Thanks to Diablo 2, Blizzard might've found a way to fix Diablo 4's loot fatigue in its next expansion

Thanks to Diablo 2, Blizzard might’ve found a way to fix Diablo 4’s loot fatigue in its next expansion | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these RPG Diablo 2 gets its first expansion in 25 years, featuring a new class, and finally, decent inventory management Action Blizzard says it’s open to even more Diablo 2 expansions and reworks unless people get really mad at it about this one: ‘We’re going to have to see what the players say’ RPG Diablo 2: Resurrected is now on Steam and is verified for Steam Deck RPG Diablo 4’s second new class is a summoner who commands demons to fight demons World of Warcraft Blizzard isn’t going to let World of Warcraft players suffer from outdated character customization for long, but it’s going to take some time to fix Survival & Crafting Hytale’s unfinished sandbox has finally given me hope for a voxel RPG, after Cube World broke my heart twice Action Underrated hack ‘n’ slash Blades of Fire heads to Steam with a 2.0 update, bringing new game plus and ‘expanded death and mutilation variations’ for you sickos out there RPG Diablo 4’s age of reworks might finally be over with its next expansion as it plans to deliver major features players have wanted for years RPG The best parts of my favorite World of Warcraft classes are being turned into new heroes for Fellowship’s pre-season 2 update this week FPS Overwatch 2 drops the 2 and goes back to being Overwatch as Blizzard launches its biggest update ever next week: ‘We want to gain players’ confidence, we want them to have trust in the game’ RPG Divinity will officially wave goodbye to Original Sin 2’s broken armour system RPG Larian’s learnt a lot from Baldur’s Gate 3 going into Divinity, including the fact that hand-crafted loot is probably better: ‘Randomization did not save us much time’ RPG Diablo 4 boss loot tables for Season 11: Season of Divine Intervention Baldur’s Gate Baldur’s Gate 3 started on top and kept on climbing: Larian said it wouldn’t make a sequel, then drip fed us an expansion’s worth of free updates into 2025 World of Warcraft Redesigns for both Orgrimmar and Stormwind are on the table if World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Silvermoon overhaul is well received PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Arc RaidersBest PC gearFalloutGame Quizzes Games RPG Diablo 4 Thanks to Diablo 2, Blizzard might’ve found a way to fix Diablo 4’s loot fatigue in its next expansion News By Tyler Colp published 17 February 2026 The Horadric Cube might be a bigger change than the two new classes. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Ever since Blizzard started reworking the clunky parts of Diablo 4, one thing has remained constant: Monsters shower you with more loot than you can carry in your inventory.That might sound like a good thing—and admittedly, it’s fun for a while—but it becomes a real problem the further you progress your character. It doesn’t take long to dread having to pick up a bunch of useless items on the floor just so you can see what’s going on. And legendary items don’t feel all that legendary when all you see is orange items in the endgame.The upcoming expansion, Lord of Hatred, is hopefully going to fix that with the help of a crafting system taken straight out of Diablo 2. No longer will you toss less-than-perfect items in the trash; now you can stuff them into the Horadric Cube and gamble for big-ticket upgrades. Related articles Diablo 4 is having its best season yet, not just because of paladins, but because Blizzard has finally cracked how to make loot endlessly exciting Diablo 4’s age of reworks might finally be over with its next expansion as it plans to deliver major features players have wanted for years Diablo 2 gets its first expansion in 25 years, featuring a new class, and finally, decent inventory management Blizzard gave a tiny peek at the system during the recent Diablo 30th anniversary Spotlight video. Reddit user contablecrab grabbed several screenshots from the brief footage of the cube so we can see what kind of things it can do.Much like the cube in Diablo 2, you can place items into it with other materials and combine them into something new. In Diablo 4’s version, you can take things like unique items and recycle them into a new one, giving you