Blizzard has announced Diablo 4’s second season

Blizzard has announced Diablo 4’s second season.

Titled Season of Blood, it’s set to be released on October 17.

“Season of Blood will introduce a new Questline for you to uncover, Vampiric Powers to wield against their originators, 5 additional endgame bosses with the ability to target specific Unique and Uber Unique items as a drop, and more,” Blizzard said.

The trailer below introduces Erys, a vampire hunter voiced by actress and producer Gemma Chan.

Blizzard said Season of Blood will also add some community-requested quality of life updates including:

• More efficient Inventory management for Gems.
• Paragon Points, Skill Points, Potion Charges, and Obol capacity upgrades will now carry over into a new Season once achieved with an Eternal or previous Seasonal Realm character.
• Changes to the functionality of status effects such as Vulnerable, Overpower, Critical Strike Damage and also Elemental Resistances.

“The updates in the above bullet and the ability to target specific Unique and Ultra Unique items as a drop will be available in both Seasonal and Eternal Realms.”

Activision Blizzard said in July that over 10 million players “experienced” Diablo 4 during its launch month.

Released on June 5 for PC, Xbox and PlayStation consoles, Diablo 4 is the World of Warcraft studio’s fastest-selling title to date, according to its publisher.