In full Activision Blizzard legal scandal, the company has offered updates on some of its upcoming games, including that Overwatch 2 development progresses apace So what Diablo Immortal has been delayed to the first half of 2022.
“Overwatch 2 development has passed an important point in recent weeks“Activision Blizzard has stated.”After a great response from the community for the recent update, the team is looking forward to revealing more of the game in the coming months as they approach the final stages of production.“
As for Diablo Immortal, Activision Blizzard shared that the team has been working to improve the game after the Alpha Closed test, but it will take a little more time to fully polish the experience.
“Our team has been tweaking the core and endgame features“Blizzard wrote.”For example, we are repeating the PvP content, such as the fight cycle, to make it more accessible, along with the PvE content from the end of the game. […] We are also working to offer controller support for those who want to play our game in a different way.“
“However, these changes and additional opportunities to improve our gaming experience will not be realized in the 2021 timeframe that we previously communicated. Therefore, it is now planned to release the game in the first half of 2022, which will allow us to add substantial improvements to the entire game..”
Lastly, the Diablo Immortal team has announced some changes taking advantage of the release date delay:
- New raids focused on PvE, designed to be completed in groups of up to eight players.
- The rewards will also change so that they are “more attractive and fruitful for players who actively meet these challenges.”
- Character progression is also being adjusted to extend the life of the video game and propose more challenging challenges to the players.
- New “weekly XP cap”, which will deter players from spending an insane amount of hours farming.
All these developments were revealed during an investor meeting. In addition, employees and major investors were advised that “if we experience prolonged periods of negative publicity, significantly reduced productivity or other negative consequences related to this matter [demanda por acoso sexual y desigualdad laboral], our business would likely be adversely affected.“Something that is probably already starting to happen.
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