This sparked debate across the board, with many believing the decision would leave a sour taste in the mouths of Diablo 4's more casual players.ĭiablo 4 Season of the Malignant announcement trailer.īut while controversial, this move is similar to how seasonal content worked in Diablo 2's ladders and Diablo 3's seasons. In any case, the official account was suspended from posting on the platform for breaking the country’s law and it’s uncertain how long this suspension from posting will go on for.Blizzard has suggested Diablo 3's Rebirth feature could come to Diablo 4.Įarlier this year, Blizzard confirmed that Diablo 4 required players to create new characters each season. Allegedly, the official account posted a reference to Winnie the Pooh, a character that’s banned in China due to people using him as a stand-in for poking fun at China’s leader, Xi Jinping. The delay follows Blizzard’s Diablo Immortal official Weibo, China’s most prominent social network, which found itself in hot water just a few days ago, according to SCMP. The official reason might be that the game needs more tweaking for the mainland audience, but some speculate otherwise.
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It wasn’t a happy time for its Chinese audience and NetEase attempted to mitigate the blowback from the delay by assuring that this was all in order to build a better experience for Chinese players.Īs reported by the South China Morning Post, delaying Diablo Immortal, which is the next entry in the 25-year-old franchise spanning across all forms of media, had a rather noticeable impact on its stock, dropping 10 per cent following the announcement to push its late June release to a July 8 one. NetEase, the second-largest Chinese developer initially planned on releasing the game, which they co-developed alongside Blizzard Entertainment, later this month.
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