{"id":1416512,"date":"2025-12-05T22:25:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dkNLaXwZ78aMSZxAw9VvCh"},"modified":"2025-12-05T22:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:25:15","slug":"there-are-too-many-hints-at-a-diablo-4-shadow-drop-at-the-game-awards-to-convince-me-paladins-wont-be-playable-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/there-are-too-many-hints-at-a-diablo-4-shadow-drop-at-the-game-awards-to-convince-me-paladins-wont-be-playable-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"There are too many hints at a Diablo 4 shadow drop at The Game Awards to convince me paladins won&#8217;t be playable next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Tin foil hats on, everyone. Several clues point to a new class dropping in Diablo 4 right after next week&#8217;s Game Awards, where Blizzard is expected to announce the next expansion.<\/p>\n<p>I wouldn&#8217;t be convinced of this if it weren&#8217;t for a preview image on the Diablo 4 website that contains something that wouldn&#8217;t exist otherwise: a new flail weapon type.<\/p>\n<p>Every season you can fill out a battle pass of sorts that unlocks fancy weapon skins, and people quickly spotted a curious looking weapon on the info page for the upcoming Season of Divine Intervention. Under &#8220;additional bonus rewards&#8221; there&#8217;s a flail alongside a mace and a glaive, and unless they&#8217;re giving necromancers a new weapon type, I think we&#8217;re looking at a clear hint at paladins making their way to Sanctuary immediately.<\/p>\n<p>It would line up with a bunch of other hints we&#8217;ve gotten in the past few months about what&#8217;s happening with Diablo 4 at The Game Awards on December 11. Those include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An internal build of the game had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/someone-at-blizzard-mightve-accidentally-revealed-diablo-4s-new-class-which-fans-have-been-begging-for-since-release\/\">&#8220;paladin&#8221; in the title<\/a> before it got taken down earlier this year<\/li>\n<li>Diablo 4 developers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/diablo-4-devs-refuse-to-hint-at-the-next-expansion-but-urge-fans-to-watch-the-game-awards-this-year-everyone-should-be-watching-it\/\">urged people<\/a> to watch The Game Awards in an interview last month<\/li>\n<li>Season of Divine Intervention happens to start right at the end of The Game Awards<\/li>\n<li>The developers once again <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CVHjgCsanBE?t=5643\">told everyone<\/a> to watch The Game Awards earlier this week<\/li>\n<li>The lead class designer pointed out the coincidence on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thatsleviathan\/status\/1996312363939901708\">X<\/a> with a thinking emoji<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.30%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Ft8H4Xa3SMPbkHdbcQQFo8\" name=\"D4_S11_CompareBenefits_Free_webp\" alt=\"A promotional image from Diablo 4. A set of cosmetics for weapons including a glaive, mace, and a flail are shown in front of stained glass windows.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/there-are-too-many-hints-at-a-diablo-4-shadow-drop-at-the-game-awards-to-convince-me-paladins-wont-be-playable-next-week.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"920\" height=\"518\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Blizzard Entertainment)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but I think this smells like a surprise paladin release for people who preorder the next expansion. World of Warcraft players got <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/world-of-warcraft\/wows-new-player-housing-features-been-out-in-early-access-for-less-than-a-week-and-players-have-already-made-battleships-dollhouses-and-large-hadron-colliders\/\">player housing early<\/a>; Diablo players get a class that people have been begging for since it came out.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be interesting to see how the new season goes if this is the case. Season of Divine Intervention is basically overhauling a few of the core systems in Diablo 4, like itemization and crafting. Upgrading your gear won&#8217;t be as tedious as before, and there will be a new way to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/diablo-4-season-11-update-changes-explained\/\">gamble with your items<\/a> to make them even more powerful than you can normally.<\/p>\n<p>Keep an eye out for Diablo-related stuff at The Game Awards on December 11, and then pray the servers don&#8217;t collapse under the weight of everyone scrambling to play a new class when the season launches right as the show ends.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"2aa4c1c6-cb51-4ffc-b9b6-7b869f13b8ba\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/there-are-too-many-hints-at-a-diablo-4-shadow-drop-at-the-game-awards-to-convince-me-paladins-wont-be-playable-next-week.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"2aa4c1c6-cb51-4ffc-b9b6-7b869f13b8ba\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/there-are-too-many-hints-at-a-diablo-4-shadow-drop-at-the-game-awards-to-convince-me-paladins-wont-be-playable-next-week\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tin foil hats on, everyone. Several clues point to a new class dropping in Diablo 4 right after next week&#8217;s Game Awards, where Blizzard is expected to announce the next expansion. I wouldn&#8217;t be convinced of this if it weren&#8217;t for a preview image on the Diablo 4 website that contains something that wouldn&#8217;t exist otherwise: a new flail weapon type. Every season you can fill out a battle pass of sorts that unlocks fancy weapon skins, and people quickly spotted a curious looking weapon on the info page for the upcoming Season of Divine Intervention. Under &#8220;additional bonus rewards&#8221; there&#8217;s a flail alongside a mace and a glaive, and unless they&#8217;re giving necromancers a new weapon type, I think we&#8217;re looking at a clear&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/there-are-too-many-hints-at-a-diablo-4-shadow-drop-at-the-game-awards-to-convince-me-paladins-wont-be-playable-next-week\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1416513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,34],"class_list":["post-1416512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-rpg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>There are too many hints at a Diablo 4 shadow drop at The Game Awards to convince me paladins won&#039;t be playable next week | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tin foil hats on, everyone. 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