The reactions could have been very different. There were a few reasons for the controversy, but the driving factor was that the company’s sole Diablo announcement was a game that appeared to be made for a very different audience than hardcore Diablo fans. For most of the weekend, Diablo fans raged online as a result, expressing their anger on YouTube and various forums. Instead, at last Friday’s keynote, Blizzard revealed Diablo Immortal to a quiet, uncomfortable crowd and then ended the show. The original plan for BlizzCon 2018, according to two people familiar with Blizzard’s plans, was for Blizzard to announce the mobile game Diablo Immortal and then end on a video in which company co-founder Allen Adham told the audience that a proper Diablo 4 was in development but not ready to show just yet. Hopefully knowing that Diablo 4 is in development - and has been for a while, in various forms, under different directors - helps comfort any of you who were worried that the series was going mobile-only or something.- Jason Schreier November 5, 2018Īccording to the article written by Jason over at Kotaku, the reason the announcement would have been pulled is that, thanks to Diablo changing drastically over the last four years (including going through 2 directors!), there was no demo ready in time for BlizzCon. So, yes, I can confirm there's a new PC Diablo coming. It was already known that Blizzard would not make any big announcements for Diablo during BlizzCon, but the sole announcement of a mobile game made the fans go into outcry mode. I apologize for any misinformation: /zML9sQgkSn- Jason Schreier November 6, 2018 What's in dispute here is the planned timing. I can confirm that the Allen Adham video was made, and that D4 is in development. UPDATE: Blizzard disputes that a Diablo 4 announcement was pulled from BlizzCon. Jason Schreier can still confirm that the video was made and D4 is still in development-just not that the video was for BlizzCon. However, according to Jason Scheirer, editor at Kotaku, Blizzard had plans to announce Diablo 4 during BlizzCon, but the announcement was pulled at the last minute.Įdit: Blizzard disputes that a video was made for BlizzCon and pulled. One thing’s sure, Luis Barriga’s promises won’t be fulfilled as he didn’t make it to the end of Diablo 4’s development cycle.Diablo die-hard fans were not happy with the announcement of Diablo Immortal, a mobile game with no PC support, at BlizzCon. ![]() Blizzard hasn’t reported anything about the let-offs, and we’re awaiting official confirmation. ![]() Nothing concrete has come out from the mouth of the officials. This report is based on sources close to Kotaku. Alex Afrasiabi has been directly called out by name in California’s lawsuit for harassing and groping female coworkers. Those are Luis Barriga (Diablo 4 Game Director), Jesse McCree (Diablo 4 Lead Level Designer), and one from World of Warcraft’s team, Alex Afrasiabi, who are no longer present at Blizzard’s internal directory. ![]() Two of them are from the Diablo 4 team, while one is from World of Warcraft. Kotaku’s Ethan Gach has reported that sources claim Blizzard departures of three important personas whose work progress have been deeply involved with Blizzard’s popular franchises. According to the recent report, the company is suffering from other exits as well. Jesse McCree had an Overwatch character named after him, which makes it even weirder seeing his departure from the company. While this might be one of the reasons why Jesse McCree and Luis Barriga are no longer in Blizzard’s rows, the main reason for their departure still remains unknown. Recently, Blizzard has faced a lawsuit by the state of California, alleging sexual harassment and discrimination of women in the company. Blizzard will have to face further difficulties as their Game Director, and Lead Level Designer for Diablo 4 have reportedly left the company.
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