These projects may never reach full fruition much like the cancelled project Titan. Since it's very clear there's more projects than Diablo Immortal when it comes to the franchise, it's likely that any of the other projects are years away from seeing a release.

I personally believe he was attempting to be humorous, but I can see why his remark comes off as incredibly tone-deaf, even though having a smartphone is almost necessary nowadays.īefore I move on, I have some food for thought regarding the announcements themselves. What followed, while understandable, was a remark from one of the developers that has since been incorporated into memedom where he asked people whether they actually had phones or not. Needless to say, there was a significant negative backlash in response to this announcement since it was featured at Blizzcon to an audience that is more receptive of the PC platform. Mobile gaming doesn't particularly have the best reputation and it doesn't take more than a few seconds on the Play Store or App Store to realize why since many of the top games have incredibly questionable monetization and are sometimes lacking in gameplay as well. This deduction seems to have been confirmed with the announcement of the mobile game Diablo Immortal, which is a new entry in the series taking place between Diablo 2 and 3. A few weeks prior to Blizzcon, there was a blog post that implied that certain major projects such as a Diablo 2 remaster or Diablo 4 were not likely to be announced. With Diablo for Switch already announced in mid-August, something else would have to fill the void to ensure Diablo fans weren't left out to dry. I personally found the announcement to be obligatory.

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