Blizzard shared a broad plan for the update in a new blog post (opens in new tab), following up on recent comments (opens in new tab) from franchise general manager Rod Fergusson who assured fans that a new season is close. The 16-day testing period will give players an early taste of Season 27, and Blizzard’s asking players to “try to break things” for the sake of thorough testing. 

The headlining addition for Diablo 3 Season 27 is a new consumable: Angelic Crucibles. These can be applied to any Legendary item to “Sanctify” it, giving it “perfect Ancient-level stats on all affixes while preserving the item’s Legendary Power,” effectively removing some layers of RNG from gearing by guaranteeing a perfect item. The catch is that you can only equip one Sanctified Item at a time.

Angelic Crucibles can also upgrade class abilities, with each class receiving three upgrades to experiment with. The idea, Blizzard says, is to invert the fantasy of the Lords of Hell season and give players some heavenly powers this time. The full list of Sanctified abilities is extremely long and often oddly specific, with some skills randomly targeting nearby enemies and others getting huge range or potency buffs. 

You’ll find Angelic Crucibles all around Sanctuary, and with Season 27 unlocking Adventure Mode for all players by default, exploring all around Sanctuary ought to be much easier. All difficulty settings through Torment 6 will also be available from the get-go, presumably to make the largely familiar grind faster and account for the dramatic power spike that Angelic Crucibles will bring. 

The full patch notes also include some armor set bonus changes, ability tweaks, and bug fixes, as well as a PTR registration guide for new players who need it. 

The first post-launch update for Diablo Immortal just arrived, but it’s a small battle pass-focused patch acting as a precursor to a bigger content drop coming this month.

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For starters, Cosby has deleted the tweet, which could mean his disclosure was premature. Perhaps he wasn’t supposed to reveal the project, or the deal isn’t finalized. After all, Cosby only said he was in “final talks” to lead the series, not that production has started or that there’s anything more concrete to look forward to like, say, a trailer.

That said, there’s reason to hold onto hope. We reached out to Blizzard about the project and were told the company has “nothing to announce at this time”. While not particularly encouraging, the studio’s response isn’t a flat-out denial either. And considering back in August the company said there were “multiple Diablo projects in the works (opens in new tab),” mayhaps this is one of them. With BlizzCon 2018 scheduled for November 2 and 3, it’s possible such an announcement is merely being held until that event. So maybe just wait a bit longer and we’ll find out the truth of the matter.

If there really is a Netflix Diablo series on the way, it’s in good hands – Cosby is one of the screenwriters onboard the Hellboy reboot (opens in new tab), and a co-founder of comics publisher Boom! Studios. Boom! has several horror series under its belt, including 28 Days Later, Nightbreed, Hellraiser, and Cthulhu Tales. (It also published the criminally underrated Hexed, which you absolutely must read, but that’s a rant for another day.)

And hey, if the Netflix Castlevania series can be as good as it is, why not a Diablo animated series?

Diablo 3 (opens in new tab) first came to PC in 2012, but its still going strong six years later. If you somehow still haven’t played it (or even if you have), you’ll get yet another chance when Diablo 3: Eternal Collection arrives for Nintendo Switch (opens in new tab) on November 2. 

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