Happy Diablo IV day to all those celebrating. Action RPG Vessel of Hatred expansion has finally arrivedthough it will be released later than expected due to a “small back-end issue,” Blizzard confirmed on Monday.
The $40 DLC appears a year after the base game and introduces something recent Spiritborn class for players to try outas well as a recent map area and a continuation of the cliffhanger ending of the main campaign. A huge patch also comes with it. Everything was scheduled to be released on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC starting at 7 PM EST on October 7 (today). However, Blizzard’s latest statement indicates that players may have to wait at least a few more hours before they can get their hands on the recent content.
“We expect a slight launch delay due to minor technical issues on our end,” says the game’s head of global community, Adam Fletcher. – written on the Blizzard forums. “We’re still waiting Vessel of Hatred We’ll launch tonight, but we’ll need some extra time to ensure all players start the game at exactly the same time on all platforms. Players will still be forced to leave the game Diablo IV during this time, but no recent logins will be allowed until the issue is resolved.
When asked by a fan for a more precise ETA, Fletcher replied: “Hopefully a few hours at most, but we’ll see.” One player replied, “I don’t mind the delays to get everything fixed and ensure a smooth release of the expansion.”
Launching live services, including vast expansions, is often fraught with issues, including long queue times as an influx of recent and returning players wait for the services to become more proficient. Occasionally, more sedate bugs and connection errors occur and cause players to be blocked for extended periods of time. One particularly strange mistake from the past Diablo IV first launched gave some players an error message unless they spent money on a microtransaction first. Some players were so impatient to get in on the action that they decided to go for it.
Let’s hope nothing like that happens this time.
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