Blizzard confirms that Diablo IV will do without the map overlay

19 Apr. (Portaltic/EP) –

Blizzard has confirmed that the Diablo IV game will not feature the interactive map overlay on the screen, which places the character at a certain point of the open world region offered by the title.

Diablo IV is a video game that the company plans launch next June 6 and that it will be available for both the next-generation consoles -PlayStation 5 (ps5) and Xbox Series X|S-, as well as for PlayStation 4 (PS4), Xbox One and PC.

This is the fourth installment of an action and role-playing franchise created by Blizzard, which, among other features, introduces the so-called interactive map, which places players on the video game stage.

Until now this resource was displayed as a map overlay, thanks to which users could consult in real time the entire map of the open world region without having to stop moving on it and pause the game action.

This tool was available in both the first and second Diablo installments, devil 2. In Devil 3instead, it has been replaced by a smaller map located in the upper right corner of the screen.

After making the beta of the video game available to carry out its corresponding tests before launching it on the global market, in which this small map was included in the corner of the interface, the company has decided to drop the map overlay for the final version.

This has been confirmed by the senior vice president of Blizzard, Rod Fergusonwhich has commented that the developer “has no plans at the moment” to keep this overlay map in this action role-playing video game (ARPG, for its acronym in English).

In this way, the manager suggests that Diablo IV will show a smaller map in the upper corner of the interface and this will not be overlaid as in previous installments of the franchise.