

Then, player two simply has to pick a class and create a character, or choose one of their existing characters if they've played before. To play Diablo 4 couch co-op, turn on a second controller while in-game and the game will prompt player two to sign in with an Xbox or PlayStation account and either link it to an existing account or create a new one (if the accounts are already linked, this step will be skipped). It's also important to mention that you can still party up with two other players online if you'd like to. Additionally, each player now has independent menus and can visit different merchants at the same time, which probably wouldn't be possible with four-player co-op. This will definitely disappoint some, though the upside is that local co-op should be cleaner and more readable than it was before. Unfortunately, if you're a Windows PC user hoping to play Diablo 4 multiplayer co-op with friends locally, you're out of luck.Īlso, Diablo 4 only allows two people to play couch co-op together, so you won't be able to have a local party of four like you could in Diablo 3. Though one might wonder whether Blizzard will look into increasing that number from two.Įither way, stay tuned to GamingBolt for more news coming out of BlizzCon.Firstly, local couch co-op is exclusively available on the Xbox and PlayStation versions of the game that you can play on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS5, and PS4. Diablo 4’s console versions will support two player local co-op, which, for a game like Diablo, is great news. Meanwhile, there’s some good news for those who will be playing the game on consoles (which I’m assuming will be the PS5 and Xbox Scarlett, since the game is supposed to be a ways off from launch). “We feel that the best way to experience that is in a world that is online.” “There’s a large, seamless, connected, and shared space in the world, going down into dungeons, being able to group with your friends, trading and PvP,” Diablo 4’s lead designer Joe Shely told PC Gamer. Though you will be able to play solo, the game’s shared world and its integration of online activities – such as PvP, trading, and more – will mean that you’ll always need to be online regardless. That, unsurprisingly, means that Diablo 4 won’t have an offline mode, and will require a persistent internet connection if you want to play it.


We learned other details about its actual design as well, and one of the most interesting pieces of info to emerge from Blizzard’s panel is that the game would feature a shared open world, essentially functioning as an MMORPG. Blizzard made the long-awaited Diablo 4 announcement at BlizzCon 2019, and though the game won’t be out anytime soon, we’ve still learnt a lot of details about it- such as its blessed lack of an auction house.
