On the heels of a major leak of Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay footage, more than 50 minutes of Diablo 4 gameplay video has been posted online. Video of Blizzard’s upcoming RPG shows a “private test build” watermarked with various combat encounters, open world exploration and navigation menu.
As with the GTA 6 leaks, the Diablo 4 videos show a build in progress that is clearly not intended for a wide audience. In a populated village area, various walls and other structures are indicated by placeholder ‘grey box’ assets, and open world zones do not appear to be fully populated with monsters or environmental props.
The footage primarily features barbarian gameplay, so if you’re hoping to see one of Diablo 4’s other classes in action, you’re out of luck. The player scales the walls of a massive ruined fortress to access the dungeon, jumping across gaps and climbing vertical walls to enter.
As of this writing, there has been no official response from Activision Blizzard regarding the leaked footage, and it is unclear how these videos ended up being leaked. It appears that at least some of the footage was captured from a stream (on Discord, most likely), as the voices heard are from people who appear to be watching, rather than playing.
The prominent watermark includes a nine-digit number string; this may indicate a build number, but could also identify the user the leak originated with. For legal reasons (and because leaks are bad business for basically everyone), we won’t link to it here, but you can easily find it on Reddit if you’d like.
We’ve reached out to Activision Blizzard for comment and will update this story with any statement the company provides.
