45 hours of Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred wasn't enough to find its new ultra rare mode where you fight to the death against waves of demons, so I cheated to try it

Out of all the new things added to Diablo 4 with its new Lord of Hatred expansion, Echoing Hatred might be the most mysterious. It's not a dungeon, nor is it a boss fight: It's a fight to the death against relentless waves of monsters. But the only way to play it is by finding a rare item drop.

While I was reviewing the game on an early access server provided by Blizzard a few weeks ago, I never found a key to Echoing Hatred. I played the expansion for a little over 45 hours and in that time I completed the new campaign, fully geared up a warlock, climbed through most of the new Torment difficulty tiers, and did a little bit of fishing. It wasn't until the very last day the servers were up that I finally decided if I was ever going to see Echoing Hatred, I'd need to cheat.

Blizzard set up the friendly little demon who gives you free level boosts and gear in the review server just like it does in PTRs. In his list of freebies was an option for Echoing Hatred. I clicked it and out popped a "Trace of Echoes" on the floor. This item doesn't appear in your inventory or your list of materials; it simply activat...