |
| 2407s | Ultimate Edition and the thing I want to |
| 2409s | be clear about is that the game will not |
| 2412s | be launching in the in season one season |
| 2415s | one will arrive weeks after the launch |
| 2417s | of the game |
| 2419s | and when season one starts everyone will |
| 2422s | be starting at the same time everyone |
| 2423s | will have an even playing field and you |
| 2426s | know a lot of our competitive features |
| 2427s | like leaderboards and those kinds of |
| 2429s | things are going to show up in Seasons |
| 2431s | so folks who get early access to the |
| 2434s | game will get to check it out early but |
| 2436s | you don't have to worry about |
| 2438s | um you know any any uh Mis unfairness in |
| 2442s | terms of Seasons yeah and I know with |
| 2444s | like the premium battle pass and so |
| 2446s | forth like there's like some time or |
| 2448s | some some questions tied to like season |
| 2450s | journey and everything |
| 2452s | um yeah this this is a good actually I'm |
| 2454s | glad we have an opportunity to kind of |
| 2455s | talk about this a little bit so there's |
| 2456s | uh I think there's confusion about the |
| 2458s | distinction between the battle pass and |
| 2460s | the the idea of the Season journey and |
| 2462s | the season journey is still in Diablo 4 |
| 2464s | in the same way that you found it in |
| 2466s | Diablo 3 and that it's a it's kind of a |
| 2468s | chapter-based mechanic that as players |
| 2470s | are progressing through the season able |
| 2472s | to complete these various objectives |
| 2473s | tied to each chapter we've made some |
| 2474s | updates the way the Future Works you'll |
| 2476s | be earning like rewards for your |
| 2477s | character as you go through the process |
| 2479s | for this but you'll also be earning |
| 2480s | favor by completing chapters of the |
| 2482s | Season journey and that favors what |
| 2484s | drives some of the progression for the |
| 2485s | battle pass itself so just by playing |
| 2487s | through the game normally completing |
| 2488s | some of these objectives and in earning |
| 2490s | this guy earning these rewards for your |
| 2491s | character you'll also be progressing |
| 2493s | your battle pass more quickly which is |
| 2495s | great because even if you don't even if |
| 2496s | you don't buy the battle pass and there |
| 2498s | are so many like items in the battle |
| 2500s | pass are still available for free |
| 2501s | they'll just get access to you as you |
| 2503s | rank with the battle pass anyway so even |
| 2505s | if you don't spend the ten dollars to |
| 2507s | purchase the uh the premium battle pass |
| 2508s | you'll still get like some minor |
| 2511s | cosmetics and a few like uh like |
| 2512s | gameplay like boost you'll be able to |
| 2514s | earn during the course of that |
| 2515s | experience but even those boosts you |
| 2517s | know um like let's say you get the |
| 2519s | accelerated version of the battle pass |
| 2520s | you know a few extra tier skips that |
| 2522s | come with the the game initially when |
| 2523s | you start playing in season one which is |
| 2525s | again when the battle pass would |
| 2526s | actually start yeah the uh like these |
| 2528s | gameplay boosts have a character level |
| 2529s | requirement attached to them in addition |
| 2531s | to the tier requirement so just you know |
| 2533s | if you've if you've managed to purchase |
| 2534s | a few tiers or if you progress that's |
| 2535s | the more quickly you'll still have to |
| 2537s | have a character of the appropriate |
| 2538s | level to make benefit to make use of any |
| 2539s | of those things it's really really |
| 2541s | important to us that we balance the the |
| 2543s | things that you'd find in the battle |
| 2544s | pass the way that they're compelling but |
| 2546s | still very fair uh we don't want to have |
| 2548s | any situations where players can feel |
| 2549s | that they can pay to win yeah yeah and |
| 2552s | of course the all of the seasonal |
| 2554s | content is completely free and you know |
| 2557s | it's not attached to the battle pass |
| 2559s | itself yeah we're gonna have we're gonna |
| 2560s | definitely do another one of these these |
| 2562s | streams at some point just talk about |
| 2563s | like season one and maybe Seasons more |
| 2564s | generically and we've done some like uh |
| 2567s | we've had like blog posts and things |
| 2568s | we've talked about this more recently |
| 2569s | but to reiterate like seasonal content |
| 2572s | like our big season updates are all |
| 2573s | completely free you know they're they're |
| 2575s | filled with new like progression |
| 2577s | mechanics new monsters to fight |
| 2578s | challenges new quests and content to go |
| 2580s | and consume there's a lot to look |
| 2581s | forward to all of that is completely |
| 2583s | comes with the box price the game you've |
| 2585s | already purchased yeah and as Joseph |
| 2588s | just mentioned here like we uh if you |
| 2590s | want to learn more about uh the battle |
| 2592s | pass itself feel free to like check out |
| 2594s | our blog back in August where we kind of |
| 2596s | detail out a lot of our plans on that |
| 2598s | and of course we we do plan on talking |
| 2600s | more about Seasons here in the future |
| 2602s | because uh see people are going to want |
| 2604s | to know what season one is about and |
| 2605s | we'll have more information as we get |
| 2607s | closer to launching we'll try to talk |
| 2608s | about it frankly yeah and there's some |
| 2610s | incredible cosmetics in the yeah yeah |
| 2612s | absolutely really cool cosmics the |
| 2614s | battle pass but yeah but no power you |
| 2616s | have to prefer yep no power uh and then |
| 2618s | uh the next big thing that I do want to |
| 2620s | also mention of course with the uh |
| 2622s | pre-ordering all the different games is |
| 2624s | the collector's box and I know we've |
| 2626s | seen a lot of chatter about this because |
| 2627s | of like all the cool items and so forth |
| 2629s | in it |
| 2630s | um uh we did want to yeah we have an |
| 2632s | image right here I mean it looks amazing |
| 2635s | um we did want to clarify in in the |
| 2638s | pricing of the collector's box uh right |
| 2640s | now it uh it is priced at |
| 2642s | 96.66 |
| 2645s | and it will be available on the gear |
| 2648s | store uh in North America EU UK and |
| 2652s | Latin America after this dream itself |
| 2654s | and then in Australia New Zealand and in |
| 2657s | Korea they will have those available at |
| 2660s | select retailers for people to actually |
| 2662s | pre-order as well so there is going to |
| 2665s | be options here for people to to check |
| 2668s | out or purchase the actual collectors |
| 2670s | box there is one other question I know |
| 2672s | that a lot of people are going have |
| 2673s | asked about like hey does this actually |
| 2675s | come with a copy of the game it doesn't |
| 2678s | um this is just a collectors box of all |
| 2680s | the items that are inside by collector |
| 2682s | collectible items that people would want |
| 2683s | related to D4 but this also gives you a |
| 2686s | little bit of flexibility too because |
| 2687s | you can actually end up getting a |
| 2689s | standard version of the game and a |
| 2691s | collector's box if you prefer or you can |
| 2693s | get the ultimate version of the game and |
| 2694s | the collector's box so you can kind of |
| 2695s | mix and match depending on exactly what |
| 2698s | you specifically want for for your own |
| 2700s | needs because there's you may be like |
| 2702s | wanting the all the the collectible |
| 2704s | items and as opposed to all the digital |
| 2706s | items or so from that end but what's |
