There's a new Diablo game on the way in the form of Diablo Immortal, a mobile game made in partnership with Netease Games. The game takes place between Diablo 2 and 3, and looks to tell a number of formerly untold stories. Game has no release date as of yet, with "when it's ready" given as the official answer during the Diablo: What's Next Panel. It will be coming to iOS and Android devices, with no current plans to release on PC. Check out the announcement cinematic and gameplay footage below.
Details we know so far:
- Story details from the official Diablo Immortal website: "The story of Diablo Immortal is set between the events of Diablo® II: Lord of Destruction® and Diablo® III®.The Worldstone lies shattered, yet great power remains within its corrupted fragments. Power that Diablo’s minions hope to harness to bring about the return of the Lord of Terror.The Archangel Tyrael is presumed dead, and mankind is left to deal with the aftermath of his actions. Fragments of the corrupted Worldstone taint the land, bringing forth ancient evils who are looking to harvest the stone’s power and use it to control humanity."
- Examples of some untold stories that will be explored in Diablo Immortal: formation of the Demon Hunters, activities of Adria and Maghda, activities of Deckard Cain and Leah, more about Baal, more about Malthael disappearance after the destruction of the worldstone.
- The game will include six playable classes: Barbarian, Crusader, Demon Hunter, Monk, Necromancer, and Wizard.
- Via the official Diablo Twitter account: "Every class in Diablo: Immortal has a set of 12 or more skills. The exact number varies from class to class. From those 12 skills you can choose which 5 you want to assign to an active skill button."
- There will be some new skills for each class.
- Eight outdoor zones will be playable at launch, including some re-imagined ones from older games, as players hunt down fragments of the destroyed world stone.
- It appears Skarn, the Herald of Terror, will be be one of the game's core antagonist. Details from the official site: "The demon known as Skarn, Herald of Terror—once Diablo’s most powerful lieutenant—is rallying a new demonic army. Skarn intends to gather the fragments of the corrupted Worldstone and use them to resurrect Diablo, reigniting the Eternal Conflict between angels and demons.Skarn is not the only one hoping to seize the window that’s been opened by the Worldstone’s destruction; a fledgling Coven is at large, and dark cultists roam the land, spreading corruption wherever they go."
- Outdoor zones will be open and shared, players able to encounter one another without having to form groups.
- Details regarding controls from the official website: "Directional controls make it easy to move around in the world; demolishing the denizens of hell is as easy as holding down your thumb on a skill from your hotbar to aim it, then releasing it to unleash hell. Quickly access potions for a gradual health refresh, and equip recently looted items with a single tap on your screen."
- Can move and aim abilities independently, can press down on touch screen to hold and charge abilities
- Demo shows six players playing in outdoor zones at once. Dungeons will be instanced for group or solo play.
- Monsters in outdoor zones respawn after a set amount of time. Monsters killed in instances stay dead.
- There will be four instanced dungeons at launch.
- Westmarch will be the game's "capital city", in the same vein of a proper MMO like World of Warcraft. It's a place where players can come together as well as interact with NPCs.
- Hope is game will continue to expand in the form of new zones and classes as time goes on, with specific shoutouts during the Diablo: What's Next panel to Assassin and Witch Doctor.
- Game will include legendary items.
- Likely won't include any kind of hardcore mode (at least at launch).
- Game will have social features, including Battle.Net integration, so players playing Diablo Immortal can chat with friends playing other Blizzard games.
I swear that this is the end of Blizzard. Between BFA, Loot crates in their games, and now Mobile Diablo... their games have lost their souls.
brevik and the schaefers.
When the Heck did they nerf patch Jay Wilson Back to director. Welcome to Jay Wilson 2.0 the mobile addition.
If SNL can sell Make Kanye 2006 again. Can we Get one that says Make Diablo Great again !
wtf is this shit ,cant even...
With Morhaime also leaving his position as President. I think the Starcraft esports scene (mainly SC2) will get downsized a lot after this year's Blizzcon. Morhaime is a very passionate guy in regards to SC esports, and SC itself has been relegated to a passionate but niche community. With him stepping down, the guys up top can simply decide to cut any form of funding straight up.
Diablo series down the toilet, the future of SC esports could be to near death state after this year's Blizzcon due to lack of support by Blizz.
BfA is a joke. Not even going to mention the other games. WoW Classic is the one last thing people are hoping turns out really well whenever it comes out.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
For anyone who wants to see:
This is a NetEase game they advertised as a Diablo Mobile game, Endless of God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hHM4OGBwYc
Does it remind you of something . . .
wanting to cash in the on the mobile game craze i guess, cant wait till see the in game purchases
Beyond sad... this is the Diablo news they were hiding? a freaking MOBILE GAME!!!???? Worst Blizzcon to date.
No expansion, no new char, no big patch no nothing. D3 stays the same EXACT game it has been in a long long time.
Only good thing about all this is: The community, across the world (?) are pretty much united in the same opinion.
I hope they got a Plan B about this.
Sad, don't want to play Diablo on a phone...
Trash. Diablo Franchise Burial Ceremony.
I'm actually glad the announcement was a new game and isn't something relating to D3, and that's as someone who played D3 since launch and like 14 seasons of it. I really think D3 needs to go, but ideally we'd have gotten D4 to replace it.
Worst blizzcon ever, Wow classic... a game from almost 15 years ago, diablo mobile... warcraft 3 remastered... nothing new, just crap. Please don't pre order anything it's time for blizzard to bleed a little.
Disappointed as hell...
Omg, has Blizzard died? This looks like more than the death of Diablo as a franchise. It looks like the death of Blizzard Ent. The Blizzard that exists today seems completely incapable of carrying over and evolving any of the Blizzard franchises. This company has become rotten in the inside, surviving on the glory of the old days, and nothing more.
As a huge Diablo fans I really hate this announcement, but.... I do think this isn't actually a bad move from a blizzard perspective. It will increase the reach of the Diablo considerably. While I would've preferred a D4 or World of Diablo looking purely at the numbers I think will actually boost the Diablo franchise more than anything else they could've done.
Hopefully this will in the future lead to something Diablo related that I do enjoy.
So, it's a Chinese mobile game. Was it really worth it of Blizzcon announcement?
Wow, they really love repolishing and sugar coating the turd that they created back in 2012.
Why can't they just make something their customers actually ask for and want!? Why do they persistently keep trolling their fans with products no one cares about and having to relive and replay the same shitty game over and over like we don't know any better?
The people either want a Diablo 4 and/or a remake of Diablo 2; but no we get another variation of Diablo 3 on a different console.
With the exception of a few fans and cosplaying girls, Diablo 3 was complete fire garbage in comparison to the previous generation.
You grew your fan base, got them super excited, and then released the most shittiest sequel of a product of all time.
I guess it's kind of like watching Terminator 1 and 2 as a kid, but then all of the sudden the 3rd one just really sucks.
Disappointing . . .