

Yes, you can either create a Softcore Seasonal Hero or a Hardcore Seasonal Hero.ĭo I Need to Play the Campaign First on a Seasonal Hero? This is usually a leaf checkbox next to the character you’re creating.Īre Seasons Available on Both Hardcore and Softcore? When a new Season starts, you will have the option to create a new Seasonal Hero. We assume it will be the same for Diablo 4. Seasons are an optional recurring game mode that requires you to start a fresh character every few months.Ī Season in Diablo 3 lasted for 3-4 months. With the Season 1 announcement around the corner, we thought now would be the perfect time to introduce Seasons to newer players, so we’ve compiled a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) about them.

Update: Blizzard have now teased the season theme (corruption) and you can watch the reveal stream live right here, where we’ll also add all announcements from it. ( Update: The Blizzcon keynote ended without a single mention of Diablo Immortal, though it may receive mentions at various panels through the weekend-long event.Update 2: the Season of Malignance has been announced! You can head over here for the official preview, or here for a look at the Battlepass cosmetics. We'll also see if Blizzard has anything to say about Diablo Immortal, the smartphone-only fork of the series that was revealed to a tepid fan reaction at last year's Blizzcon event. The trailer's mix of indoor and outdoor zones still made the most of that limited color palette in terms of biome diversity, while each revealed class already appears to have a mix of screen-clearing and zone-slashing powers, so that each can clear a room of diabolic baddies on its own.Īrs Technica has boots on Blizzcon's floor, and we'll be back in the coming days with impressions of how Diablo IV feels compared to other classics in the series. It also included clear callbacks to Diablo II, particularly the animations of loot and gold exploding from dead bodies, not to mention the obvious emphasis on the older games' color palettes. Diablo IV's gameplay trailer included hints of new mechanics, particularly the ability to ride horses-and then chain attacks off of horseback, so that a hero can explode in a lightning burst off of its mount to attack nearby enemies.
