
The most notable release during the long draught was Diablo II: Resurrected, a remastered version of the 2000 title. As previously mentioned, Overwatch 2is actively in development with an ongoing beta. In those years, Blizzard has been developing multiple projects. The Blizzard side of things, however, hasn’t been sitting on its laurels. It’s uncommon for a large publisher like Blizzard to go half a decade without a new game release, even if the larger Activision Blizzard keeps pumping out Call of Duty games at a breakneck pace. Before this 6-year drought, the longest Blizzard had ever gone without releasing a new game was the period between the company’s MMO World of Warcraft and StarCraft II - which were released 2072 days apart. That’s a 6-year-old game with a sequel in beta testing right now. What has Blizzard been up to? - We need to go back to the release of Overwatch to find the most recent new game from Blizzard. There are a lot of people out there that do use their phone for everything and Immortal will probably do pretty well, especially in the Far East.It feels like a lifetime since Overwatch was released. That said, as a PC gamer myself, a mobile version of Diablo has about as much appeal as hangover, I am never glued to my phone and it’s not something I use for gaming. With Diablo 4 now announced, at least we now know that Immortal wasn’t replacing a new full-blown game so perhaps there might be a little less hostility towards it.
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Considering this is on a mobile it doesn’t look too bad. The shows in-game action of all the classes and the tippy-tappy interface. The new trailer features some more gameplay and before you all shout “no gore it skeletons”, it’s China, so the game is censored to some extent. For Diablo folk there’s a focus on Diablo Immortal and there’s some new footage to check out. The China Joy event is currently underway and Blizzard is in attendance. Most of the world is still trying to get back to some sort of normality but in China things are moving a little quicker.
