Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, and other junk we have to talk about

Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, and other junk we have to talk about

From Blizzard Watch by Blizzard Watch

May 1, 2026 · 1h 6m · Episode 579

About this episode

The episode discusses the new Diablo 4 expansion, Lord of Hatred, along with updates on World of Warcraft and Hearthstone.

This week, Matt, Joe, Liz, and our special guest host Six, are all waiting patiently to talk about  Lord of Hatred , the new expansion for  Diablo 4  which came out earlier this week. So they'll talk a little bit about  World of Warcraft  patch 12.0.5 first, kind of like the concept of "eating the frog," where you do the gross thing first to get it out of the way as fast as possible. Patch 12.0.5 probably wasn't that bad -- probably -- but it did have its grossness, with so many bugs that Blizzard apologized in a blog post, and Senior Game Designer Paul Kubit went on our bestie  Evitel and some other dude 's podcast and did damage control. Oh, and  Hearthstone  announced a thing. Class minisets, or whatever. But then, they got to talk about  Lord of Hatred  and oh boy are they excited about it. They thought a lot of the changes revolutionized how the game feels and plays -- maybe not all the way up to a  Reaper of Souls  for how it made  Diablo 3 suddenly a classic, but it's close. Skill trees, charms, bears -- and no story spoilers, even though Joe already got spoiled on it. If you have a few minutes, please fill…

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt, Joe, Liz

Guest: Six

Topics covered

  • Diablo 4 expansion
  • World of Warcraft patch
  • game design changes
  • Hearthstone updates
  • gaming community

Keywords

  • Diablo 4
  • Lord of Hatred
  • World of Warcraft
  • patch 12.0.5
  • Hearthstone
  • game design
  • gaming news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blizzard, Hearthstone, Acast, Evitel

Products: Class minisets

Books & works: Diablo 4, World of Warcraft, Reaper of Souls

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