{"id":2097744,"date":"2026-08-17T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2097744"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:00:08","slug":"long-awaited-switch-2-version-of-diablo-4-reportedly-releases-days-after-blizzcon-and-includes-both-game-expansions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2097744","title":{"rendered":"Long-awaited Switch 2 version of Diablo 4 reportedly releases days after BlizzCon, and includes both game expansions"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Long-awaited Switch 2 version of Diablo 4 reportedly releases days after BlizzCon, and includes both game expansions<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Take Mephisto of money.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/diablo-4-switch-2_IpuO7Y4.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A floating Switch 2 and on the screen is artwork showing a huge demon roaring angrily. 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They could be.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"diablo-4-switch-2_IpuO7Y4.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-17T16:00:08+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 17, 2026, 4 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/diablo-4-switch-2-release-date-rumour-expansions?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          1 comment<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"1f7364a3-5278-45be-99d4-9b4d68aa321d\" data-name=\"Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred\" title=\"Follow Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred\"><br \/>\n  Follow Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The much-rumoured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/diablo-iv\">Diablo 4<\/a> apparently includes both expansions of the action role-playing game &#8211; Vessel of Hatred and Lord of Hatred &#8211; all in one Age of Hatred Collection. And it&#8217;s reportedly being released 15th September.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealabs.com\/magazine\/diablo-iv-debarque-enfin-sur-switch-2-on-vous-devoile-sa-date-de-sortie-prix-et-version-physique-en-exclusivite-61635\">to Dealabs&#8217; leaker billbil-kun<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/billbil-kun-diablo-iv-releases-on-switch-2-on-september-15th-69-99-includes-age-of-hatred-collection.1605874\/\">Resetera<\/a>), the person who provided the originating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/diablo-4-switch-2-release-date-price-leak-code-in-box\">&#8216;Diablo 4 on Switch 2&#8217; rumour<\/a> earlier this month. Back then, a date wasn&#8217;t known, nor did we know whether the expansions would be included, yet now, we apparently do.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>It&#8217;s Optimism Week, Mephisto! Don&#8217;t you know?<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dpLXemMG80U\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 15th September release date is two days after Blizzard&#8217;s annual BlizzCon event, which this year takes place 12th-13th September. Whether the Switch 2 version of Diablo 4 will be revealed there or at next week&#8217;s Gamescom event in Germany, however, remains to be seen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/diablo-3-confirmed-for-nintendo-switch\">Diablo 3&#8217;s Switch port, for reference, was unveiled at Gamescom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hands-on-with-diablo-3-on-nintendo-switch\">Diablo 3 was a natural fit for Switch<\/a>, allowing you to trample hordes of monsters on the go, and it transposed the action well. I remember seeing lots of people playing it at BlizzCon 2018 when I was there; it&#8217;s always encouraging to see the Blizzard faithful accept it.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a protracted wait for the Switch 2 version of Diablo 4, with Diablo 4 first being released in June 2023, then Switch 2 in June last year. Presumably, Blizzard was preoccupied finishing the Lord of Hatred expansion, which was released in April this year. Taken as one Age of Hatred package, there&#8217;s a lot for your rumoured \u00a363 there.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard adopted a yearly expansion update cycle for Diablo 4, though it hasn&#8217;t quite hit that day and date &#8211; there&#8217;s been a little slipping here and there. Broadly, it&#8217;s intact, though, therefore we&#8217;re expecting to hear more at BlizzCon about what&#8217;s next for Diablo after the Hatred arc centered around Mephisto.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-2026-double-fine-compulsion-ninja-theory\">the Xbox division that Blizzard is a large part of, is under considerable strain<\/a>, rocked recently by wide-ranging restructuring which saw 1600 people lose their jobs immediately, and a further 1600 roles earmarked for termination between now and next summer. Then again, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/blizzard-is-microsofts-top-performing-studio-thanks-largely-to-diablo-4-and-overwatch\">Blizzard is apparently the &#8220;top performing&#8221; Xbox studio<\/a>, largely thanks to Diablo 4, so perhaps it&#8217;ll be spared the scissors.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The much-rumoured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/diablo-iv\">Diablo 4<\/a> apparently includes both expansions of the action role-playing game &#8211; Vessel of Hatred and Lord of Hatred &#8211; all in one Age of Hatred Collection. And it&#8217;s reportedly being released 15th September.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealabs.com\/magazine\/diablo-iv-debarque-enfin-sur-switch-2-on-vous-devoile-sa-date-de-sortie-prix-et-version-physique-en-exclusivite-61635\">to Dealabs&#8217; leaker billbil-kun<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/billbil-kun-diablo-iv-releases-on-switch-2-on-september-15th-69-99-includes-age-of-hatred-collection.1605874\/\">Resetera<\/a>), the person who provided the originating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/diablo-4-switch-2-release-date-price-leak-code-in-box\">&#8216;Diablo 4 on Switch 2&#8217; rumour<\/a> earlier this month. Back then, a date wasn&#8217;t known, nor did we know whether the expansions would be included, yet now, we apparently do.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>It&#8217;s Optimism Week, Mephisto! Don&#8217;t you know?<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dpLXemMG80U\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 15th September release date is two days after Blizzard&#8217;s annual BlizzCon event, which this year takes place 12th-13th September. Whether the Switch 2 version of Diablo 4 will be revealed there or at next week&#8217;s Gamescom event in Germany, however, remains to be seen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/diablo-3-confirmed-for-nintendo-switch\">Diablo 3&#8217;s Switch port, for reference, was unveiled at Gamescom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hands-on-with-diablo-3-on-nintendo-switch\">Diablo 3 was a natural fit for Switch<\/a>, allowing you to trample hordes of monsters on the go, and it transposed the action well. I remember seeing lots of people playing it at BlizzCon 2018 when I was there; it&#8217;s always encouraging to see the Blizzard faithful accept it.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a protracted wait for the Switch 2 version of Diablo 4, with Diablo 4 first being released in June 2023, then Switch 2 in June last year. Presumably, Blizzard was preoccupied finishing the Lord of Hatred expansion, which was released in April this year. Taken as one Age of Hatred package, there&#8217;s a lot for your rumoured \u00a363 there.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard adopted a yearly expansion update cycle for Diablo 4, though it hasn&#8217;t quite hit that day and date &#8211; there&#8217;s been a little slipping here and there. Broadly, it&#8217;s intact, though, therefore we&#8217;re expecting to hear more at BlizzCon about what&#8217;s next for Diablo after the Hatred arc centered around Mephisto.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-2026-double-fine-compulsion-ninja-theory\">the Xbox division that Blizzard is a large part of, is under considerable strain<\/a>, rocked recently by wide-ranging restructuring which saw 1600 people lose their jobs immediately, and a further 1600 roles earmarked for termination between now and next summer. Then again, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/blizzard-is-microsofts-top-performing-studio-thanks-largely-to-diablo-4-and-overwatch\">Blizzard is apparently the &#8220;top performing&#8221; Xbox studio<\/a>, largely thanks to Diablo 4, so perhaps it&#8217;ll be spared the scissors.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Long-awaited Switch 2 version of Diablo 4 reportedly releases days after BlizzCon, and includes both game expansions Take Mephisto of money. 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