Luis Barriga, Game Director of Diablo 4, has addressed the community and explained when we can expect new information about the hack ‘n slash.
What did Luis Barriga write? In an open letter to the community, Barriga first thanks the community for the extensive feedback and impressions from players who checked out Diablo 4 at BlizzCon. The team will analyze this feedback to prepare a major information update for February 2020.
Quarterly New Information
This is how Blizzard plans to provide fans with new details: According to Barriga, this update in February will be the first of several. It is planned to release such information updates quarterly.
What can we expect in terms of new details? The updates are intended to provide insight behind the scenes of the game’s development. We will learn how Diablo 4 evolves over time and what changes are made.
Main Topic: Items and Stats
What else did the Game Director mean? Luis Barriga explained that there is a particular topic in the community that many are eagerly interested in: Items and stats.
Players are discussing this topic a lot as it is not entirely clear how exactly Diablo 4 will handle it. Barriga says: Exactly these discussions we are having in the team as well.
According to Barriga, Lead Systems Designer David Kim will soon address the community with relevant information and provide clarification.
He will answer open questions and discuss the team’s thoughts on this topic.
What does this mean for the release?
Do we also have to wait until February for this information? Apparently not. Because according to Luis Barriga, David Kim will announce more about items and stats in the coming weeks.
This means we will apparently receive further information about Diablo 4 even before the February update, and starting in February, there will be quarterly new details.
What does this information strategy mean? Blizzard’s new strategy will regularly provide us with information but also has implications for the release:
- On one hand, we will be regularly informed about the status of Diablo 4 and its development.
- The fans will never be in the dark for long.
- The release of Diablo 4 is likely still quite far away if Blizzard wants to share news every three months. Discussing all details will probably take a while.
What do you think about the information strategy Blizzard is pursuing with Diablo 4?
