Diab🦩lo Immortal has reportedly been delayed in China just three days before l♊aunch.
Writing for earlier today on June 20, Hong Kong-based reporter Josh Ye writes that NetEase, the Chinese publisher of the game, has pul꧙led the launch of Diablo Immortal throughout China. The game was apparently meant to launch yesterday on Sunday, June 19, but the launch was actually pulled by Blizzard back on Thursday, June 16, just three days before release on PC and mobile platforms.
This apparently comes hot on🔥 the heels of Diablo Immortal's Weibo social media account being banned from making new posts on the Chinese social media website. Neither Blizzard nor NetEase has commented on the suspension of the account or revealed why it was banned in the first place.
NetEase claims that Diablo Immortal was🐽 delayed to make gameplay adjustments and improvements, such as "multiple optimization adjustments." NetEase shares actually fell more than 9% earlier today on Monday, ꦐJune 20, and it's not hard to imagine this as a fallout of the last-minute delay to Diablo Immortal in China.
Looking to the wider internet, the🦄re's been plenty of speculation as to why Diablo Immortal's launch has been postponed. Some users claim the official Diablo Weibo account made a reference to Winnie the Pooh (something that got Detention developer years ago), and could've resulted in the account being banned.
Diablo Immortal first launched in multiple regions throughout the world earlier this month on June 2. The new mobile/PC spin-off game 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:surpassed 🃏10 million downloads in just a few days after launch, making it the single biggest game launch in the Diablo franchise, despite facing intense criticism from players over its use of microtransactions. In fact, the game never even l🌸aunched in Belgium and The Netherlands due to legislati🧜on against loot boxes and mic𒁏rotransactions.
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Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter🔯 and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.
