Blizzard announces Diablo 5 - and this time, Diablo has already won

Diablo 5 is coming in 2029, and no that's not a joke. We all expected that Blizzard was going to keep rolling Diablo 4 along for the foreseeable future as it worked its way through the prime evils, but apparently that's not the case. Instead, while the Amazon class is coming to Diablo 4 next year, the developer is now working its way towards a full-fledged sequel.

"The heroes are gone, Sanctuary has fallen, and Diablo has won," Joe Shely explains. Diablo 5 will drag us into the next era of the RPG, and this time we won't be defending Sanctuary from the titular force, because he's already taken over. "What must you become when the world has already fallen?"

Diablo 5 will release in spring 2029. More details are coming later today as part of a Blizzcon developer panel, so stay tuned for that.

This is a breaking news story from Blizzcon 2026. We'll update it with additional details as the show goes on.