Diablo 5, a brand-new mainline entry in Blizzard’s long-running motion RPG sequence, was introduced right now at BlizzCon 2026.
A brief teaser throughout right now’s BlizzCon’s opening ceremony exhibits the return of the Lord of Terror, one century after the occasions of Diablo 4.
The Diablo growth workforce additionally revealed that Diablo 5 will launch in Spring 2029, a full 6 years after the discharge of Diablo 4, and greater than three a long time after the sequence first launched.
Diablo 5’s story is confirmed to happen a full century after the occasions of Diablo 4, and would be the first sport within the sequence that’s set solely post-apocalypse.
BlizzCon 2026 additionally noticed extra Diablo information, together with The Amazon – a brand new class pack coming to Diablo 4 in 2027, phrase that the Diablo 4 Assortment coming to Nintendo Swap 2, and Season 15, a broad playable look-back at the historical past of the Diablo franchise, which is obtainable now.
For extra from BlizzCon 2026, take a look at every part introduced.
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