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Diablo | Warlock class cinematic trailer - New class for Diablo II, Immortal, and IV
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- Title
- Diablo | Warlock Class Cinematic Trailer
- Authors
- Diablo
- Duration
- 2:32
- Published
- Feb 11 2026
This is certainly something unique. Blizzard has created a new Warlock class that they're rolling out for Diablo II, Diablo: Immortal, and Diablo: IV - three games
at once, and the first new class for Diablo II in 25 years. Seems like the class is available today for D2, April for D4, and June for D:I.Also, Diablo II: Resurected seems to now be appearing on Steam as Diablo II Resurrected: Infernal Edition.
Man, seeing D2 get updates tickles a really old part of my brain.
Same.. feels crazy weird, in a good way. If I had more time, this would legit get me to pick up the game again.
It tilted me for a second. Like my brain had to process it was actually reading D2 correctly.
Blizzard has lost a lot of my trust, but D2 Resurrected was not a reason for it.
I'm cautiously looking forward to playing the Warlock in D2.
Edit: good lord it has loot filters
Yeah, puts me in a bit of a bind. I just haven't wanted to give ActiBlizz any money after the breast milk thief charges. But D2 really is my childhood, so it hurts not being part of it.
I don’t think they actually even had D2 resurrected in Steam before this. Good news for me and my deck! May grab it when it gets a discount.
I want to plug a link to Project Diablo 2 https://www.projectdiablo2.com/
It's an impressive mod for Diablo 2 (the original, not Resurrected) that brings the game to 2026, with lots of features and QoL improvements that you would expect from an ARPG today:
If you can get past the older graphics, it's IMO the best way to play Diablo 2. The only missing thing is the warlock.
Edit: and a built-in grail tracker. I also want a built-in grail tracker in PD2.
Thank you for this info! I was looking at D2 Ressurected and while it will be great game and great to play and they probably did it right, the always online and requirement for Battle.net launcher ar no-go for me.
But I still have my OG D2 CDs and I desperately want to play the game on Steam Deck and I see this is the way!
wow I can’t wait to play this! Never heard of it before now.
Really enjoy seeing new content for classics, first GW1 and now Diablo 2!
2026 hasn't disappointed in this respect at least.
How’s Diablo 4 these days? I tried it when it came out and didn’t like it. I did love and play Diablo 3 A LOT. I played D2 when it was new but I forgot most of it. So, I like warlocks, and considering using this as an opportunity to either check out the new Diablo 2 or give Diablo 4 another shot. Any suggestions for a long time D3 player?
Have you tried Path of exile 2? It's very favourably compared to Diablo 4, and much more new player friendly compared to path of exile 1
I didn’t know they released a second PoE! Thanks for letting me know. I’ll have a look.
I really like D4, it's a good game to mindlessly play after work. That said, if you want a harder game that is not a series of pinatas smashes this would never be it.
I’m torn! I don’t know if I want a hard game or piñata game! I have been playing rogue-likes. Maybe piñata is the way to go. Less stress, more amusement?
I'm a big roguelike fan. One of the things I love about them is after a long day at work, I can just do a run, and even if I'm not googling the most optimal build or starts, I can just hop in, die, maybe try again with something new a couple times and then I'm good.
Despite playing arpgs since the first diablo, I never really got into them. I played through the campaigns once, had some fun, then dropped them. I didn't do the ARPG fan thing where I run bosses over and over and try to optimize my gear.
I tried with PoE2, but in the end, it just felt like I still had to do so much research to not permanently fuck my character up, or at least fuck it up badly enough that it would take a significant amount of time for me to fix it.
Even though it sorta feels similar to the roguelike experience, it really misses the non permeance and low stakes of roguelikes. The older I get, the less I want to play games with "stakes". So even though I know lots of people absolutely love the genre and PoE 2 specifically, I just decided that it wasn't for me.
Your milage may vary though of course.
This is good insight. Thank you. In Diablo 3 the stakes were very low. There was no real punishment for dying, you could redo your points anytime, store as may items as you wanted. It was pretty “easy”. I’m not sure, but from what I am gathering here is that PoE and D2 are harder - more stakes?
Recently I’ve done mostly roguelikes too, mostly because time is a constraint and I can do a run or two and set it aside while maybe still unlocking something for next time if the run went well. I was playing a lot of Dead Cells and Balatro last year. Which ones do you like?
I did however play Expedition 33 recently and it reminded me of how rewarding it felt to see your characters grow over a longer time. On an unrelated note the game also made me not want to play anything else because it hit me on an emotional level that no other game has. So I’ve been back at playing Magic the Gathering and not diving into any over RPG yet. Saw the Diablo news, started thinking maybe an ARPG could be timely.
You can respec in PoE2, but it's expensive. If I remember correctly there are aspects of your character that are locked in once you choose in the course of gameplay and can't be changed without making a new character though.
Ascensions are permanent.
And with the cost of respeccing the stat tree it's at least somewhat important to be deliberate about your choices.
My opinion is that D4 is bad and Blizzard doesn't have the juice any more. If you didn't like it on release, you are unlikely to enjoy it more now.
I plan to check out the Warlock in D2 and that would be my recommendation assuming you played it in the past. Playing D2 for the first time in 2026 might be weird.
I'm not really a video watcher, especially on Youtube. Should I take it to mean that only the "Resurected" version of D2 will get this new class or are they actually updating the original as well?
Only Resurrected
Bummer, but not surprising. Thanks!