
The game incorporates a business model which allows players to unlock content through microtransactions, though almost all content can also be obtained through gameplay without paying. Players control a character of their chosen class: Barbarian, Wizard, Monk, Necromancer, Demon Hunter, Crusader, or Blood Knight they must locate and destroy hidden shards of the Worldstone, to prevent Skarn, the Lord of Damnation, from destroying the world of Sanctuary.ĭevelopment of Diablo Immortal began with the aim of creating a Diablo game centered around touch controls for those who predominantly played on mobile, but was later expanded to also support game controllers and PC. A mobile game in the Diablo series, it is set between the events of Diablo II and Diablo III. The actual post contents are "熊怎么还不下台.", which translates to "Why isn't the bear stepping down.".Diablo Immortal is a free-to-play, massively multiplayer online action role-playing video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase. Other posts by the account are usually made from "广东", or Guangdong, China. The red-circled text "美国" shows that the post originated from the United States, meaning a non-Chinese DI team member made the post.However, it does appear the game's release will, at the very least, be further delayed there. There is no confirmation on Diablo Immortal being banned in China This is just assumption.If that's true, it will also affect Diablo4, Overwatch 2 and WoW Dragonflight, and might even force Blizzard to change their cooperator in China mainland. Rumor says Netease will not get any license for game publish in the following three whole years, but we don't know whether it's true or not. That's why DI marketing was completely shut down in China, and Netease itself was heavily affected too.

It is not the thread itself called down the thunder, but instead it very quickly exploded in Chinese internet, people see it as an open provocation and eager to know what will happen next.

Now we don't know did he forgot to switch the account or he use DI's official account intentionally - but the result is, he used DI official account to post a thread which complains "When would THE BEAR(implying Chairman Xi) fall off the seat?" There's a guy who works in Diablo Immortal's marketing team (which have access to the official social media account) did something very sensitive.


Hello Chinese Diablo fan here, and I can explain to you what happened and what that might mean.
