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Diablo 4 port to Nintendo Switch 2 rumoured for September
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A report from French outlet Dealabs Magazine indicated that Blizzard Entertainment's action role-playing game Diablo 4 was heading to Nintendo Switch 2, potentially as soon as mid-September, citing ratings board listings as evidence. The claim, though never officially confirmed by Blizzard or Xbox, was consistent with earlier signs pointing towards a port, including a since-removed Indonesian ratings listing for the game's Lord of Hatred expansion and a briefly published Taiwanese classification for the console.
According to Dealabs, Diablo 4 was pencilled in for release on either 15 or 18 September, priced at $69.99 in the US and sold as a physical "code in a box" rather than on a cartridge. It remained unclear whether the Lord of Hatred expansion would be bundled with the port. No further developments emerged beyond the initial report, with Blizzard having previously brought both Diablo 3 and Diablo 2 Resurrected to Nintendo's Switch console in 2018 and 2021 respectively.
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In short
- Report claims Diablo 4 is heading to Nintendo Switch 2
- Release pencilled for 15 or 18 September, priced at $69.99
- Blizzard and Xbox have not officially confirmed the port
How this story developed
- 3 months ago Dealabs reiterated its claim with added detail, and observers now speculate Blizzard could officially unveil the Switch 2 port at Gamescom later this month, where Xbox is set to have a prominent presence.
- 3 months ago A report from Dealabs Magazine, citing ratings board listings, first raised the possibility that Diablo 4 would arrive on Nintendo Switch 2 around mid-September, priced at $69.99 and sold as a boxed download code rather than on a cartridge.
Explained simply
Nintendo's Switch 2 launched this year with strong early sales, and part of its appeal has been securing more demanding third-party games that its predecessor struggled to run. Diablo 4 is a big-budget action role-playing game from Blizzard Entertainment, the studio behind long-running franchises such as Diablo, World of Warcraft and Overwatch, which is owned by Microsoft's Xbox division. A Switch 2 version would mark one of the biggest recent examples of a major, graphically intensive game reaching Nintendo's platform.
Blizzard has a history with Nintendo consoles, having brought Diablo 3 to the original Switch in 2018 and Diablo 2 Resurrected in 2021, so a Diablo 4 port would continue that pattern rather than break new ground. Neither Blizzard nor Xbox has confirmed anything officially, and much of what's circulating so far comes from unverified reports and ratings board listings rather than an announcement from the companies themselves.
Gamescom, a major video game trade show held in Germany each August, is often used by publishers to reveal new releases and ports, and this year's event is approaching. That timing is part of why speculation about an official reveal has been building, though industry rumours based on leaks and classification filings do not always match what gets confirmed.
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Originally published by Polygon as “Diablo 4 coming to Switch 2 soon, new report says”.