This announcement may come as a surprise to many Diablo 4 fans, who have speculated whether the rumored multiple expansions would follow an annual release schedule. Following the launch of Diablo 4 in June 2024, the first expansion, Vessel of Hatred, was unveiled at BlizzCon 2023 and released in October 2024.

Blizzard has announced that Diablo 4’s next expansion will only launch sometime in 2026. This marks a turnaround from the developer’s previously-announced plans, which involved the action-RPG getting annual paid expansions on top of its usual seasonal updates. The game’s latest season, the Season of Witchcraft, launched in January 2025.

Blizzard has announced that Diablo 4 's second expansion after Vessel of Hatred will launch sometime in 2026. As reported by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, Diablo franchise general manager Rod Fergusson took to the stage at DICE Las Vegas to reveal the official release window for Diablo 4's next expansion, which appears to still be untitled.

Diablo 4's second expansion won't be released until 2026, Blizzard has confirmed. This comes directly from Diablo franchise general manager Rod Fergusson, who revealed the news at a DICE panel discussing building Diablo 4 as a live-service game.

The next Diablo 4 expansion won’t be out in 2025, in spite of the studio’s previous comments about releasing them annually. Speaking at the DICE Summit in Las Vegas (via Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier ), Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson said the follow-up to 2024’s Vessel of Hatred expansion won’t be out until 2026.

According to Eurogamer, Blizzard has confirmed that Diablo 4's next expansion won't arrive until 2026, shifting from its original annual release plan.