World of Warcraft and Overwatch publisher Blizzard Entertainment is in a mess.

The smoking gun is supposed to be that the control systems are very similar, even though it’s pretty much the only way to play that sort of game on a touchscreen.Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don't worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. We appreciate your patience as our teams work tirelessly to create nightmarish experiences worthy of the Lord of Terror.’įor some reason this was taken as meaning there’d definitely be some kind of tease of Diablo IV and they were riled up further when, after it became obvious there wouldn’t be, designer Wyatt Cheng asked jokingly, ‘Do you guys not have phones?’Ī conspiracy theory also quickly sprung up that the game was just a reskin of smartphone game Crusaders Of Light by Chinese company NetEase, who are making Immortal with Blizzard. ‘We know what many of you are hoping for and we can only say that ‘good things come to those who wait,’ but evil things often take longer. ‘These are very exciting times – we currently have multiple teams working on different Diablo projects and we can’t wait to tell you all about them… when the time is right’, reads the blog. Part of the problem is that fans completely misinterpreted a pre-show blog, which gave fairly clear hints that the much-rumoured Diablo IV would not be unveiled this year. He was roundly cheered by the rest of the audience and Blizzard has been on the defensive ever since. The lighting rod for fan discontent was a Q&A question at Blizzcon itself, where one attendee asked: ‘Is this an out-of-season April Fool’s joke?’

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