Its release is still nearly three years away, but some details are already starting to emerge Diablo 5Derived from the recently concluded BlizzCon 2026, which, among other things, claimed that the new chapter will be More character classes Seen so far in the series at the time of publication.
Director Joe Shely revealed this during the Diablo 5 demo panel at BlizzCon 2026, following the surprise announcement of a new chapter and the first details revealing new classes and history and world information for the new action RPG.
Currently, Blizzard has launched three professions that will be available when “Diablo 5” is released, namely Monk, Demon Hunter and Plague Knightbut they are obviously not the only ones, as the new chapters will offer more content than usual.
Are a dozen courses already available?
“Diablo 5 launches with more classes than ever before,” Shely said during the demo. “And I don’t just mean having more classes at launch than any other game in the Diablo series. I mean More courses”.
This means that Blizzard may add a dozen classes to Diablo 5 at launch, because Diablo 4’s Add new Amazon class It was announced during BlizzCon 2026 and has now reached 9 levels.
“That means if you start playing Diablo 3, you might be familiar with Demon Hunter, and then you can transition to Diablo 5 and have an experience that’s both familiar and fresh,” Shely said, for example.
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“It’s a new class. It’s going to be different, but you’re still going to have dual crossbows. We’re going to satisfy your nostalgia and the feeling of that experience. Having many classes allows us to do that in a way we couldn’t do before. It also gives us the opportunity to explore new classes like Plague Knight.”
With the development of “Diablo 5” in full swing, Blizzard has confirmed that “Diablo 4” will no longer launch new expansion packs in the future, but will focus on seasons. It is in this regard that the new season of “Hell Legacy” has been launched in recent days.
