Season 7 is currently still running in Diablo 4, and Blizzard has now announced that it will be extended by a few weeks. Because Season 8 should not only bring new content into play, but also an “old friend.”
Why does Season 8 start later? Season 8 was originally supposed to start on April 15, 2025, but now it has been postponed to April 29 – so it comes two weeks later. According to the Diablo boss, the update needs more development time than originally planned. His post on X ensures speculation, because the fans are now puzzling who could be this “old friend”. He specifically writes on X:
“Hey together to serve the game and not the plan, Season 8 will be in development for a few weeks longer than we originally expected. The team is working hard on some great updates for the next season, so it stays excited. I look forward to seeing an old ‘friend’ again. “
You can see the gameplay trailer for the current Season 7 in Diablo 4 here:
Gameplay trailer for Season 7 in Diablo 4, the season of the witch power
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Who could be the “old friend”? Under the X contribution and also on Reddit, fans are currently puzzling who the old friend could be. Many hope that it is Diablo himself – the Lord of horror and one of the most powerful demons of hell.
Diablo describes itself as the top evil and is always the most difficult boss opponent in the games. In Diablo 4 he did not yet appear. The developers have already been interviewed at Gamescom 2024. It said: The upper evils will always return in any way.
Others hope for Tyrael, who plays an important role in the history of Diablo games. In Diablo 2, Baal got the Weltenstein into his hands and tried to spoil him. He was not quite successful, because in “Lord of Destruction” he was defeated and Tyrael destroyed the corrupt stone.
Biodiversity also taps on Tyrael in his Reddit comment-and Lorath. The players recently saw Lorath in the Diablo 4 campaign, in which he acts as a narrator and mentor. The user also wonders what the new season topic will be and whether the developers will uncover the large gray zone in Nahantu.
In the Reddit contribution, ZEK23 comments on the fact that the quotes for “friend” point to an antagonist or a “dodgy NPC”. Some consider Tyrael to be “too important” to simply introduce him to a season. Instead, the name Zoltun Kulle, which already played a role in Season 3, falls.
There are fans on X who do not believe in a figure-instead they hope for new endgame content or leader boards. Diablo 4’s final game has been a big criticism of the community since the release.
What do you all mean? Could the “old friend” be a well -known evil like Diablo or Mephisto? Or can you expect a feature that returns from previous seasons? Since the first part of the Diablo, the big evil have been your biggest opponents-including Diablo and Mephisto. You can find out more about the demonic Lords here: Diablo 4: The 7 evils in the power ranking