Activision Blizzard games are finally coming to Game Pass, starting with Diablo 4

Yesterday during the Official Xbox Podcast, Phil Spencer announced plans to bring four Xbox games to rival consoles. While this is happening, Xbox, PC and mobile will continue to be the only places with Xbox Game Pass access, and soon, Microsoft will finally start bringing Activision Blizzard titles over. 

During the podcast, in which Phil Spencer was joined by Sarah Bond and Matt Booty, it was announced that Activision Blizzard games will finally start coming to Game Pass next month, starting off with Diablo IV on the 28th of March.

Diablo IV has been out for roughly nine months now and is currently in its third season of post-launch content. This season has been widely seen as a bit of a step back compared to Season 2 but players are very hopeful for Season 4, which kicks off in April.

This means those joining the game for the first time via Game Pass can spend a couple of weeks learning the game, beating the excellent story campaign and maybe trying out a few different classes to get a feel for what you like best. Then, they can jump into Season 4 as it kicks off.

Season 4 will include a massive itemization update and will also make changes to the way aspects are gathered. Blizzard will fully detail these upcoming changes shortly before launch.

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KitGuru Says: I really liked Diablo 4's second season but season 3's theme didn't really grab me. All indications so far appear to be that Blizzard is putting the most effort into preparing for Season 4, which will coincide with the game's 1-year anniversary. If it ends up being really good, then Blizzard needs to focus on keeping up that momentum leading up to the expansion, as there is tough competition in the ARPG market right now between the likes of Path of Exile (and its upcoming sequel), and Last Epoch, which launches next week. 

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