Season 8 of Diablo 4, Belial’s Return, out this week, sees the… uh… return of an previous foe from Diablo 3: Belial, Lord of Lies. Along with combating the massive, eye-obsessed boss, you’ll have the ability to wield powers impressed by a number of the sequence’ largest and baddest bosses.
On this Diablo 4 information, we’ll cowl when season 8 releases in your time zone and what you may anticipate from Belial’s Return.
Diablo 4 season 8 launch time on PC, PS5, and Xbox
Diablo 4 season 8 will launch at 10 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, April 29. Right here’s when that’s in your time zone:
The launch of season 8 will probably be international throughout PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, and Xbox Collection X. Blizzard Leisure not too long ago introduced a Diablo 4 roadmap, showcasing what gamers ought to anticipate for the remainder of 2025. In keeping with that roadmap, season 8 will run till someday in July, when season 9, Sins of the Horadrim, is about to start.
What to anticipate from Diablo 4 season 8
Season 8 is all about killing bosses and taking their powers. Gamers will have the ability to harness signature talents which are impressed by a number of the recreation’s largest bosses, such because the chest beam from Wandering Loss of life.
With the return of Belial, gamers will even have to battle ghost-like figures spawned from the Lord of Lies within the new Apparition Incursions world occasion. Belial himself will probably be featured as a brand new endgame boss, and Blizzard will probably be including a number of bosses from Vessel of Hatred as Lair Bosses (though they’ll solely be accessible to gamers who personal the enlargement). Talking of Lair Bosses, gamers will have the ability to earn elevated loot from them over the course of the season.
Along with a few of these endgame updates, Blizzard is bringing some attention-grabbing new additions to the sport’s cosmetics. First, as you may see within the trailer above, the world of Berserk is coming to Diablo 4 by way of cosmetics (you can both earn or buy). Gamers who full the Season Journey throughout season 8 will even earn a brand new pet, Iris the hairless cat coated in gross, nasty eyes. It’s creepy!
Lastly, the studio is updating how the sport’s battle move works with what it’s calling the “Reliquary system.” As a substitute of a straight line battle move you can progress by means of, the brand new battle move is cut up into 4 main classes:
There will even be an Occasion Reliquary part for Berserk approaching Could 6 and lasting by means of June 3.
