No free ride to Sanctuary
Blizzard President Mike Ybarra took to Twitter to squash a rumor thatDiablo 4was coming to Game Pass. In a tweet that has since been deleted, an ad from Brazilian gift card retailer PICPAY indicatedDiablo 4was on Xbox Game Pass.
https://twitter.com/Qwik/status/1678564200581595137
This isn’t the first time Blizzard has addressed the possibility ofDiablo 4on Xbox Game Pass. Back in May,Executive Producer Rod Fergusson tweeted“We’ve been getting some questions aboutD4on Game Pass and I want to let you know we have no plans for that.” Although it seems like a popular request for the action-RPG to be part of the membership, it doesn’t appear that will happen any time soon.
Maybe other Blizzard games will hit Game Pass
I know it’s hard to even imagineDiablo 4on Xbox Game Pass. But withrecent legal developments, it may not be a strange thought for long. After all, Bethesda’s first brand new IP in a long time,Starfield, will launch on Game Pass day 1.
We may see not-so-new Blizzard titles eventually make their way to the pass. Perhaps even the older iterations ofDiablolikeDiabloIII. We’ll have to see which Blizzard IP finds its way to the subscription service first.
For now, though, it looks likeDiablo 4will continue to have a full-price barrier to entry. Who knows, maybe we’ll get some sort of discount whenSeason 1 ofDiablo 4releases on July 20.
