Diablo 5 Inches Closer to Launch as Cinematics Work Begins

Diablo 5 is still a few years away, but it looks like development is trucking along, now that Blizzard has started filming for its cinematics.

Blizzard cinematic director Neil David Carter posted a photo of the motion capture stage on X / Twitter, simply saying "First shoot #Diablo5." If the cinematic team is just starting motion capture, Diablo 5 probably isn't super late in its development. However, if the cinematic team is shooting motion capture for cutscenes, then the story is mostly fleshed out already.

Luckily, in an interview with Windows Central, senior producer Tiffany Watt confirmed that Diablo 5 would be using its own fork of the Diablo 4 engine, so at least the team didn't have to start building the game from scratch. …