| 2708s | even cooler is that we actually have a |
| 2711s | collector's box here yeah you do |
| 2714s | um so we do want to show it off for the |
| 2715s | first time look at this yeah this thing |
| 2718s | is massive um so we're going to go |
| 2720s | through a few of the items here this |
| 2722s | this right here obviously is the box |
| 2723s | with like the Gates of Hell opening up |
| 2725s | and it actually we're trying to adjust |
| 2726s | it for the cameras make sure people can |
| 2728s | really see exactly professional hand |
| 2729s | models here yeah yeah clearly we're very |
| 2732s | good at this in particular but it's like |
| 2733s | it's really neat that like even like it |
| 2735s | just opens up like the gates and I think |
| 2737s | that there's I think there's a plan to |
| 2739s | do more heavily correct yeah without |
| 2740s | boxing videos we're gonna we're gonna |
| 2742s | show off some items here but then after |
| 2743s | this stream um we are most definitely uh |
| 2746s | hoping you guys actually check out the |
| 2748s | uh Diablo YouTube channel because the |
| 2749s | Diablo YouTube channel itself is uh |
| 2752s | gonna have a full unboxing of uh all the |
| 2755s | items and give you like a little bit of |
| 2757s | a closer look and details and so forth |
| 2759s | but uh we we do want to show off what we |
| 2761s | can here for sure yeah so the first |
| 2763s | thing we have is like one of these |
| 2763s | prints correct yeah there's two |
| 2765s | different prints that actually come or |
| 2767s | actually I guess almost three different |
| 2768s | prints that do come with uh the uh |
| 2770s | collector's box in itself of course some |
| 2773s | people may be familiar with some of this |
| 2775s | concept art that we've actually shown |
| 2776s | off in the past and now you'll have your |
| 2777s | own map prints of those and then we have |
| 2779s | another one down here |
| 2781s | if we're here |
| 2783s | of this loving couple |
| 2786s | yeah it's the happy it's the happy |
| 2788s | couple right the Nares Lilith uh uh |
| 2792s | combo here uh of the concept art between |
| 2794s | both the narius and chains there yes |
| 2796s | again so cool we'll look at these |
| 2799s | characters this way uh and then we have |
| 2802s | the things there's things yeah we have |
| 2804s | the uh the the veragam uh pen as well |
| 2808s | which is really cool |
| 2809s | um and I I you can be like material now |
| 2812s | I guess terrible now in in the story |
| 2814s | yeah it's this is so cool because uh we |
| 2817s | had to build uh the horadrics uh the |
| 2821s | Roger Marquis part of the story of |
| 2823s | Diablo 4 and so we it we needed to |
| 2826s | design |
| 2828s | um a symbol that uh appeared in game |
| 2830s | that was really iconic and part of their |
| 2833s | a symbol of their order |
| 2836s | um and it turned out to be quite |
| 2837s | important and so we decided to make this |
| 2840s | um this physical pen so that uh you |
| 2844s | could kind of be part of the secret Club |
| 2846s | that's right there you go so you two can |
| 2848s | join an order of secret demon Hunters uh |
| 2851s | going across Sanctuary trying to keep |
| 2852s | things safe exactly |
| 2854s | um this is actually one of my absolutely |
| 2855s | favorite things here that we're about to |
| 2856s | show I want to make sure that I actually |
| 2858s | get the right side up I did not there we |
| 2861s | go |
| 2862s | I did |
| 2864s | there we go live yeah uh yeah this is |
| 2867s | the cloth map here of uh and what I |
| 2870s | think the coolest part about this is |
| 2872s | this is actually a full representation |
| 2874s | of like the areas you'll be playing in |
| 2876s | Diablo for that's right we |
| 2879s | you know when we went to build the world |
| 2882s | of sanctuary for Diablo 4 one of the |
| 2885s | things we wanted to do is make sure that |
| 2886s | the game map |
| 2888s | um had the feel of the kind of map that |
| 2890s | you would have |
| 2892s | that that people made when you know they |
| 2894s | thought maybe there were a bunch of |
| 2896s | serpents uh in the water right and and |
| 2898s | so it was so cool to to build all of |
| 2900s | that art for the map and then getting to |
| 2902s | actually represent that |
| 2904s | um as a physical object in the cloth map |
| 2906s | uh is so cool and they're even more |
| 2908s | embellishments on this map you know a |
| 2909s | lot of the art there at the bottom uh |
| 2912s | and all around the outside yeah and the |
| 2914s | framing is so cool like Lila's up at the |
| 2916s | top and like kind of Center frame there |
| 2917s | and then of course like we mentioned |
| 2919s | like there's there's points in the game |
| 2920s | like skaz gland dry steps Etc that |
| 2923s | you'll that are represented in the map |
| 2925s | that you'll actually be able to see and |
| 2926s | when you open up the map in Diablo 4 |
| 2929s | it's essentially this which is which is |
| 2931s | awesome so yeah I'm just a huge d d and |
| 2933s | RPG nerd so like anytime a game has a |
| 2935s | cloth map that comes with it like I'm |
| 2937s | just so ecstatic people just hang that |
| 2939s | up someplace and just put it somewhere |
| 2940s | so I'm really really stoked we actually |
| 2943s | have this uh and then we have there's |
| 2946s | more there's yeah there's certainly more |
| 2948s | uh we have the art book |
| 2950s | which is massive yes you go Adam oh yeah |
| 2952s | and that's you awkwardly yeah I will I |
| 2954s | will attempt to flip through accept it |
| 2956s | awkwardly yeah um but yeah it's got It's |
| 2958s | got it uh in itself it's um uh a bunch |
| 2961s | of different art that obviously the team |
| 2963s | has been working on within the game and |
| 2965s | so forth and uh |
| 2967s | led by our wonderful art director John |
| 2969s | John Mueller |
| 2970s | um but yeah it's it's it's pretty |
| 2972s | awesome I'm so sorry there's like super |
| 2974s | clear glossy it's very nice glossy Pages |
| 2977s | everyone uh it looks great um but yeah |
| 2980s | this this thing is massive it's super |
| 2982s | heavy uh it's hundreds of pages here |
| 2985s | it's it's that's how thick it is right |
| 2987s | like it's it's this is this is a lot of |
| 2989s | art it's really cool and honestly if |
| 2992s | you've if you've like ever pre-ordered |
| 2994s | like a collector's edition or anything |
| 2996s | like that um from from other blizzard |
| 2998s | titles like World of Warcraft and |
| 2999s | everything the art books from all the |
| 3001s | art teams here have always been so |
| 3002s | phenomenal and that's just another so |
| 3004s | that's not the last piece here we have |
| 3006s | this we have the candle yes the candle |
| 3008s | of creation here is included um this is |
| 3011s | kind of like the the main centerpiece |
| 3013s | for the the the collector's box in |
| 3016s | itself this thing is really awesome the |
| 3018s | it's pretty hefty too uh and it's great |
| 3022s | because it's got It's double-sided here |
| 3025s | so you can kind of choose sides |
| 3026s | depending on on what you would want |
| 3028s | Lilith on one side and narius on the |
| 3030s | other didn't we just do like a Twitter |
| 3032s | Poll for like team Lilith and team and |
| 3034s | areas we we did and I will say the |
| 3037s | results blew me away because uh I think |
| 3040s | if you ask me like you know a month ago |
| 3043s | I would have said Team Lilith would have |
| 3045s | been what a crush yeah yeah but it ended |
| 3048s | at a 50 50 split uh so there are most |
| 3052s | definitely a a good mixture of fans |
| 3055s | between uh uh anarius and Lois but uh |
| 3058s | yeah the candle itself is really cool |
