The fact that Diablo 4 will be a brutal Diablo IV Gold, violent game won’t be surprising to fans of the franchise. Yet, even though its reveal trailer set the stage with the horrific showcase of Lilith and her summoning ritual, it’s worth pointing out that Diablo 3 wasn’t nearly as grimdark as its legacy predecessor, Diablo 2. Some Diablo fans may have been waiting for official confirmation as to which approach the developers may take this time around.

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As the early previews for Diablo 4 have previously suggested, the ESRB has now confirmed that the game will be an appropriately violent ordeal in all the ways that matter. Diablo 4 has received its official Mature 17+ rating from the ESRB thanks to its “intense violence,” which includes various levels of dismemberment and mutilation, ample amounts of blood and gore, and a variety of creative ways to destroy entire hordes of demonic adversaries in one fell swoop. Players can expect plenty of blood spatter in and out of combat, and the level design is now confirmed to be closer to what Diablo 2 featured back in the day, with “mutilated bodies on spikes and torsos with exposed entrails/viscera” aplenty. The ESRB’s description also verifies that Diablo 4 will have various types of in-game purchases.

With Diablo 4’s official release date confirmed as well, franchise fans can seemingly rest assured knowing that Blizzard has taken Diablo 3 feedback to heart and gone back to the series’ dark and dreary roots. The matter of in-game purchases, however, may be problematic from some players’ perspectives. It’s been known for some time now that Blizzard aims to make Diablo 4 a live-service game, but the specifics haven’t been discussed in great detail buy Diablo 4 Gold.