Diablo 3 Patch 2.4 Launching January 12th

Diablo 3's enormous 2.4 update is scheduled to launch on January 15th.

The headline feature is Greyhollow Island, a brand new zone designed explicitly for the game's endless Adventure Mode, described as a "mysterious forested locale is steeped in intrigue, [where] rumors abound that those who visit are doomed to never return.' It's the first area to have been designed from the ground up for the endlessly replayable adventure mode, rather than as part of a campaign, which has allowed Blizzard to experiment with some more non-linear storytelling approaches. Players will be able to try and piece together clues as to what happened on the island and unravel it's mysteries to their conclusion, or simply go hunting for bounties as per usual. Two other existing game areas have been expanded as well - Leoric's Manor has had the Royal Quarters added, and the Ruins of Sescheron gains the Eternal Woods.

[Volkama]

Awesome that they're still expanding this without shifting it to "games as a service" with DLC and/or microtransactions in every orifice.

I'll be quite happy to pay out if D3 gets another full expansion at some point, and hopefully Overwatch gets a similarly respectable old-school Blizzard model.

[Hold_It]

@Volk

Agreed. It's awesome they are expanding it, but tbh dude I'm kinda burned out of the game. I'm ready and willing to throw another $40 at them so I can have some new classes and act with more story. It's been said that D3 ROS was datamined and there was data in there for a Druid class and the next location was supposed to be their region on the Worldstone.

Hopefully we can get the Necromancer back too. I know a lot of people look at the D3 classes of hybrids of past classes, but imo it's just not the same. ROS and Jay Wilson being fired is the best thing to happen to Diablo 3, and hopefully the story will continue soon as Imperius seems like he has become corrupted and will potentially be the next big bad or side with them.

If they decide to go straight to D4, I'm fine with that as well. I just want a new Xpac or Diablo sequel, and I'm tired of WoW always getting the spotlight as MMO's are a dying thing and most have left WoW and moved onto MOBAs.

[Khaotic]

I really had alot of fun with this on x1 have to try this new expansion out.

[slappy508]

Is this patch for consoles too? They haven't supported the consoles version as much it would be really cool if it is

[Kane22]

they have supported the console version just as much as the pc version...where have you been. there are some exclusive features for pc which is understandable but overall every patch pc gets so does consoles..at the same time

[slappy508]

Actually the console versions don't have seasons or ladders. A start of a new season is pretty much an incentive to jump in the game again

Edit: alright I had a check at the patch notes, looks like consoles do get the new weapons as well, I haven't played in a while so this fact has alluded me. So it's basically the same updates without seasons, so it would be fair to assume the patch in question does come to consoles too

[solidsheep]

Rats I just uninstalled to play dragon age. I even logged in to see if they added new content. D3 and Drive club deserve major props for post launch support.