{"id":1424196,"date":"2025-12-12T11:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T11:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/diablo-4-lord-of-hatred-the-game-awards-paladin-new-classes"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T11:49:17","slug":"diablo-4s-next-expansion-is-bringing-two-new-classes-to-the-game-one-of-which-you-can-play-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/diablo-4s-next-expansion-is-bringing-two-new-classes-to-the-game-one-of-which-you-can-play-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Diablo 4&#8217;s next expansion is bringing two new classes to the game, one of which you can play right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/diablo-4s-next-expansion-is-bringing-two-new-classes-to-the-game-one-of-which-you-can-play-right-now.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Very much when we expected it, Blizzard has officially revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/games\/diablo-iv\">Diablo 4&#8242;<\/a>s next major expansion at The Game Awards. Lord of Hatred delivers a new campaign that continues the mainline story, picking up from where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/games\/diablo-4-vessel-of-hatred\">Vessel of Hatred<\/a> left off. Mephisto, the eponymous Lord of Hatred, has seemingly finally escaped imprisonment to rule over Sanctuary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/diablo-4-lord-of-hatred-the-game-awards-paladin-new-classes\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/diablo-4-lord-of-hatred-the-game-awards-paladin-new-classes\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very much when we expected it, Blizzard has officially revealed Diablo 4&#8242;s next major expansion at The Game Awards. Lord of Hatred delivers a new campaign that continues the mainline story, picking up from where Vessel of Hatred left off. Mephisto, the eponymous Lord of Hatred, has seemingly finally escaped imprisonment to rule over Sanctuary. 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