The classes and monsters all looked very similar to those encountered in Diablo 3, though in different arrangements.įull inventory and character customisation options have been promised, but were not in the demo of the game being shown off at Blizzcon.Ĥ The game's systems have been simplified, but to what degree is not clear yet Players move through dungeons and open areas, using those skills to slay monsters and find new items to upgrade their characters. There is no resource-management in the game for those skills they are just limited by having a cool-down period after use before they can be used again. The player moves a character, which can be one of several distinct classes, around the screen with a virtual joypad, and taps the screen to activate skills. It contains dungeons which players can attempt either on their own, or in groups of up to four. It is a massively-multiplayer game, so you will encounter other players out in the world as you progress through the story. It looks and plays very much like a traditional Diablo game, from what little we have seen of it so far. It is a smartphone game with touchscreen controls, co-developed by China's NetEase and Blizzard Entertainment. 'They have a very strong development culture, and we saw our worlds as being very compatible.'ĭIABLO Immortal is new game in the Diablo universe, set between Diablo II: Lord of Destruction and Diablo III. Talking to Sun Online, Blizzard's new President J Allen Brack revealed that Blizzard and NetEase, a Chinese developer and publisher specialising in mobile and online games with whom Blizzard has partnered for a decade to get their games into the Chinese market, for 'over a year', and that the reveal had been planned as the 'cornerstone' for Blizzcon's opening ceremony for the past six months.Įxplaining the decision to split the development, Brack said: 'We've had a partnership with NetEase for coming up to ten years now, and we partnered with NetEase because we felt they were similar company with a similar spirit.' 4 The game features six Diablo 3 classes - the Crusader (pictured), Necromancer, Demon Hunter, Monk, Warrior and Wizardĭislikes stacked up on YouTube videos for the announcement in the hundreds of thousands, and the project's director was forced to fend off a suggestion the launch was an 'out of season April Fool's joke' by on disgruntled fan during the Q&A immediately after the announcement.

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