Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred Launch Delayed (UPDATE - Last Minute QA In Progress, Launch Soon)

Posted 2024/10/07 at 4:32 PM by PopularTopular

An update:

The new update is nearly finished uploading to our servers. We will be giving the greenlight once the update is finished and available for PC Bnet users to download.

During this time, we will be running last minute QA verifications before we turn things on.

We appreciate your patience during this period. We are almost there!

Latest update – it looks like it will be about upwards of two hours until we launch Vessel of Hatred. Additionally Battle.net players will need an additional sizable update before playing. We will let you know when this update is available. We apologize for the delay and look forward to seeing you in Nahantu soon.

Update: We have begun locking new logins and players will start to disconnect from Diablo IV services while we prepare for launch.

Adam Fletcher

Hello Wanderers -

We have some late breaking news for our launch for Vessel of Hatred.
We are looking at a small delay for launch due to a small technical issue on our end. We are still expecting Vessel of Hatred to launch this evening, but we will need some additional time to ensure we have every player start at the exact same time across all platforms.

At 4pm PDT, we will begin locking out new logins for Diablo IV. Players already logged in prior to 4pm PDT will still be in-game on Patch 1.5.2, but they should expect to lose connection to the game over time while we do additional work to get the simultaneous launch prepared.

We apologize for the late breaking news on the time shift, but this is an important step we need to make to ensure every player can start their journey through Nahantu together.

We will be providing updates in this thread as they become available.

Comment by mewhywhyI feel for them, the xpac actually looks really good but this delay is gonna trigger a lot of people.

Sad cause the xpac looks like how D4 should of been.Comment by Glarp40 eu for one region and one new class i can't.Comment by Novumthe incompetence of blizzard is insane, not that I could play at the start of 1 am, but this is still a joke.Comment by nyanmynecksI feel for them, the xpac actually looks really good but this delay is gonna trigger a lot of people.

Sad cause the xpac looks like how D4 should of been.Comment by Joshmaul"I was so surprised. Were you surprised? I was surprised." -Eddie IzzardComment by tmptfatethe incompetence of blizzard is insane, not that I could play at the start of 1 am, but this is still a joke.Comment by DeaconherbzWhat a jokeComment by ludekcortex40 eu for one region and one new class i can't.Comment by Zeroxarthe incompetence of blizzard is insane, not that I could play at the start of 1 am, but this is still a joke.Comment by decree72now i cant sleep, exact time would be something so i know what todoComment by apedosmilA little disappointing, but understandable. Having been in the Blizzard ecosystem, this is not the first nor last launch that isn't quite smooth. Dragonflight and TWW were so smooth, it was only inevitable that D4's first expansion be a little rough.

I will be touching grass in the mean time. :)Comment by MoranyaA little disappointing, but understandable. Having been in the Blizzard ecosystem, this is not the first nor last launch that isn't quite smooth. Dragonflight and TWW were so smooth, it was only inevitable that D4's first expansion be a little rough.

I will be touching grass in the mean time. :)Comment by Nnycothe incompetence of blizzard is insane, not that I could play at the start of 1 am, but this is still a joke.Comment by Ironskullzthe incompetence of blizzard is insane, not that I could play at the start of 1 am, but this is still a joke.Comment by JoshmaulAnother Blizzard white knight defending the lack of ability to release anything in a timely manner.Comment by ShaggypawJust double checked... not upComment by Carrot1491lol.Comment by DenderichIt's 2024. Anyone who makes such big promises has to deliver. Maybe 1,000 years ago this would have been understandableComment by jagerbombiicSo they still can say the launched on the 7th with 30 minutes to spare east coast time. Blizz just be honest and say we werent ready and thus pushed the launch to the 8th its ok.Comment by SixpacThey obviously have another big "last minute" balancing patch, but couldn't get it to the respective regions/platforms in time.