Diablo IV has been a bit of a mixed bag. While the game launched to strong sales and solid reviews, early updates to the title were met with a great deal of backlash. Fortunately, since then the team at Blizzard have righted the ship, with balance changes, new classes and more helping to bring players back. Now, with the release of their latest ‘Lord of Hatred’ expansion, Diablo IV has managed to break its previous concurrent player record on Steam.

With a peak count of 64,518 players on Steam, Diablo IV has officially surpassed its previous CCU of 55k (reached back in late 2024 during the launch of its Vessel of Hatred expansion).

Additionally, this represents more than double the peak player counts achieved during the game’s Steam launch, in which it managed a relatively low high of 28k.

Of course, Diablo IV was not a day-one addition to Steam, arriving months after its Battle net debut, and so the total number of PC players is likely far higher than the Steam figures suggest.

Regardless, while the game may not have had the smoothest of first years, Blizzard’s decade-long plan for Diablo IV seems to be beginning to pay off. It will be interesting to see how the game evolves from here.

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This week, Nvidia's DLSS update includes the new Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred expansion, which gets DLSS 4.5 features via the Nvidia app. On top of that, a new GeForce Game Ready graphics driver has begun rolling out.

Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred launched yesterday, and today ARC Raiders’ Riven Tides update will be released, both can be upgraded to DLSS 4.5 via the NVIDIA app. Tomorrow, Neverness to Everness officially launches in North America, Europe, and other regions, following its initial launch last week in China. The game features DLSS Super Resolution, DLSS Ray Reconstruction, DLSS Multi Frame Generation, and path-traced effects. On Thursday, Bus Bound arrives, featuring DLSS Super Resolution and DLSS Multi Frame Generation, which can be upgraded to DLSS 4.5 Dynamic Multi Frame Generation 6X Mode via the NVIDIA app.

The last major game that needs to be talked about this week is Conan Exiles Enhanced. Built in Unreal Engine 5, Conan Exiles Enhanced brings eight years of post-launch content into a fully upgraded experience with dramatically improved visuals, enhanced performance, and modern rendering technology. Conan Exiles Enhanced includes support for DLSS Multi Frame Generation, DLSS Frame Generation, and DLSS Super Resolution, as well as Nvidia Reflex.

This week's new GeForce Game Ready graphics driver is now available to upgrade to through the Nvidia app as well, which includes optimisations for Conan Exiles Enhanced.

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About midway through the review period for Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred, Blizzard organized a roundtable Q&A with a few key developers from the team: Game Director Zaven Haroutunian, Production Director Barry Morales, Lead System Designer Colin Finer, and Senior Composer Ted Reedy. The team answered questions on various topics, from the narrative and setting to world design and the music score, new gameplay systems like War Plans and the Horadric Cube, and an overall assessment of the game's state ahead of its second expansion's upcoming launch. You can find the full transcript below. As a reminder, Diablo IV: Lord […]

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Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred lands almost three years after the launch of the base game. As you may recall, Blizzard initially committed to annual expansions, which they almost accomplished with the first one, Vessel of Hatred, launched sixteen months after Diablo IV. However, it later became clear that delivering high-quality expansions on an annual basis was impossible, especially as the developers were also busy with making seasonal content. Thus, Lord of Hatred launches a year and a half after the previous expansion, which seems to be the sweet spot in terms of development time. Ultimately, though, what matters is […]

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