As a part of IGN’s 2023 Fan Fest (opens in new tab), Blizzard unveiled the opening cutscene (opens in new tab) of Diablo 4 whereas additionally dropping the date of its upcoming closed and open betas. Gamers who pre-order Diablo 4 will be capable to try it out the weekend of March 17-19, whereas the remainder of us plebs should wait an additional week for the weekend of March 24-26.
The cutscene itself is full-on traditional Diablo, even when it does not reveal a lot. I discovered it actually paying homage to the story FMVs from Diablo 2 with its presentation of a lone warrior wandering a desolate panorama, this time your participant character as an alternative of the Diablo 1 warrior. IGN’s description of the trailer signifies that in-game cutscenes will function your custom-designed participant character, so we’ll be capable to get our Monster Manufacturing unit on and get actual nutty with our suits whereas Deckard Cain goes on in regards to the destiny of the world or no matter.
After one thing untoward occurs to your horse offscreen and your torch goes out, your protagonist takes slightly nap in a cave and has some demon-y goals—, skulls, blood, flames. Simply Lord of Terror issues. The cutscene then seamlessly pulls again to the isometric gameplay perspective we all know and love earlier than the trailer abruptly ends.
Diablo 4 is ready to launch on June 2, and the whole lot we have seen thus far has left it our second-most anticipated recreation of 2023 (opens in new tab). PC Gamer Affiliate Editor Tyler Colp concluded it was the Diablo he is been ready for (opens in new tab) based mostly on a playtest final December.