{"id":1034664,"date":"2026-01-15T23:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=480432"},"modified":"2026-01-15T23:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:57:14","slug":"this-diablo-4-deal-is-summoning-black-friday-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-diablo-4-deal-is-summoning-black-friday-early\/","title":{"rendered":"This Diablo 4 deal is summoning Black Friday early"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/this-diablo-4-deal-is-summoning-black-friday-early.png\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/impressions\/460169\/diablo-4-vessel-of-hatred-review\">Vessel of Hatred<\/a><\/em> is the health potion that <em>Diablo 4<\/em> needed to get back on its feet. The inaugural expansion for Blizzard\u2019s action RPG launched Oct. 7 and introduced a host of new content and quality-of-life updates, including a new region, a new class, hirelings, a reworked leveling system, and more. If you\u2019ve been on the fence about jumping into <em>Diablo 4<\/em>, Blizzard is currently discounting both the base game and the expansion for PC and Xbox through Dec. 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The base version of <em>Diablo 4<\/em> is free for Xbox Game Pass subscribers, but if you aren\u2019t a member, you can currently purchase a copy from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-us\/games\/store\/diablo-iv-standard-edition\/9n8117tm8jl3\">Xbox<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/us.shop.battle.net\/en-us\/product\/diablo-iv?p=1831178\">Battle.net<\/a> for $29.99 (was $49.99). An expansion bundle containing both the base game and Vessel of Hatred is also on sale at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/diablo-iv-expansion-bundle\/9P5F369NJ9PG\/0010\"> Xbox<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/us.shop.battle.net\/en-us\/product\/diablo-iv?p=1831178\">Battle.net<\/a> for $45.49 (was $69.99).<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">For existing owners of <em>Diablo 4<\/em>, <em>Vessel of Hatred<\/em> (just the expansion) is also on sale. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/diablo-iv-vessel-of-hatred-standard-edition\/9P0RZSCPFLW6\/0010\">Standard Edition<\/a> of <em>Vessel of Hatred<\/em> is on sale for $29.99 (was $39.99), while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/diablo-iv-vessel-of-hatred-deluxe-edition\/9NQJ7CMG52TX\/0010\">Deluxe Edition<\/a> is available for $44.99 (was $59.99), and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/diablo-iv-vessel-of-hatred-ultimate-edition\/9NNH2K0895HG\/0010\">Ultimate Edition<\/a> is discounted to $67.49 (was $89.99).<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The Deluxe Edition of <em>Vessel of Hatred<\/em> includes a Premium Battle Pass for one season in addition to an exclusive pet, a Spiritborn armor set, cosmetic item, and mount. The Ultimate Edition features everything included with the Deluxe version of the expansion, but you\u2019ll also get 3,000 Platinum to spend on in-game cosmetics, an exclusive Town Portal cosmetic, an additional pet, and exclusive armor sets for every class.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/this-diablo-4-deal-is-summoning-black-friday-early-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/this-diablo-4-deal-is-summoning-black-friday-early-2.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/good-deals\/480432\/diablo-4-vessel-of-hatred-expansion-sale-black-friday\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vessel of Hatred is the health potion that Diablo 4 needed to get back on its feet. The inaugural expansion for Blizzard\u2019s action RPG launched Oct. 7 and introduced a host of new content and quality-of-life updates, including a new region, a new class, hirelings, a reworked leveling system, and more. If you\u2019ve been on the fence about jumping into Diablo 4, Blizzard is currently discounting both the base game and the expansion for PC and Xbox through Dec. 3. The base version of Diablo 4 is free for Xbox Game Pass subscribers, but if you aren\u2019t a member, you can currently purchase a copy from Xbox, or Battle.net for $29.99 (was $49.99). An expansion bundle containing both the base game and Vessel of Hatred&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-diablo-4-deal-is-summoning-black-friday-early\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1034665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1034664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This Diablo 4 deal is summoning Black Friday early | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vessel of Hatred is the health potion that Diablo 4 needed to get back on its feet. 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