| 3060s | there's a ton of detail on the actual |
| 3062s | base as I'm covering it with my hand |
| 3063s | yeah hand model everyone uh and then of |
| 3066s | course uh it's even got some extra |
| 3068s | details here uh on the bottom |
| 3070s | specifically Fallen skulls you can |
| 3072s | really see some of the uh the detail of |
| 3075s | anarius pauldrons it's almost hard but |
| 3079s | it's hard to show off the little detail |
| 3080s | but thankfully we have a video later |
| 3082s | we'll talk about some of these things |
| 3083s | exactly images going up as well yeah and |
| 3085s | it's got actually got a because this |
| 3086s | isn't allowed extra candle in itself |
| 3088s | this is not like something that will |
| 3090s | just disappear after using it there's so |
| 3092s | many uses and so forth but uh it is |
| 3095s | battery operated there's a switch on the |
| 3096s | side and so forth but you can then have |
| 3098s | it uh either on your desk while you're |
| 3101s | working or you know and you can flip it |
| 3103s | from side to side depending on which |
| 3105s | that's right which who you want to do be |
| 3107s | in favor with Mondays for the list and |
| 3109s | Tuesdays within ours exactly so yeah |
| 3111s | this is the collector's box itself as I |
| 3114s | said uh we will have a a unboxing on our |
| 3118s | YouTube channels immediately after the |
| 3119s | live stream so make sure to check that |
| 3121s | out and uh pre-order should be going |
| 3123s | live after this live stream on the gear |
| 3126s | store so and that is in again North |
| 3129s | America Latin America uh Europe and the |
| 3132s | UK and then in Australia and Korea it |
| 3135s | will be available at certain retailers |
| 3137s | so make sure to keep your eyes peeled |
| 3140s | for |
| 3141s | uh those specific regions and where |
| 3144s | those details are going to be so this is |
| 3146s | the collector's box so it's actually |
| 3147s | really cool |
| 3148s | um super excited I'm sad I'm not going |
| 3151s | to be able to like immediately run over |
| 3153s | and and pre-order in it itself because |
| 3155s | I'm we've got to do this I gotta do this |
| 3158s | um but we actually have a uh a lot of |
| 3161s | other things to talk about as you guys |
| 3163s | know uh from the the game awards and |
| 3165s | what you probably saw in the beginning |
| 3166s | of the live stream speaking of which I |
| 3169s | do want to apologize for our counter it |
| 3171s | clearly looks like like Belial has |
| 3173s | gotten to our counter at the the |
| 3174s | beginning of the live stream was moving |
| 3176s | a little slow Lord of Lies most |
| 3178s | definitely has taken advantage of it but |
| 3180s | we we did start perfectly on time but |
| 3182s | the uh at the game awards we did reveal |
| 3185s | uh the uh the new cinematic yeah for |
| 3189s | Diablo 4. yeah and um I think this would |
| 3192s | be uh just one more a good refresher |
| 3194s | just in case if you're jumping into the |
| 3195s | to the live stream now or if you haven't |
| 3197s | taken a look at it I've seen it a |
| 3199s | million times but let's take another |
| 3200s | look at the Denarius and are nice and |
| 3204s | little trailer |
| 3230s | [Music] |
| 3234s | foreign |
| 3276s | foreign |
| 3304s | listen |
| 3305s | leave the light |
| 3341s | [Music] |
| 3350s | foreign |
| 3368s | [Music] |
| 3369s | for you |
| 3378s | that a million times I'm probably like |
| 3380s | half the views on YouTube and in itself |
| 3383s | um I I am I am boosting the YouTube |
| 3386s | viewership all by myself uh uh it |
| 3389s | honestly it's probably one of my most |
| 3390s | favorite cinematics that you know our |
| 3392s | sft team has worked on here it's |
| 3395s | incredible blizzard it's incredible |
| 3397s | um I think |
| 3398s | um uh it'd be good to like kind of uh |
| 3401s | help inform the community because I know |
| 3403s | a lot of people if you're if you follow |
| 3405s | Diablo you know who like Lilith and rasr |
| 3407s | but then uh there's a lot of questions |
| 3409s | related to like who is little who is an |
| 3412s | artist how important are they within the |
| 3413s | Diablo universe and |
| 3415s | um it'd be kind of like great to give a |
| 3418s | little primer on that yeah so you know |
| 3421s | Diablo 4 focuses on the world of |
| 3423s | sanctuary and it's uh the world itself |
| 3427s | was created by anaris and lilas um you |
| 3431s | know the Diablo the universe of Diablo |
| 3434s | uh there's this |
| 3435s | eternal conflict between Heaven and Hell |
| 3437s | with the angels uh on one side and the |
| 3440s | demons on the other side and uh and |
| 3443s | Aries and Lilith got tired of this and |
| 3445s | wanted to have a third a third way and |
| 3449s | they created the world of sanctuary |
| 3451s | where the the humans live and and Diablo |
| 3453s | 4 takes place |
| 3455s | and sort of abandoned their |
| 3456s | responsibility sort of right like |
| 3457s | they're expected to continue this war |
| 3459s | well that's certainly the the take of of |
| 3462s | the demons and the angels both yeah yeah |
| 3464s | absolutely |
| 3466s | um and so you know these two characters |
| 3470s | uh these two antagonists are a central |
| 3474s | part of the story as As You Adventure |
| 3477s | through the world of sanctuary the these |
| 3479s | two Founders who do not see eye to eye |
| 3482s | at this point uh certainly |
| 3485s | um |
| 3486s | our key part of of the story that uh |
| 3489s | will unwind yeah so being able to |
| 3490s | explore like Lilith is a character |
| 3492s | exploringarius's characters and like |
| 3494s | their motivations kind of what led them |
| 3496s | to where they are now and why things are |
| 3497s | blowing up the way they are yeah |
| 3498s | definitely very important to the overall |
| 3500s | story very cool to explore as well yeah |
| 3502s | and I think like uh the Cinematic |
| 3504s | showcases like amazing moments |
| 3506s | especially about for an Arius I mean |
| 3508s | he's very much you know Center Stage uh |
| 3511s | for for kind of the first time that |
| 3513s | people really get to see or experience |
| 3515s | him in a Diablo game uh Beyond just like |
| 3517s | the lore the discussions and so forth |
| 3520s | and I think like uh just seeing his |
| 3523s | power and and and what he represents |
| 3526s | right there is was amazing yeah anarius |
| 3529s | is a force to be sure |
| 3532s | um and you know it's it's so cool to be |
| 3534s | able to |
| 3536s | um tell the story in a way that we can |
| 3537s | have really multifaceted characters that |
| 3540s | have real motivations you know like you |
| 3542s | were saying |
| 3543s | um but also be able to represent the raw |
| 3546s | power of some of these characters like |
| 3547s | in RS like when you think about the that |
| 3550s | shot of anarius wings you know getting |
| 3554s | to see them uh over the army |
| 3556s | there uh and like spreading out super |
| 3559s | wide yeah yeah absolutely and um you |
| 3563s | know angel wings have been uh such a |
| 3567s | beautiful part of of Diablo games for a |
| 3571s | long time you know I think back to |
| 3573s | the scene with material and the world |
| 3575s | Stone and how his wings were represented |
| 3577s | there |
| 3578s | um the way that they can move they have |
| 3580s | kind of this this quality that you know |
| 3584s | I don't think I I've seen any other |
| 3586s | other wings angel wings that are |
| 3588s | represented quite this way they're |
| 3589s | they're just incredible they feel very |
| 3590s | iconic to our angels in Diablo right |
| 3593s | absolutely and then uh of course they're |
