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Cheng's enthusiasm for the project was palpable in an interview he recently conducted. "I do believe that 'Diablo: Immortal' is going to transform a lot of people's opinions on what they perceive as a mobile game," Cheng told The Washington Post. "That was one of our main goals since the D2R Items beginning. Let's elevate the standards for the quality of the mobile games."
"I have three kids , and they're all teenagers and they don't make the same distinction between consoles, PCs or mobile devices," Cheng said. "They have a passion for gaming on a variety of platforms."
The game is set to see simultaneous launch on PC with full keyboard-and mouse and controller support, in addition to cross progression and cross play with mobile enabled at the start of the game. This decision came from the testing of the beta when game content creators stated they would need to emulate the game in order to show the game on their streaming platforms said Rod Fergusson, general manager of the Diablo franchise.
"The notion of having no Native support available for PC and creators of content didn't make me feel good," he said. Soon after, work began to bring parity from mobile to PC and ensure that this game works exactly in the same way , with identical users' interfaces and control strategies designed for desk-bound gamers. In the end, the debates from 2018 about why this game exists morphed into fans asking for the time when the game would launch and beg for the possibility of a PC port.
"If you're trying to log in and looking forward to that short 3 to 5 minute jump into the dungeons, a lot of thought went into"okay, where are you? Where do we want to you to be? Are you near a social hub?" Grubb said. "When you login to Westmarch our main social city, you will find portals inside the city to connect the older Rifts and the Challenge Rifts."
The playtime for the session, Grubb said, was significantly longer, at least 45 minutes. It was repeated during the entire day. That's when the team knew it was hitting a nice middle ground between quick sessions and long runs to justifiably park in front of the computer.
The game will basically be a live service. The team is therefore planning plans for a multitude of free updates, according to executive producer Peiwen Yao.
"The updates will include dungeons, storyline quests Bosses, game features, and new classes," she added, adding that she wasn't able to specify the specifics of these plans at this point.
Cheng has said that he's not giving up of his vision of bringing the Diablo series to mobile devices. In theory, the idea is reasonable, especially given that there's a myriad of Diablo clones available on smartphones. The mainstream and historical comfort the Diablo brand name provides to the genre is a major factor in its favor.
"Just being on a small device or screen doesn't mean it's a small idea," Cheng said, and adding that it's the most ambitious studio Diablo project to date.Unfortunately, for Diablo 2 Resurrected, mobile spin-off Diablo 2 Resurrected spoiled that momentum. From the time of the announcement, development up to the launch as well as afterward, Diablo 2 Resurrected was criticised for cheap D2R Items ridiculous microtransactions, which led to the community rioting. The same community that forced Blizzard out of their auction house that was based on real money and the same community that demanded a refreshed loot system Loot2.0 that made Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls the best action loot-based game of the decade.