Multiple threads on the Diablo series subreddit have bemoaned Diablo: Immortal as a reskin of a pre-existing mobile game, calling Blizzard “out of touch” and equating the announcement to “a slap in the face.” During a BlizzCon panel, one attendee who stepped up to the microphone during a Q&A session sarcastically asked whether Diablo: Immortal was a delayed April Fool’s Day joke. The game’s announcement trailer has racked up more than a million views but it’s also received more than 257,000 dislikes. No news yet on when Diablo: Immortal will be released on iOS and Android.Blizzard unveiled Diablo: Immortal, a new game set in the the Diablo universe built for mobile devices, at BlizzCon 2018’s opening ceremony yesterday, and reaction from fans has been unkind at best. There have been mixed reviews, but mostly mildly positive ones with sites like Mashable and VG247 defending the game. Since the announcement, there have been publications who have given Diablo: Immortal a shot. Videos comparing the two mobile games are also surfacing where both have the same assets and user interface layouts. This notion is especially reinforced by the fact that the developer of Endless of God, NetEase, is the same developer for Diablo: Immortal. Many are also accusing that Diablo: Immortal is just a reskin of a popular Chinese mobile game called Endless of God.

Others believe that it was only right for the fan to try and make a point across to the developers. Some believed that the fan was rude to ask such a question and that there was a better way to voice out his frustration.

The fan asked “Is this an off-season April Fool’s joke?” The video clip became viral on Twitter and it received polarized reactions. However, after the announcement, fans made their disappointment clear online by disliking the Diablo: Immortal trailer on YouTube.Ī fan even questioned developer Wyatt Cheng, Senior Technical Game Designer of Diablo 3, on-stage. Many fans were hoping to receive news of Diablo 4 or improvements to the popular Diablo 3 title. Blizzard faced backlash from their core fanbase at BlizzCon today after the announcement of Diablo: Immortal, a mobile game.

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