| 3597s | not just uh they're not just visually |
| 3599s | cool they're also functional |
| 3601s | um you can see in the in the The |
| 3603s | Cinematic we just showed he when he |
| 3605s | lands he actually impales a number of |
| 3607s | fallen off screen yeah with his wings |
| 3610s | yeah this is this is honestly one of my |
| 3612s | favorite Parts where he's just like |
| 3613s | coming down and the Fallen are in awe |
| 3616s | and obviously he's just impaling them |
| 3618s | and the the the the his feet landing on |
| 3623s | the ground and like the the amount of |
| 3625s | impact he has while doing a soft Landing |
| 3628s | is just insane he's uh he you can tell |
| 3632s | he's he's got something on his mind and |
| 3634s | he clearly has an objective wants to |
| 3637s | most definitely go towards it uh it's |
| 3639s | it's just insane to see the power uh |
| 3641s | that's behind him and I think uh one of |
| 3643s | my other favorite moments is the kind of |
| 3645s | the the the the pulse he sends out uh |
| 3649s | that like completely brightens up how uh |
| 3652s | all the the Fallen are are essentially |
| 3654s | like blinded by it but it's it's got |
| 3656s | this unique sound to it and like a |
| 3658s | little bit of like fun Diablo lore is |
| 3660s | that like you know uh angels in in |
| 3663s | Diablo are beings of light and um the |
| 3666s | sound and like the resonance uh are all |
| 3668s | tuned to the crystal Arch and it's |
| 3669s | almost like you're hearing his unique |
| 3671s | sound that he actually sends out which |
| 3674s | just causes all the fall into the you |
| 3676s | know immediately move off uh and and be |
| 3679s | scared of like his power and what he |
| 3681s | brings yeah um so yeah there's there's |
| 3683s | uh so much in regards to to the story |
| 3686s | between uh anarius and loith and uh you |
| 3691s | know it's it's weird to also think that |
| 3693s | anaris is also kind of the the was |
| 3696s | originally serving under terial |
| 3699s | um which is obviously a very familiar |
| 3701s | name within within Diablos so there's a |
| 3704s | lot more to reveal that we're we're |
| 3707s | going to be doing here over the next you |
| 3708s | know couple months as we lead up to |
| 3710s | launch and of course when people jump |
| 3711s | into the game for the Diablo 4 story but |
| 3714s | that cinematic was was phenomenal for |
| 3717s | sure |
| 3719s | um the next big thing that we did want |
| 3721s | to talk about and this is a huge part |
| 3723s | because this is actually kind of a new |
| 3725s | thing that a lot of the the community |
| 3727s | had may have heard of but probably don't |
| 3729s | have a full details on and that is the |
| 3731s | Codex of power oh yeah products of power |
| 3733s | yes the Codex of power is a brand new |
| 3736s | feature that's coming into Diablo 4. |
| 3738s | it's a it's a gameplay feature and Mr |
| 3741s | Joseph Pike oh yeah yeah give us a |
| 3744s | little bit more detail we'll talk about |
| 3745s | this so this is one of those things I |
| 3746s | would have loved Bill to talk about in a |
| 3747s | blog a while ago but we weren't quite |
| 3749s | ready to reveal it at that time there |
| 3750s | was already so many things for us to |
| 3752s | discuss so the Codex of power is this |
| 3755s | new crafting feature that we'll bring |
| 3756s | online in Diablo 4. I'm really really |
| 3759s | excited about it what allows players to |
| 3761s | do is as they are progressing through |
| 3762s | this you know the massive interconnected |
| 3764s | world of sanctuary they're gonna be |
| 3765s | discovering lots and lots of dungeons as |
| 3768s | they go and when they find these |
| 3770s | Dungeons and they delve deep into them |
| 3772s | at the bottom of them uh they're gonna |
| 3773s | find uh what we call codex of power |
| 3776s | aspects and an aspect in the Codex of |
| 3779s | power is effectively a Legendary Power |
| 3781s | that's been in this in this very |
| 3782s | particular form and every one of these |
| 3785s | done is the Players progressed through |
| 3786s | in the Oval World has a unique Legendary |
| 3789s | Power via the aspect found inside of |
| 3791s | them yeah |
| 3792s | what I what I love about that is that um |
| 3795s | you you can create a new character and |
| 3797s | you can you can look at some of the |
| 3800s | powers that are available through these |
| 3802s | Dungeons and say okay I I really want to |
| 3805s | Target this power I'm going to go to |
| 3806s | this dungeon get and get that power you |
| 3809s | know so you're less dependent on like |
| 3811s | well I hope this power drops absolutely |
| 3812s | so there there are limitations in place |
| 3815s | but Joe to your point that is that is |
| 3817s | basically the intent here right is to |
| 3818s | give players some Manner and measure of |
| 3820s | control over the uh the nature of their |
| 3822s | build as they're getting are beginning |
| 3823s | to go through those steps but the uh the |
| 3825s | colors of power is a way for them to |
| 3826s | basically take these uh these aspects |
| 3828s | and then they're able to go back to uh |
| 3830s | to a crafter back in one of the major |
| 3831s | cities our new occultist crafter |
| 3833s | actually uh and when they go to the |
| 3835s | occultist they can they can hand off the |
| 3837s | actually we're showing right now our |
| 3838s | sorcerer's friend has just earned aspect |
| 3840s | of overwhelming bolts which is going to |
| 3841s | allow her charge bolts ability uh to go |
| 3844s | and fire two more projectiles of each |
| 3845s | cast She's going for like an up close |
| 3847s | and up close and personal melee |
| 3848s | lightning build so this shotgun approach |
| 3850s | for her Spenders be really really useful |
| 3852s | more bolts more damage definitely very |
| 3854s | good minor trade-off for the Mana cost |
| 3856s | but still what ends up being worth at |
| 3857s | the end here we can see that the uh the |
| 3859s | Sorceress is now heading over to the |
| 3861s | occultist and is going to be choosing to |
| 3863s | imbue this aspect into one of their |
| 3865s | existing items so she takes the uh the |
| 3867s | item this is so you're looking a lot of |
| 3868s | work in progress stuff that we're |
| 3869s | looking at here because this is a this |
| 3871s | is a live cast we'd like to be able to |
| 3872s | show some things off uh you have an |
| 3874s | opportunity to go and basically override |
| 3876s | the existing Legendary Power on this and |
| 3878s | put in the new Power they've just |
| 3879s | collected to the Codex of power so in |
| 3881s | this way players get this deterministic |
| 3883s | way to kind of collect a series of these |
| 3885s | legendary powers are out there in the |
| 3886s | game for them to find but it's not all |
| 3888s | of them you can only find some of the |
| 3890s | legendary Powers overall in the game |
| 3891s | there are over 120 dungeons in the game |
| 3894s | so this represents like a lot of really |
| 3896s | exciting and interesting things for you |
| 3897s | to collect as you're going through these |
| 3898s | uh these areas |
| 3900s | uh also uh you you don't just find |
| 3903s | legendary powers for your class you'll |
| 3904s | find legendary powers for all of the |
| 3906s | class as you go and some ones that can |
| 3907s | work in multiple classes as well and |
| 3909s | then we think this is really cool |
| 3910s | because every time you find an aspect |
| 3912s | you want to uh that you can put in your |
| 3913s | codex of power uh this is now available |
| 3915s | to all characters in that realm so |
| 3917s | thank you argument if we're playing in |
| 3919s | season one you know every character that |
