Diablo 4 shop to sell cosmetic-only outfits, Season Pass with free and paid tiers
Blizzard Entertainment dives into the grit of how Diablo 4’s live service elements will function post-launch.
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What you need to know
Blizzard Entertainment is continuing to provide quarterly updates on various aspects of the next big Diablo game, with the latest entry diving into how the live service mechanics will be handled.
Blizzard EntertainmentsharedthatDiablo 4will have a Season Pass, which has both free and paid tiers that are meant to provide extra rewards as players compete through the post-launch Seasons, which exists alongside any future expansions, and are being worked on by an “army of developers.”
Seasons bring new quests, and are being modeled after the seasonal structure of Diablo 3. The Season Pass does not include any “pay-for-power” rewards according to Blizzard Entertainment. It does feature gameplay boosts in the free tiers which any players can unlock, such as seasonal boosts that make you earn XP at a faster rate. While Blizzard confirms that playerscanpurchase tiers in the Season Pass, any free gameplay boosts require specific milestones to use.
There’s also the premium shop, which Blizzard says will provide cosmetic-only options, adding that “if players choose to buy something, it should be because they want to, not because they feel like theyhave to,” and that not all of the best looking equipment will be in the shop.
Below, you can see a Legendary Armor set earned by playing the game on the left, with an Armor Cosmetic purchased from the Shop on the right.
Blizzard closes the quarterly update by noting that the team will be listening to community feedback and that the game is being built as a living world with updates to come for years.
Diablo 4 is currently scheduled to launch at some point in the first half of 2023 acrossXbox Series X,Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC,PS5, and PS4.
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