Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred – Narrative Deep-Dive With Blizzard | IGN First

We dig deep into the narrative that's courses through the heart of Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, the upcoming second expansion for Blizzard's popular action-RPG, in this new interview with Associate Game Director Zaven Haroutunian and Lead Narrative Designer Matt Burns. In the video above, find out what's going on with Mephisto, Lilith, Lorath, and others. And if you'd like to watch some brand-new Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred gameplay while you're here, check out the 21-minute gameplay video below showing off the expansion's new Skovos region. We'll have more on Lord of Hatred later this week as the launch approaches. In the meantime, if you're interested in playing Lord of Hatred but it's been a minute since you played Diablo 4, get caught up on the story before the second expansion is released. Ryan McCaffrey is IGN's executive editor of previews and host of both IGN's weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked, as well as our semi-retired interview show, IGN Unfiltered. He's a North Jersey guy, so it's "Taylor ham," not "pork roll." Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.

Apr 14, 2026 - 00:12

Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred – Narrative Deep-Dive With Blizzard | IGN First

We dig deep into the narrative that's courses through the heart of Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, the upcoming second expansion for Blizzard's popular action-RPG, in this new interview with Associate Game Director Zaven Haroutunian and Lead Narrative Designer Matt Burns.

In the video above, find out what's going on with Mephisto, Lilith, Lorath, and others. And if you'd like to watch some brand-new Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred gameplay while you're here, check out the 21-minute gameplay video below showing off the expansion's new Skovos region.

We'll have more on Lord of Hatred later this week as the launch approaches. In the meantime, if you're interested in playing Lord of Hatred but it's been a minute since you played Diablo 4, get caught up on the story before the second expansion is released.

Ryan McCaffrey is IGN's executive editor of previews and host of both IGN's weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked, as well as our semi-retired interview show, IGN Unfiltered. He's a North Jersey guy, so it's "Taylor ham," not "pork roll." Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.

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