| 3921s | you'd make it'll say you're playing your |
| 3922s | sorceress first and you go find a whole |
| 3924s | bunch of werewolf uh Druid you know |
| 3926s | based aspects as you're playing uh when |
| 3928s | you go and you want to build a new |
| 3929s | werewolf character or a new Druid |
| 3931s | character you have all those aspects to |
| 3933s | play with from level one as soon as you |
| 3934s | want to start kind of leveling up gear |
| 3935s | and getting into a position where you |
| 3936s | can make use of them so we love this |
| 3938s | idea of like making it so it's easier to |
| 3939s | play with other builds yeah I love to |
| 3941s | how the you know we've really been |
| 3944s | thinking about crafting India before and |
| 3946s | I love how the occultist figures into |
| 3947s | that crafting right because |
| 3950s | um you know when we think about |
| 3950s | legendary legendaries in Diablo 4 what |
| 3954s | we're really talking about is the |
| 3956s | Legendary Power |
| 3958s | um you know and that Legendary Power can |
| 3959s | be moved around you can use it to |
| 3962s | upgrade rares and the occultist is sort |
| 3964s | of the central point of all of that all |
| 3967s | of that crafting that's absolutely right |
| 3968s | so that was one big change we add with |
| 3970s | and we've talked about in previous blogs |
| 3972s | before uh but one big change in Diablo 4 |
| 3975s | is allowing legendary powers of a |
| 3977s | particular type to roll lots of |
| 3978s | different item slots which gives players |
| 3980s | an interesting game of deciding where |
| 3982s | they want to play certain powers to make |
| 3984s | the maximum system for their builds now |
| 3986s | the Codex lets them put them on the |
| 3987s | slots that are appropriate for that |
| 3988s | power they can choose right but another |
| 3990s | limitation for the Codex power in |
| 3992s | addition to not actually having the |
| 3993s | ability to collect all of luxury |
| 3994s | comparison to game there's many many |
| 3996s | more if you finders |
| 3998s | those Powers also are always rolled at |
| 4000s | the lowest level of power possible so it |
| 4003s | is always better for you to go find the |
| 4005s | legendary item that has the power that |
| 4006s | you're interested in and then you can |
| 4008s | choose to use that item directly or |
| 4010s | extract the power from that item into an |
| 4011s | aspect Crystal then go in and print into |
| 4013s | your own item of your choosing those |
| 4015s | legendary items you find out in the |
| 4016s | world are always going to end up being |
| 4018s | more powerful as a general rule yeah I |
| 4020s | really like the idea that like no matter |
| 4022s | what like finding stuff is still going |
| 4023s | to lead to like you know potentially the |
| 4026s | the the best opportunity of getting the |
| 4028s | most amount of power but you still have |
| 4029s | the customization ability of being able |
| 4031s | to you know what I found this power I |
| 4032s | would still like to use this on another |
| 4034s | piece of gear and and and add that that |
| 4037s | within the Codex app and you still can |
| 4038s | yeah that's one of the things that's |
| 4040s | great about it exactly to that point is |
| 4043s | that you can have let's say that you are |
| 4046s | leveling up and you get a legendary |
| 4047s | power that you really love and you start |
| 4049s | to sort of make your build around it |
| 4051s | with the Codex of power you can acquire |
| 4055s | new gear and in fact through your |
| 4057s | Essences as well and you can extract you |
| 4059s | can you can keep bring that power with |
| 4061s | you so you can maintain that build so |
| 4063s | you're not sort of losing your losing a |
| 4066s | core part of your build as as you're |
| 4068s | getting it here yeah and the fun thing |
| 4070s | about this is we do want players at the |
| 4071s | beginning to go through their class fans |
| 4073s | they're making their skill tree |
| 4074s | selections they're they're going deeper |
| 4076s | and deeper into this they're making |
| 4077s | their fun choices we do want them to be |
| 4079s | able to still want to chase certain |
| 4081s | other powers like for example for this |
| 4083s | like you know kind of like Melee Focus |
| 4084s | lightning build yeah the player here is |
| 4086s | uh spinning it right now like there are |
| 4088s | other powers that they they really |
| 4090s | really want for this build like there's |
| 4091s | a there's a lightning bolt legendary uh |
| 4094s | that is going to allow lightning warp |
| 4095s | legendary it's going to allow them to |
| 4096s | have this fear basically around around |
| 4098s | them as part of combat which as you can |
| 4100s | see would be awesome when they're |
| 4101s | teleporting into packs of monsters |
| 4102s | trying to deal damage when they're up |
| 4104s | and close and personal there's lots more |
| 4105s | things that for that Lightning's work to |
| 4107s | collect as they're going through and |
| 4109s | then hopefully find the very best |
| 4110s | versions of those legendary Powers as |
| 4111s | well as just fine in the first place |
| 4114s | yeah so I know with the Codex power this |
| 4116s | is kind of a a new feature that's uh |
| 4118s | coming in in Diablo 4 and we'll have uh |
| 4121s | more information and more details |
| 4123s | regarding like different uh |
| 4126s | parts of the Codex of power and the |
| 4129s | different powers you can end up finding |
| 4130s | and so forth to imbue onto actual |
| 4133s | weapons and and or or gear in general |
| 4135s | here in the future plus other mechanics |
| 4138s | and other systems that I know people |
| 4139s | have been talking about and wanting to |
| 4141s | know more about here in the future but |
| 4143s | um I did want to leave some time for |
| 4145s | some q a because I know we've had a lot |
| 4148s | of different questions that we've seen |
| 4150s | pop over the community uh here in the |
| 4153s | you know last especially in the last |
| 4154s | week with all the announcements that |
| 4156s | we've actually had uh uh related to |
| 4159s | Diablo 4 and so I wanted to make sure |
| 4161s | that we spent some time on those so we |
| 4163s | did collect a lot of these questions |
| 4164s | through uh different Community channels |
| 4166s | like some of our Forums on like D3 d2r |
| 4169s | where people are posting about Diablo 4 |
| 4170s | there to Reddit uh some of our our these |
| 4175s | questions actually came from like social |
| 4176s | media or even our content creators that |
| 4179s | actually do focus in on Diablo so great |
| 4181s | let's kind of like jump into a few of |
| 4183s | these uh specific questions if we can so |
| 4186s | first one we have is like what learnings |
| 4188s | did you guys apply from other Diablo |
| 4190s | games to Diablo 4. yeah this is a great |
| 4193s | question because what we when you think |
| 4195s | about the history of the Diablo IP of |
| 4198s | all the games that have come what we |
| 4200s | wanted to do is capture the things that |
| 4203s | players loved about each of those |
| 4204s | entries in the series you know and when |
| 4206s | you think about so we we really thought |
| 4209s | about how Diablo 1 really established |
| 4213s | sort of this this this tone of of Gothic |
| 4216s | horror this really dark tone that was |
| 4218s | that was quite different from other |
| 4220s | things that you would see at the time |
| 4222s | and we wanted to to carry that forward |
| 4224s | and recapture that in Diablo 4. |
| 4227s | and then |
| 4229s | um when we look again what is what do |
| 4231s | players love uh and hold close to their |
