All of the classes from D3 will make a return and that makes us very happy – Wizard, Demon Hunter, Barbarian, Monk, Crusader, and Necromancer. The story will be set between the second and the third game and we are going to learn what happened after the Worldstone was destroyed. Many of the people that had the chance to play it are saying that the touchscreen controls work well and that positioning all the skills feels “really intuitive”. With the alpha version out, we’re starting to understand that this is not the case. It was first announced in 2018 on Blizzcon and at first nobody liked the idea that instead of getting the next main game in the series, they will probably get a watered down mobile lookalike game.

It will be interesting to see how Neumann’s departure from Blizzard and commencement at Netflix will affect both companies.Diablo Immortal is an ARPG/looter game that is developed by Blizzard and NetEase exclusively for mobile devices. Netflix gained nearly 20 million subscribers in the last year, while Blizzard has reported a decline in monthly active users. Both Netflix’s and Blizzard’s stocks tend to rely on their user base. Their stock teeter-tottered throughout 2018, but tended to make small gains whenever they disclosed their number of subscribers. Research firm Cowen & Company argued, “Blizzard severely miscalculated how their fans would respond, which suggests they aren't in touch with their players as maybe they should be.'Īlthough Netflix did not experience a phenomenal year, their year certainly ended better than Blizzard’s. The Diabloteam was booed during the announcement and responded with the now infamous statement, “Do you guys not have phones?” Blizzard’s stocks almost immediately dropped by 7% after the event. Blizzard announced at BlizzCon that they would be releasing a new mobile game called Diablo Immortal. One particularly precipitous drop followed the Diablo Immortal debacle this past November. Blizzard’s stocks dropped by 26% over the course of 2018.

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