Immortal will explore the time period between Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 with new stories for familiar faces, helping to fill in the gaps in the larger story of the series. During a question and answer panel, Blizzard confirmed they have no current plans to bring the game to any medium other than mobile devices. The game is being developed by NetEase, a Chinese company with several mobile games under their umbrella. Instead, Blizzard uttered words more terrifying to gamers than even Diablo himself: mobile game. However, what was revealed was far from the dream of Diablo 4 or a similar product for console and PC gamers alike. After weeks of speculation from fans and hype-building from Blizzard, expectations were high for a major reveal, despite Blizzard’s recent attempts to temper such hopes. Find out more after the jump!įans of the Diablo series finally got their first taste of the newest game to hit the franchise with Friday’s reveal of Diablo Immortal at the annual BlizzCon convention in Irvine. Either way, Blizzard could've hoped for a better response to Diablo Immortal's marketing campaign than the BlizzCon fiasco.After weeks of hype, the latest Diablo game has been revealed, but it is far from what fans expected. One user on ResetEragoes on to claim that Diablo Immortal won't change a character's appearance when adding gear, and says the game isn't even being made by Blizzard. The environments, the characters, the skills, the story.”ĭespite Cheng's assurances, many are still pointing out the glaring similarities between Crusaders of Light and Diablo Immortal's user interface. We have artists on our side, they have artists on their side, and we work together as a team, as a partnership to create everything about Diablo: Immortal. “We’ve been working with NetEase Games from the beginning as a partnership to create everything in Diablo: Immortal. When it came to looking at making a new Diablo game, and this opportunity to partner with NetEase to make this – the technology is there, where our mobile phones are more powerful than ever, and they’re capable of top tier gaming experiences.”Īs for the reskin accusations, Cheng went on to say that Diablo Immortal has been built from the ground up:
“I don’t think mobile should be a dirty word.
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