| 4234s | their hearts in in Diablo too and we |
| 4237s | really wanted to capture that essence of |
| 4239s | of having systems that |
| 4242s | um |
| 4242s | you know unfold out and have all of this |
| 4245s | depth and ability to you know look at it |
| 4247s | and nuance and and think to yourself |
| 4250s | okay well I'm really going to learn all |
| 4252s | of the details of this and I'm gonna I'm |
| 4254s | gonna buy by by having a deep |
| 4257s | understanding of this I'm going to |
| 4258s | optimize my character in ways that |
| 4260s | people who haven't don't understand |
| 4263s | these nuances will miss and I'll feel |
| 4266s | like oh I really am I'm optimizing that |
| 4271s | through the system in that yeah really |
| 4273s | the character's really like an |
| 4274s | expression of the choices you've made |
| 4275s | while you're leveling up and like making |
| 4277s | interesting decisions right like that's |
| 4278s | a great Point really really important a |
| 4280s | lot more of that power is based on |
| 4281s | decisions that players made along the |
| 4282s | way power on the character yeah |
| 4285s | itemization absolutely |
| 4288s | um and uh and of course when we think |
| 4289s | about Diablo 3 we think about uh the |
| 4292s | fluidity of combat that sort of action |
| 4294s | aspect of the action RPG |
| 4297s | um really good kill monsters in Diablo |
| 4299s | 3. yeah and |
| 4301s | um you know Diablo 3 added so much to |
| 4304s | not just the the the player |
| 4307s | um the player cast interactions you know |
| 4310s | when you talk about head frames and |
| 4312s | contact frames and all of the sort of |
| 4313s | nitty-gritty of how that |
| 4315s | um how that smoothness is achieved |
| 4318s | um but also uh the effects on the |
| 4320s | monsters monsters exploding |
| 4323s | um various ways that monsters can die |
| 4324s | death Death kits all of those kinds of |
| 4327s | things and we wanted to make sure that |
| 4329s | we represented that in Diablo 4 and and |
| 4331s | even at a grander scale I mean if you |
| 4334s | can't be had a fallen then you know what |
| 4336s | have we've been doing here yeah what are |
| 4337s | we what are we even doing exactly |
| 4339s | exactly cool |
| 4341s | um for the next question we have |
| 4343s | um as I'm like dodging the camera and so |
| 4346s | forth how does the battle pass work and |
| 4349s | how long does it go for I know we talked |
| 4350s | a little bit about battle pass but I |
| 4352s | think this is actually a really good |
| 4353s | question as well yeah it's it's a great |
| 4355s | question so the battle pass |
| 4357s | um will last for the entire duration of |
| 4360s | a season and a season is three months |
| 4361s | yep um so you'll have plenty of time to |
| 4364s | work your way through the battle pass |
| 4366s | active players are going to have no |
| 4368s | problem with that it's you're not going |
| 4370s | to run out of time yeah and you'll be |
| 4372s | earning progress like I mentioned before |
| 4373s | by completing content in the season |
| 4374s | Journey but also just by like killing |
| 4376s | monsters going doing dungeons completing |
| 4378s | quests like everything you do is be |
| 4380s | slowly earning progress towards your uh |
| 4381s | your battle pass progress yeah and I I |
| 4383s | know that |
| 4384s | um uh because we we talked about season |
| 4386s | Journey beforehand and so forth and |
| 4388s | again that's just an opportunity for |
| 4391s | people who even don't have the battle |
| 4392s | pass will still have an opportunity of |
| 4394s | actually going through a season Journey |
| 4396s | similar to what they kind of experience |
| 4398s | with Diablo 3 and earning things and so |
| 4401s | forth from that specific uh moment as |
| 4403s | well oh I want to call it one more thing |
| 4405s | so I think there's another question here |
| 4406s | that sometimes is kind of asked which is |
| 4407s | like you know how like how long am I |
| 4409s | expected to like to play in order to |
| 4411s | like progress through the battle pass |
| 4412s | and like that's that's like closely |
| 4414s | between 75 hours ish like it's in that |
| 4417s | kind of Realm for the most part and this |
| 4419s | is important because we don't want you |
| 4420s | to think like you hear that there's a |
| 4421s | battle pass it's gonna last for three |
| 4422s | months am I expected to play every |
| 4423s | single day for four hours for three |
| 4425s | months like that's not how this works |
| 4426s | really want people to engage with it at |
| 4428s | a pace is appropriate to you and feel |
| 4430s | that you've got the time necessary to |
| 4431s | like really go through the whole thing |
| 4433s | cool uh next question that we have here |
| 4435s | is uh when does the first uh season of |
| 4438s | Diablo 4 actually start that's right so |
| 4441s | we'll be able to share more details |
| 4443s | about the exact dates of when the season |
| 4445s | starts along with more details about the |
| 4447s | first season what kind of exciting |
| 4448s | things you're going to get to see coming |
| 4450s | soon but the key thing to to know is |
| 4454s | that the game will launch in a |
| 4455s | pre-season mode yes uh and the season |
| 4458s | will start some weeks after that yeah |
| 4460s | and so for those that do end up |
| 4462s | pre-ordering again on the the digital |
| 4464s | Deluxe with the ultimate version and |
| 4466s | they have the Early Access period your |
| 4467s | Early Access will be within the |
| 4469s | preseason so it's not an opportunity to |
| 4471s | get a leg up of over other people in |
| 4473s | regards to that first season uh for |
| 4475s | Diablo 4. yeah I really want to make |
| 4476s | sure people have time to like really |
| 4477s | play through and enjoy the campaign and |
| 4479s | see all this content before they uh they |
| 4480s | get ready to start fresh in uh in season |
| 4482s | one exactly |
| 4484s | next question if I want to play Diablo 4 |
| 4487s | on PC and console do I need to purchase |
| 4489s | the game for each platform |
| 4491s | yes so you do need to purchase the game |
| 4493s | for each platform that you want to play |
| 4495s | on correct but the uh all of your |
| 4498s | progression uh you can play between |
| 4500s | platforms and all of your progression is |
| 4503s | is cross-platform as well yeah and and |
| 4505s | just to reiterate as well is that if you |
| 4507s | do buy the premium battle pass for like |
| 4510s | PC and you also play on Xbox for |
| 4512s | instance uh your battle pass does carry |
| 4515s | over because it is part of the your |
| 4517s | Battlenet account so you'll end up |
| 4519s | progressing both on on whichever |
| 4521s | platform that you actually do play on |
| 4524s | you don't need to purchase a battle pass |
| 4526s | for each specific platform for each uh |
| 4529s | each time you're playing on like |
| 4530s | PlayStation or on Xbox and on PC that's |
| 4532s | right |
| 4533s | cool |
| 4535s | uh will familiar Diablo items be |
| 4538s | returning to Diablo 4 sorry I'm like |
| 4540s | ducking around well they will Joe I |
| 4542s | think you have some yeah I mean there's |
| 4544s | uh there are a ton of returning there's |
| 4546s | uh so yeah a shakers come back uh wind |
| 4548s | force is coming back uh grandfather's |
| 4550s | coming back there's there's a like uh |
| 4553s | like Mage fist is coming back uh and |
| 4556s | these are unique items so yeah I'm sorry |
| 4557s | oh yeah so the that's a really good call |
| 4560s | out so there are there are legendary |
| 4561s | items we talked a little bit a little |
| 4562s | bit before they're uh that have like |
| 4564s | elliptical powers and then there are |
