Diablo 4's next expansion is at least six more months away, developer confirms

While we originally thought Diablo 4’s next expansion was closer, it doesn’t sound like we can expect it anytime soon. A post on X from one of the game’s Community Managers leads us to think we aren’t going to see the expansion until sometime deep into 2026. There was some thought that we would see information on the expansion fairly soon; this is mostly thanks to the Roadmap that Blizzard Entertainment released earlier this year.

Also, note that we don’t have a clear date or target in mind; this is all contextual, based on the tweet shared by a Blizzard Entertainment employee, but it sounds like the next expansion is still a ways off.

Diablo 4 Community Manager confirms “more seasons” ahead of the next expansion

A recent tweet discussing upcoming “major changes” for Diablo 4 had some players worried that those modifications would be hidden behind the next expansion. However, Adam “PezRadar” Fletcher made it clear that those changes would be in “upcoming seasons”, and not in the next expansion.

He proceeded to give clearer clarification, stating that “We have more seasons coming up prior to the next expansion”, which tells us we’ve got at least six, perhaps even nine months until the next expansion for Diablo 4.

Here’s what we do know. September through December 2025 is almost certainly going to be the next season, the Season of Chaos (Season 10), with the Chaos Armor and everything that goes with it. If we have multiple seasons coming before the expansion, the next Season (Season 11) is definitely between now and the expansion. That would be December through February, in all likelihood.

It does sound like the expansion's going to take a while longer, but we're willing to wait (Image via X.com)

The original roadmap stopped at Season 10, and then mentioned “2026” for the new expansion, which made me think it was coming relatively soon. That doesn’t appear to be the case, though. Some people think the expansion is delayed, but I don’t know if that’s the case. I think it was always planned to be a Q2/mid-year release, instead of late 2026.

Of course, we’ll have to wait for actual confirmation, but I’d rather a release date get pushed back and the game be excellent, than rushed.

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