The Final Week of April Is the Best Week — Diablo 4, Saros, and Invincible VS All Drop Before May

April 2026 has been extraordinary. Pragmata, Hades 2 on console, Mouse: P.I. For Hire, Vampire Crawlers, Tides of Tomorrow, Masters of Albion — it's been a month that will be discussed in end-of-year retrospectives. And it's not over. The final eight days of April bring three more significant releases, and one of them is a PlayStation 5 exclusive with real Game of the Year credentials.

Here is your complete guide to everything still coming before April ends.

April 28 — Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred

Platforms: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC | Switch 2: Later in 2026

The first major expansion for Diablo IV arrives April 28, and it's arriving with a fully-formed content slate. Lord of Hatred sends players into the new region of Skovos on a mission to take down Mephisto — the Lord of Hatred, one of the three Prime Evils — as he moves to fill the power vacuum left by the base game's events. The expansion introduces at least two new classes: the Warlock, confirmed and detailed ahead of launch, and a second class that Blizzard has kept embargoed until release week.

The Warlock is being positioned as a high-complexity class built around managing multiple offensive systems — dark spells, summoned entities, and stacking debuffs. It's the kind of class that rewards players who can juggle multiple combat threads simultaneously. Notably, the Warlock is also being added as paid DLC to Diablo II: Resurrected and will appear in Diablo Immortal in June — Blizzard is treating it as a franchise-spanning character debut.

The expansion also overhauls endgame progression, adding new systems designed around clearer goals and faster access to the content loop. Pre-launch patch notes have confirmed a large class tuning pass that went live earlier this month.

On Switch 2: Blizzard confirmed during a pre-premiere livestream on April 19 that Lord of Hatred is also coming to Nintendo Switch 2 — later in 2026, not simultaneously. This will be the first major Diablo title on Nintendo hardware since Diablo III's Switch port in 2018.

Pre-orders for Lord of Hatred are live on all platforms now. Players on PC and console should pre-load ahead of the April 28 launch.

April 30 — Saros (PS5 Exclusive)

Platform: PS5 / PS5 Pro only | Price: $69.99 Standard / $79.99 Digital Deluxe (48 hrs early access from April 28)

This is the one. Housemarque's spiritual successor to Returnal — one of the defining PS5 exclusives of the generation — arrives on April 30, and early impressions are describing it as extraordinary.

The studio has confirmed the game has gone gold. A GamesRadar preview published last week, describing three hours with the finished product, called it "a triumph for PS5" that "perfectly evolves on Returnal." Saros is set on Carcosa, a lost off-world colony beneath a permanent eclipse, where you play as Arjun Devraj — voiced by Rahul Kohli of Midnight Mass — navigating bullet-hell encounters and a roguelite loop built around intentionally shorter 30-minute runs.

The deliberate design choice to shorten runs compared to Returnal reflects direct lessons from that game: preserve the danger, remove the helplessness. A new Parry mechanic adds skill-expression. The eclipse over Carcosa has both narrative and mechanical purposes. The hub between runs is more developed than Returnal's equivalent.

The five-year Returnal symmetry is real: Returnal launched April 30, 2021. Saros launches April 30, 2026. Whether that's deliberate or coincidental, it's a meaningful piece of history — the game that defined a generation of PS5 play and its successor, separated by exactly five years, both landing on the same date.

The Saros trophy list has been revealed (45 trophies total), confirming PS5 Pro enhancements and giving players a sense of the game's scope.

April 30 — Invincible VS

Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Xbox Cloud | Xbox Play Anywhere title

The 3v3 tag fighting game based on Robert Kirkman's Invincible comic and Prime Video series arrives the same day as Saros. The open beta ran April 9–11, giving players a preview of the 10-character launch roster and the core systems.

The roster at launch: Mark Grayson (Invincible), Atom Eve, Bulletproof, Thula, Rex Splode, Battle Beast, Omni-Man, Robot, Monster Girl, and Allen the Alien. The 3v3 tag system means you build a team of three and can switch mid-fight, opening up combo sequences and comeback mechanics that single-character fighters don't allow.

The Invincible IP is uniquely suited to a fighting game because of the series' famously graphic violence — the fights in the show are among the most brutal in animation history, and the game is rated accordingly. Community reception from the open beta was positive, with particular praise for the animation quality and the way each character's moveset reflects their abilities in the source material.

One notable platform caveat: Invincible VS is not launching on PS5 despite the open beta being available there. The game is an Xbox Play Anywhere title launching on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, and Xbox Cloud on April 30. PS5 availability is unconfirmed.

How to Handle the Overlap

Two major releases on April 30 creates a genuine spending decision. If you own a PS5, Saros is likely your priority — it's a PS5 exclusive from a studio with an exceptional track record, and the early impressions are extraordinary. If you're primarily on Xbox or have Game Pass, Invincible VS deserves attention, particularly if you enjoyed the open beta.

Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred on April 28 adds another layer. If you have an active Diablo 4 character at or near level 100, the expansion is a natural continuation. If you stepped away from the game, the expansion is a reasonable re-entry point once you've completed the base campaign.

Budget your time now. The end of April is not messing around.

Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred — April 28 on PS4, PS5, Xbox, PC. Saros — April 30 on PS5/PS5 Pro. Invincible VS — April 30 on Xbox Series X|S, PC, Xbox Cloud.

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