| 4565s | unique items that are much more powerful |
| 4567s | than legendary items are now legendary |
| 4569s | Powers control open any slot unique |
| 4571s | items come with like a pretty fixed |
| 4572s | Loadout of like types of affixes that |
| 4574s | could appear in that thing and then what |
| 4575s | the special power is tied to the unique |
| 4577s | item on its own and they're really |
| 4579s | really they're they're difficult to find |
| 4580s | they're really rare uh they're fun Chase |
| 4582s | items and you can really build exciting |
| 4583s | builds around some of these things but |
| 4585s | we've had we've taked uh taken a lot of |
| 4587s | the ideas from these uh these items from |
| 4588s | previous games kind of reinterpreted |
| 4590s | them to make sure they work with Diablo |
| 4592s | 4 but try to obtain that thematic |
| 4593s | Essence to them like it's been an |
| 4595s | exciting challenge to the team to kind |
| 4596s | of go after and try to bring in |
| 4598s | yeah we have time Diablo items returning |
| 4602s | the fan favorite a lot of new things too |
| 4604s | so there's there's a there's a mixture |
| 4605s | of both but you will see some returning |
| 4606s | favorites yeah awesome |
| 4609s | and I think that is the end of our |
| 4612s | questions that we have there uh |
| 4613s | specifically that we ended up grabbing I |
| 4615s | know that we wanted to make sure that we |
| 4616s | had enough time and so forth and uh but |
| 4619s | I did want to uh thank you guys uh for |
| 4622s | for joining in thank you guys obviously |
| 4624s | for for joining us on our last live |
| 4626s | stream but I'm gonna throw you guys |
| 4629s | before we leave some some quick like you |
| 4632s | know fast-paced shotgun questions |
| 4633s | because I want to make sure that we have |
| 4634s | all these and everything like that |
| 4635s | sounds good I'd be curious to know |
| 4637s | favorite class in Diablo 4 for each of |
| 4638s | you |
| 4639s | okay fine uh I'm sorry rogue rogue okay |
| 4643s | so that was easy uh I I guess Barbarian |
| 4645s | but I think in terms of specs so I could |
| 4646s | I could just talk for the five minutes |
| 4647s | but no barbarian right now yeah you're |
| 4650s | right there there are so many cool |
| 4651s | mechanics like when I say Rogue I'm |
| 4653s | thinking I'm thinking about the idea of |
| 4655s | being a rose and running around |
| 4657s | like that I don't say Rogue is |
| 4659s | incredibly fun like plays like like it's |
| 4662s | if you want a fast like agile character |
| 4665s | that like is dancing around like |
| 4667s | everything it doesn't disappoint it is |
| 4669s | the most I would say that and the |
| 4672s | Necromancer probably the two most fun |
| 4674s | and flashy uh like characters well |
| 4676s | actually I would say also even the |
| 4677s | Sorceress is flashy just because of all |
| 4679s | the spell effects and everything so |
| 4680s | again there's there's there's builds I |
| 4682s | love on all of the classes I I |
| 4684s | personally I'm a druid Fanboy uh always |
| 4686s | have been bear werewolf um actually I I |
| 4689s | really enjoyed like the elemental specs |
| 4692s | and so forth yeah storm is so so fun |
| 4695s | we're gonna nerve storm everybody just |
| 4697s | because I said something |
| 4701s | um we don't We're not gonna just no |
| 4703s | storm don't worry then |
| 4704s | um I'd be curious to know uh favorite |
| 4706s | enemy in Diablo 4 maybe maybe uh |
| 4709s | favorite enemy yeah uh our enemy family |
| 4711s | enemy family wow you know I love the uh |
| 4715s | I love what we were able to do with the |
| 4716s | the blood casters |
| 4718s | um there was actually an enemy in Diablo |
| 4720s | 2 under |
| 4722s | um under the the city |
| 4725s | that um is this vampire Caster very tall |
| 4728s | and thin and and uh floating and we were |
| 4731s | able to reimagine that in Diablo 4 |
| 4734s | um and it moves by uh turning into bats |
| 4737s | and it can form out of bats so if you |
| 4739s | get a lot of bats in one area can turn |
| 4741s | into one of these casters we didn't move |
| 4742s | in Diablo 2 is bats no I maybe I don't |
| 4746s | know yeah like I felt I always it's it's |
| 4748s | so hard to tell with like D2 because |
| 4750s | it's like usually you find them in like |
| 4752s | catacombs or something like that and |
| 4753s | it's really dark and maybe they have |
| 4755s | been and I have had no idea but yeah |
| 4757s | yeah for me it's drowned like I just the |
| 4759s | whole monster family for the drowned I |
| 4760s | really really like there's something |
| 4761s | about like the uh like these pale clammy |
| 4764s | like Seaside monsters rising up from the |
| 4766s | waters and one of the things really fun |
| 4768s | is like they're really like strange and |
| 4770s | mysterious in the world and I I really |
| 4772s | gravitate towards that like you know |
| 4773s | they're covered with Barnacles they've |
| 4775s | got like all kind of like broken parts |
| 4776s | of like like sunken sea vessels they use |
| 4778s | in combat they they just swarm all over |
| 4780s | the place often you'll find like you're |
| 4781s | in slick areas where it's raining when |
| 4783s | you have to actually encounter them like |
| 4784s | they're they're super fun a group of |
| 4786s | monsters to fight they've got some neat |
| 4787s | a lot like they're like they're Brew |
| 4789s | like has like really really neat |
| 4790s | abilities you have to kind of trying to |
| 4791s | like Dodge and avoid they're very |
| 4793s | dangerous so yeah they're my favorite I |
| 4794s | think right now nice nice |
| 4796s | um what's a fun fact you guys |
| 4797s | encountered while developing Diablo for |
| 4800s | fun fact developing dialo4 |
| 4804s | I'm gonna throw out a jail life so a fun |
| 4807s | fact I learned while developing Diablo |
| 4809s | 4. uh that it is |
| 4812s | uh in very very important while we're |
| 4814s | allowing players to like make a lot of |
| 4816s | choices and they're thinking about the |
| 4818s | way they like make a really interesting |
| 4820s | character for themselves that we unveil |
| 4822s | that kind of slowly initially otherwise |
| 4824s | we have a tendency to like get people |
| 4825s | like really like scared about making |
| 4826s | choices and uh they kind of climb up |
| 4829s | which is obviously not what we want |
| 4830s | people to like be able to engage with |
| 4831s | these kinds of features so I it's maybe |
| 4833s | not like a fun fact but I think it's |
| 4835s | very interesting went through a lot of |
| 4836s | iterations to get to the right place I'm |
| 4838s | really happy with where we landed |
| 4839s | yeah I now I have to give a serious |
| 4841s | answer no I'm sorry I should give him |
| 4843s | like I should have given some other fun |
| 4844s | fact no no no I think it's better okay |
| 4846s | you know I think uh we went through |
| 4850s | we went through a lot of um iteration on |
| 4853s | the uh the First skit when you start out |
| 4856s | in in uh the very beginning of of Diablo |
| 4859s | four |
| 4860s | um for a while you started with |
| 4863s | um one of your classes um left click |
| 4866s | basic skills and we had a lot of trouble |
| 4870s | with having that skill that we'd chosen |
| 4873s | for you feeling like well I guess I |
| 4876s | should build a spec around this because |
| 4878s | it's just you get you start with it |
| 4880s | you're familiar with it |
| 4882s | um and it sort of constrained your |
| 4884s | ability to explore the the skill tree |
| 4885s | yeah it's like it's like if sore start |
| 4888s | with like Firebolt for example like a |
