Apparently the game that Brevik was talking about was actually Path of Exile for the Chinese launch
http://poe.qq.com/webplat/info/news_version3/22557/22558/22601/m14525/201610/514677.shtml confirmed by Chris Wilson of Grinding Gear Games https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/581ajq/david_brevik_actually_heading_poe/d8woktz
It kind of makes sense since PoE is more of the spiritual successor to D2 than D3 ever was.
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