The game is set five years into the 20-year gap between Diablo 2 and Diablo 3, addressing several storyline and character loose ends. In a nutshell, Wyatt Cheng enthusiastically sells the idea of a mobile massively multiplayer online (MMO) version of Diablo, co-developed by Chinese mobile game developer NetEase.

Diablo’s tweet amplified the blog post, and the fans who replied seemingly understood the situation.īlizzCon 2018 is almost here, and we want to take a moment to clarify what Diablo fans can expect this year.įast forward to the end of the opening ceremonies at BlizzCon 2018, Principle Game Designer at Blizzard, Wyatt Cheng ascends the stage.

The post was open-ended and non-specific, but it also seemed to imply that Blizzard fans and game-players raising expectations too high might be unwise. While we won’t be ready to announce all of our projects, we do intend to share some Diablo-related news with you at the show. These are very exciting times-we currently have multiple teams working on different Diablo projects and we can’t wait to tell you all about them. Take a look at this quote from the post, which will not be the last time this will be said:īlizzCon 2018 is almost here and we’ve seen a lot of rumors flying around about our plans for Diablo at the show. Here’s a brief history of how things unfolded: Before BlizzConĪ couple weeks ahead of BlizzCon, Blizzard posted what some believed to be a cryptic blog post about Diablo at their event, which left an announcement in doubt. That is, until the recent 2018 BlizzCon, the annual event that brings together the hardcore community to celebrate all things Blizzard. Blizzard Entertainment has created an original intellectual property (IP) for mobile, such as the card game Heartstone, but the company never made an announcement for a cornerstone (and traditionally hardcore) property like Diablo. Diablo is generally one of the most popular game series ever developed, a bloody, gothic action role-playing game developed first for PCs in 1996, later on receiving ports for consoles. If you’re a gamer or a game developer, there’s a very good chance you’ve heard about the backlash southern California-headquartered Activision-Blizzard is dealing with after the poorly-received announcement of the mobile-only Diablo Immortal game at BlizzCon 2018.

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