Season 8 of Diablo 4, Belial’s Return, out this week, sees the… uh… return of an outdated foe from Diablo 3: Belial, Lord of Lies. Along with combating the big, eye-obsessed boss, you’ll be capable of wield powers impressed by a few of the sequence’ greatest and baddest bosses.
On this Diablo 4 information, we’ll cowl when season 8 releases in your time zone and what you may count on from Belial’s Return.
Diablo 4 season 8 launch time on PC, PS5, and Xbox
Diablo 4 season 8 will launch at 10 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, April 29. Right here’s when that’s in your time zone:
The launch of season 8 might be international throughout PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, and Xbox Sequence X. Blizzard Leisure not too long ago introduced a Diablo 4 roadmap, showcasing what gamers ought to count on for the remainder of 2025. In line with that roadmap, season 8 will run till someday in July, when season 9, Sins of the Horadrim, is about to start.
What to anticipate from Diablo 4 season 8
Season 8 is all about killing bosses and taking their powers. Gamers will be capable of harness signature skills which can be impressed by a few of the sport’s greatest bosses, such because the chest beam from Wandering Dying.
With the return of Belial, gamers can even have to battle ghost-like figures spawned from the Lord of Lies within the new Apparition Incursions world occasion. Belial himself might be featured as a brand new endgame boss, and Blizzard might be including a number of bosses from Vessel of Hatred as Lair Bosses (though they may solely be accessible to gamers who personal the enlargement). Talking of Lair Bosses, gamers will be capable of earn elevated loot from them over the course of the season.
Along with a few of these endgame updates, Blizzard is bringing some attention-grabbing new additions to the sport’s cosmetics. First, as you may see within the trailer above, the world of Berserk is coming to Diablo 4 by way of cosmetics (that you may both earn or buy). Gamers who full the Season Journey throughout season 8 can even earn a brand new pet, Iris the hairless cat lined in gross, nasty eyes. It’s creepy!
Lastly, the studio is updating how the sport’s battle move works with what it’s calling the “Reliquary system.” As a substitute of a straight line battle move that you may progress via, the brand new battle move is break up into 4 main classes:
There can even be an Occasion Reliquary part for Berserk approaching Might 6 and lasting via June 3.