| 4889s | lot of people that were testing would |
| 4891s | just make fire like spec sorcers they |
| 4893s | wouldn't think about like trying other |
| 4894s | other skills so so we ended up going |
| 4897s | with a basic uh ability we ended up |
| 4900s | adding |
| 4901s | fairly late in development a basic |
| 4904s | attack that you start with so that when |
| 4906s | you get your first level up you actually |
| 4909s | get to choose okay well which which spec |
| 4911s | do I want to start with and of course |
| 4913s | you can respect within the skill tree |
| 4915s | um pretty freely so yeah and I yeah I |
| 4917s | remember that when it was originally |
| 4919s | like that and thankfully we we test |
| 4922s | internally and so forth we get our own |
| 4924s | feedback from from within the team of |
| 4926s | what people are actually doing from that |
| 4927s | end |
| 4928s | um the of course and last last but not |
| 4931s | least the most controversial question uh |
| 4933s | Team inarias or team Lilith |
| 4936s | team in Arias even though I'm wearing my |
| 4938s | Lily that's actually that's actually |
| 4940s | really funny um I guess I guess still |
| 4942s | team Lilith I think I'm still talking I |
| 4944s | think I'm still team off yeah I split I |
| 4946s | I won't break the tiebreaker here we |
| 4947s | will keep the pole trying to stay very |
| 4951s | neutral I will stay neutral here I I I |
| 4954s | will I will choose that team team bail |
| 4957s | there we go it's behind me it's perfect |
| 4963s | it's perfect |
| 4965s | um great well I think that uh kind of |
| 4967s | wraps up our time here today on the uh |
| 4969s | developer update stream |
| 4971s | um I do want to note uh that you know we |
| 4974s | thank everyone again for tuning in for |
| 4976s | our first uh developer update stream |
| 4977s | this has actually been kind of uh a |
| 4981s | crazy process of getting a studio up uh |
| 4984s | back in the building and I'm happy that |
| 4986s | we can call this home for our our |
| 4988s | streams going forward |
| 4989s | um we do have a lot of Diablo activities |
| 4991s | that are going on that we've uh |
| 4993s | announced or will announce here I'll say |
| 4994s | in a second yeah uh for for the whole |
| 4997s | entire franchise um if you are a big fan |
| 4999s | of Diablo Immortal or a player Diablo |
| 5001s | Immortal we just had a huge update for |
| 5002s | 1.7 uh uh come out yesterday uh it's |
| 5006s | massive it's probably our biggest update |
| 5007s | yet uh so I do recommend checking it out |
| 5009s | lots of um uh big narrative moments and |
| 5012s | and whole new areas that kind of expand |
| 5014s | the campaign in Diablo Immortal as well |
| 5016s | as uh a lot of quality of life features |
| 5019s | that the community's been asking for so |
| 5021s | been hearing a lot of great positive |
| 5022s | feedback and we're excited that um |
| 5025s | that's out right before the holidays and |
| 5027s | then d2r earlier this week we announced |
| 5029s | 22 Nights of terror it's an in-game |
| 5031s | event that uh essentially changes uh the |
| 5035s | the game every single day and it's kind |
| 5037s | of a surprise think of it like a Diablo |
| 5039s | Advent calendar you could say uh so that |
| 5042s | actually started earlier this week and |
| 5044s | for Diablo 3 fans we actually have a new |
| 5047s | holiday event this is a brand new event |
| 5049s | uh for uh Diablo 3 that I'm really |
| 5052s | excited to people yeah yeah our D3 team |
| 5055s | has been working really hard and they're |
| 5057s | working really hard on the next season |
| 5058s | and uh we'll actually be revealing that |
| 5061s | tomorrow on uh on the blog so make sure |
| 5063s | to tune in for that and we'll also have |
| 5065s | news related to |
| 5067s | um of course the dark Neo Tristan which |
| 5069s | happens every single year for Diablo 3 |
| 5072s | and when that will be occurring so make |
| 5074s | sure to check out Diablo 3.com from that |
| 5077s | side |
| 5078s | um any parting words from you guys yeah |
| 5081s | you know I really wanted to thank |
| 5082s | everyone for tuning in today and |
| 5084s | following us throughout the year it's |
| 5087s | been a big view for us as I was saying |
| 5089s | earlier a ton of work getting all the |
| 5091s | content into the game setting us up for |
| 5093s | next year setting it up setting us up |
| 5095s | for release |
| 5096s | um we've got a lot of bugs to fix in the |
| 5098s | the new year we've got uh to make sure |
| 5101s | that our server architecture and |
| 5103s | infrastructure is uh in good shape for |
| 5106s | for our of course our betas coming up |
| 5109s | and um uh and our release as well so |
| 5114s | some work ahead of us and we have a lot |
| 5116s | of exciting stuff to share uh next year |
| 5118s | as well through some of these some of |
| 5121s | these live streams more of these live |
| 5122s | streams |
| 5123s | um but uh you're not going to hear from |
| 5126s | us for a little while uh because we're |
| 5128s | all going to take some time off to be |
| 5129s | with our families for the holidays and |
| 5131s | really take a break from uh you know |
| 5134s | from Diablo 4 just just not think about |
| 5136s | The L4 for a little bit a restful uh uh |
| 5140s | holiday period for the team for sure |
| 5142s | sometimes we have like builds up people |
| 5143s | like sort of like log in and continue to |
| 5144s | play like it not this time we're killing |
| 5147s | all the builds for the holidays and |
| 5148s | forcing everyone to not be not be on DL |
| 5150s | for a little while be good any parting |
| 5152s | words uh yeah no shout outs to the uh |
| 5155s | the various uh Diablo updates we have |
| 5157s | coming down the road I recommend |
| 5158s | everyone take some time to play some |
| 5160s | world of the warcraft because uh |
| 5161s | dragonfly is rad really fun but uh for |
| 5164s | the community itself I think that this |
| 5165s | has been a huge year for the Diablo team |
| 5167s | much as Joe has already said we're |
| 5169s | really excited people just finally start |
| 5170s | sharing more and more about what like |
| 5172s | where the game is at and like where what |
| 5174s | we've been thinking about and what we |
| 5175s | value |
| 5176s | um it's been awesome talking to press I |
| 5178s | really can't wait to just keep this |
| 5179s | conversation going I think this is going |
| 5181s | to be the best thing for everybody both |
| 5183s | on both for the dev team build to get |
| 5184s | this feedback and like hear the sorts of |
| 5186s | things that you're interested in also |
| 5187s | make sure that we're regularly talking |
| 5189s | to you so you know what to expect and |
| 5190s | you can you know what we're kind of |
| 5192s | where our heads are at so I I am I'm |
| 5194s | really excited about like that so thank |
| 5196s | you for sticking with us this long and |
| 5198s | hopefully everyone enjoy the things that |
| 5199s | happened in the course of this last |
| 5200s | couple months yeah and like I said this |
| 5202s | is kind of the new way that we're going |
| 5203s | to be communicating out to the community |
| 5204s | through these developer update streams |
| 5206s | uh we're super excited for them |
| 5209s | especially as we get into next year we |
| 5210s | have way more information to review |
| 5212s | including details next year early next |
| 5215s | year about the the open beta and when |
| 5217s | that will actually be starting as well |
| 5218s | so again thank you everyone for tuning |
| 5221s | in and I just want to say happy holidays |
| 5224s | and we'll see you guys next year from |
| 5226s | the the Diablo team thanks again |
| 5242s | [Music] |