“Well in a variety of ways Diablo IV is an affectionate letter to the fans we have,” Shely said. “We’ve really focused on the theme of returning darkness D2R ladder items. And we know that when we make a Diablo game, gamers have lots of expectations from Diablo:R.

Diablo and the previous Diablo experiences they’ve had. We know that there’s a ton of things that just should be there. And when we’re looking at the classes we wanted to ensure that the same experiences that players remember fondly from the previous Diablo games were accessible and also brought them into the most modern versions.”

A few aspects of Diablo IV’s classes, although not new technically they haven’t seen the light of day for quite some time. The Rogue has returned from Diablo and is a blend with Diablo’s Amazon and Assassin classes. Also, the Druid from Diablo is also back. Each of the game’s other classes–the Barbarian, Sorceress, and Necromancer — have been featured added to Diablo, III, and Diablo Immortal.

Diablo community lead Adam Fletcher recently confirmed the plans to eventually offer paid expansions for Diablo IV (in along with the cosmetics available through an in-game shop) which means it’s possible that new classes will be added to the game post-launch. Diablo Immortal is slated to get new classes as time passes as free updates, and fans have already seemingly datamined one possible franchise-first class, called the Blood Knight.

Diablo IV is scheduled to debut in 2023 after the departure of the game’s former director, who left in 2021. It was the wake of several investigations and lawsuits centered around the alleged culture of sexual harassing and discrimination within Activision Blizzard buy diablo 2 resurrected items. The moment Diablo IV does release, it will support cross-play and cross-progression across consoles and PC.