{"id":994543,"date":"2026-01-08T08:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1851667333"},"modified":"2026-01-08T08:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:02:23","slug":"diablo-ivs-big-expansion-faces-small-delay-on-launch-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/diablo-ivs-big-expansion-faces-small-delay-on-launch-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Diablo IV&#8217;s Big Expansion Faces &#8216;Small Delay&#8217; On Launch Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/diablo-ivs-big-expansion-faces-small-delay-on-launch-day.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Happy Diablo IV day to all who celebrate. The action-RPG\u2019s <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/diablo-4-vessel-of-hatred-tips-mercenaries-1851666760\">Vessel of Hatred expansion is finally here<\/a>, though it will end up going live later than expected due to \u201ca small issue on the backend,\u201d Blizzard confirmed on Monday. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/diablo-4-vessel-hatred-goes-live-delay-bug-time-zone-1851667333\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/diablo-4-vessel-hatred-goes-live-delay-bug-time-zone-1851667333\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Diablo IV day to all who celebrate. The action-RPG\u2019s Vessel of Hatred expansion is finally here, though it will end up going live later than expected due to \u201ca small issue on the backend,\u201d Blizzard confirmed on Monday. Read more&#8230; Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":994544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[8688,13530,1348,11350,1384,1349,12529,34,6578],"class_list":["post-994543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kotaku","tag-action-role-playing-video-games","tag-adam-fletcher","tag-blizzard-entertainment","tag-blizzard-games","tag-blizzcon","tag-diablo","tag-diablo-iii","tag-rpg","tag-windows-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Diablo IV&#039;s Big Expansion Faces &#039;Small Delay&#039; On Launch Day | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Happy Diablo IV day to all who celebrate. 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