You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games hereDiablo 4 Hardcore players are finding themselves murdered for no reason in the latest version of Blizzards ARPG. With no response from the RPG developer at the time of writing, players enjoying their hardcore run have found themselves losing their characters due to a nasty new bug.Numerous players on the Diablo 4 subreddit have shared a new issue related to the Tree of Whispers in hardcore runs. A number of players that have randomly lost their hardcore characters in the games latest update all surrounding the in-game location.Diablo 4 Tree of Whispers kills hardcore charactersShared on the Diablo 4 subreddit, player Bubbly_Sky_1753 explained that the walked away from the blacksmith at the Tree of Whispers and was met with a deceased character. As a hardcore run, this character can not be recovered.Another player, who shared a video clip here, revealed that they also died at the Tree of Whispers. However, this character died while going through their stash. After leaving the stash, their character immediately died with no hint as to why they were killed.While Blizzard has pledged to release less buggy updates as it focuses on quality rather than quantity, there are obviously still huge issues that end up slipping through the cracks. Alongside seasonal releases moving to avoid conflict with Diablo 3, theres now more care being given to post-launch updates on the fourth game.Nevertheless, players are upset at the rise of the new Diablo 4 glitch with some claiming they wont be playing the gameat least in a hardcore run.Thats why I avoid it, one player said. If something like this happened or a Disconnect on a character that had hours into it would drive me insane, props to the folks that play it.At the time of writing, Blizzard has yet to formally address the bug. Considering the developers long history of watching its community to flag issues, its no doubt been seen by the team. Nevertheless, we at VideoGamer have reached out to Blizzard for comment. Diablo 4Platform(s):PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/XGenre(s):Action, Action RPG, RPGSubscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share