We just play games, and a lot of us play mobile games. 'And we play a ton of games on all platforms, console, PC. 'At the end of the day, at Blizzard, we're gamers,' Cheng said.

We caught up with Blizzard's Wyatt Cheng (principal game designer) and Joe Hsu (senior game producer) at BlizzCon to talk about the announcement of Diablo Immortal, the reaction to it, and more.Ĭheng started off by explaining that Diablo Immortal is coming to mobile because the franchise is already well represented on console and PC the next area of expansion is the growing mobile market, he said. Now Playing: Diablo Immortal - Google Play Trailer | Blizzcon 2018 From the devs being booed on the stage, to other developers weighing in on the decision to go purely mobile, it hasn’t been an easy time for the team over at Blizzard.By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's The negative backlash went viral – fast – and though Blizzard mentioned that they were expecting discontent, they had no idea it was going to be to this extent. A large part of that is due to the Nintendo Switch port for Diablo 3 that debuted in 2018 and the news that there were multiple projects in the works for this series, many were expecting a full Diablo 4 announcement – despite Blizzard being very clear that wasn’t happening during last year’s BlizzCon. According to the German Magazine Game Star, the upcoming art companion piece will feature art from “Diablo 1, Diablo 2, Diablo 3, and Diablo 4.” Considering it hasn’t been officially released yet and all we’ve had to go on is (credible) leaks, it’s that little bit of confirmation needed to push Diablo fans more towards excitement.ĭespite Immortal featuring a narrative that many have been asking for, with it set to bridge the large gap between Diablo 2 and Diablo 3, long-time fans of the franchise weren’t pleased with the mobile-exclusivity. The Art of Diablo book is the usual hardcover collector’s item that Blizzard is known for and it’s going to be released to the public on November 3rd.

Blizzard revealed last year that there were “several” Diablo projects in the works, one of them being the now-infamous Diablo Immortal, but now it looks like the team is gearing up for the official reveal of Diablo 4 thanks to a recent ad spotted in an official art book. BlizzCon 2019 is just around the corner and though it looks like last year’s debacle still lives on in addition to the recent Hong Kong protest controversies, it looks like the team over at Blizzard are staying on track with what they want to show off to fans.

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