diablo: immortal cinematic, blizzcon 2018

In our chat with the development team, they spoke about the current reception the game has had, while also elaborating a bit more on what they find is appealing about Immortal. Pulling together six familiar heroes-the Barbarian, Crusader, Demon Hunter, Monk, Wizard, and the Necromancer-you'll be able to piece together the events that happened during the unknown period after Diablo 2. Interestingly enough, Immortal is set during the twenty year gap between Diablo 2 and 3, showing what many familiar heroes and villains were up to during the time before the latest core entry of the series. Now Playing: Diablo Immortal - Cinematic Trailer | Blizzcon 2018 Despite this, the developers aim for Immortal to flesh out the lore of Diablo, while standing equally alongside the other games.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's The announcement was largely met with a negative response from fans, many of whom were expecting the reveal of the next core entry in the series. As the first mobile exclusive game of the series, it uses a touch-screen interface for movement and combat, while also placing a larger focus on teaming up with other players.

While the mobile game looks and plays very similarly to the console editions of Diablo 3, Immortal focuses a bit more on offering quick dungeon-crawler gameplay in bite-sized form with many other players online.Īt BlizzCon 2018, we spent some time diving into the game and spoke with designer Wyatt Cheng about the making of Immortal-made in collaboration with NetEase Games.

While it isn't the kind of Diablo many were expecting, the upcoming action-RPG brings the traditional loot-oriented hack-and-slash gameplay to mobile devices, giving players another way to play the series on-the-go. To say that Diablo Immortal made a big impression on fans at BlizzCon 2018 would be putting it mildly.

Diablo: immortal cinematic, blizzcon 2018