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# Diablo 4 Release Date and Expectations
 
 ## Excitement Boils with Hellfire
Fans worldwide are excited for the fourth installment of the popular Diablo series. Blizzard may have been through a storm of controversy for the last couple of years, but beyond all the smoke and rubbish, fans know there's one truth set in stone about the popular videogame developers. **Blizzard equals quality** is a fact set in stone for anyone who's paid any attention to the gaming industry. Blizzard has a short list of franchises, but it makes great use of them. Their videogames have always been impeccable, innovative, and very fun, and Diablo isn't the exception. Diablo has had a long line of followers since the release of its first game in 1996, and it looks like it'll keep the ball rolling with its newest title.

## A Long Waitlist to Battle Hell
Investors and insiders from Activision Blizzard are already talking wonders about Diablo 4's prepurchase numbers. Since the presale started in December 2022, millions of players around the world have placed their faith in the company and joined the waitlist for the title.

## A Return to The Basics
After the massive success of Diablo 2, Diablo 3 could have sat better with the fans of the franchise. It was already bad that you needed to be online to play it, even in single-player mode. However, the most prominent critics were about the videogame's cartoonish appearance. Blizzard didn't make the same mistake twice, and everything we've seen so far from Diablo 4 shows us they're going back to their dark aesthetics. Are you as excited as we are to play it?

## A Confusing Genre
Now that we know that Diablo 4 is going to be online an open world, we've been as confused as the fans about the game's genre. Of course, after Diablo 3's blunder in making de videogame online, Blizzard finding a good way to turn their franchise into an online videogame makes perfect sense. Blizzard understood that if they want their players to be online, they must give them reasons to want to be online. So now the game is open world, there will be world events, players will be able to join their efforts to defeat big bosses, and joining a party will be easier than ever. You must already know where we're going with this, as these changes raise an important question, is Diablo 4 an MMORPG now? Analysts agree that the dungeon crawler and capital-A Action RPG genres will remain dominant. However, only time will tell.

## We Won't Stand Alone Against the Darkness
Multiplayer has been an important aspect of Diablo since its first installment. There are plenty of players who prefer to go solo and just take their chance against the monsters, but there's something special about getting together with three other players and going dungeon after dungeon fighting over who kills more demons. If you can relate to that sentiment, there are plenty of reasons why you'll want to play in a group on Diablo 4.
### Optimized Party Scaling
On Diablo 2's good old days, you could walk around Sanctuary with a high-level friend and he'd just one-shot everything in your path. This was fun at first, but it often got old pretty fast. Playing a videogame isn't fun when there's no challenge, and that was a flaw in the party experience until we got Diablo 4.
Now, the world's scalability has been improved so that all members of the party have a unique experience even if they're together. Mobs will scale to each player's level, so it doesn't matter if you're the most powerful player in your party or you're falling behind. Each one of you will have an optimized gaming experience even if you're together. And yes, this includes loot, experience, and bosses, although we're curious about how that last one may turn out.
### Enter the Town Square and Leave with a Party
That's as easy as it'll be now that Diablo 4 is flirting with the genre of MMORPG. There will be plenty of players looking for a party in every region of Sanctuary. If you don't have friends who share your passion for showing hell who's boss, Diablo 4 was developed thinking about you.
### Get Help Any Time
You won't need to be at a party in order to collaborate with another player. Real gamers know how wholesome the gaming community can really be. In the end, we're all together in our love for our favorite hobbies, and 
### Emotes are a Thing Now
Activision Blizzard understood that Diablo 4 was going to be a social game, so they didn't waste any time and developed new ways for the players to communicate. You'll get an emote wheel designed to express the wide variety of emotions you may feel as you adventure through the many regions of Sanctuary. I'm sure you'll use it respectfully, just like any other gamer since online gaming became a thing ;).
### In Union there is Strength
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## Sanctuary is More Alive than Ever
Sanctuary 

 ## Finally We Have a Date
After its announcement in 2019, fans have been boiling in excitement for their favorite franchise. We all know how long videogames can take nowadays, and we're far from being the most unfortunate gamers in terms of waiting, we're sure glad that Blizzard isn't Bethesda, as The Elder Scrolls fans have been waiting over five years for the next title and they'll have to wait for another year or two. However, it was a hard pill to swallow for all Diablo fans when Activision Blizzard told us we wouldn't be getting the videogame in 2022. Nonetheless, our interlude is coming to an end, as we now know that the game is going to be released on June 6th! I'm sure