blizzard responds to accusations that diablo: immortal is a reskin

Instead, they got a mobile game that’s being developed in collaboration with Chinese company NetEase. Failing that, they were at least holding out for a remaster of a classic Diablo game.

The blog post got many fans’ hopes up for even a low-level loot drop of information about Diablo IV. It stems, for the most part, from a pre-BlizzCon Blizzard blog post that was meant to temper fans’ expectations and clarify that there are multiple Diablo projects in the works, but which did say that “we do intend to share some Diablo-related news with you at the show.” “No,” he replied to the facetiously phrased question, “it’s a fully fledged Diablo experience on mobile, which everybody will get to play, and hopefully, which will bring new heroes to Sanctuary as well as welcoming our community back into it and something we’re very excited about.”īacklash to Diablo Immortal, however, has continued to rage across social media, YouTube, Reddit, and other sites since then. The company was expecting fans to react passionately, one of its co-founders told Kotaku in an interview today, but it wasn’t prepared for the level of vitriol that ensued.ĭuring yesterday’s on-stage Q&A, a developer on stage let the fan down gently. It was just the beginning of a very long weekend for Blizzard.

Blizzard responds to accusations that diablo: immortal is a reskin