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A video had apparently been recorded featuring Blizzard's co-founder Allen Adham talking to fans about a new Diablo project. The original statement says that Blizzard pulled this video announcement from BlizzCon 2018 at the last minute. Blizzard has since come forward to make a public statement about this, saying that no, this wasn't the case at all.
“First off we want to mention that we definitely hear our community. We generally don’t comment on rumors or speculation, but we can say that we didn’t pull any announcements from BlizzCon this year or have plans for other announcements. We do continue to have different teams working on multiple unannounced Diablo projects, and we look forward to announcing when the time is right.”
What isn't up for debate, however, is the fact that a video exists. The only thing that has been disputed from Blizzard is that the video was meant for or pulled from BlizzCon 2018.
Kotaku goes on to say that they can confirm that Diablo 4 is in development. They also share that Diablo 4 has "changed drastically over the past four years and may continue to change further." Schreier notes that there are at least two different iterations Diablo 4 that have been worked on under different directors.
So there we have it: Diablo 4 is in development, though this should have been obvious by Blizzard's initial comments back in October. Kotaku's initial sources got a few details wrong, but that's why corrections exist. There is a video that was recorded, but it apparently wasn't for BlizzCon as initially suggested. Diablo Immortal still very much exists and is coming to mobile devices at some point. Diablo fanatics will still be absurdly mad as hell and on the verge of flipping virtual cars.
And the world keeps spinning.
Point 2 in particular seems relevant here. Sentences like this one don't contribute:
"Diablo fanatics will still be absurdly mad as hell and on the verge of flipping virtual cars."
If I'm ignored, I never come back and I support businesses that do. If I really want to stir crap up, I turn to social media and news media outlets to further embarass them. Of course, I do see this as a waste of my time.
For the record, my perspective is in agreement that Blizzard is dumb to think this is a great announcement for BlizzCon, but we are entitled little ****s to think the way to fight back is to insult the developers who worked so hard on the game. We decided to humiliate and put developers on the spot to answer business related questions. We were angry with a business question. Not a game related question. That is further reason for us to be ignored, while they make money off of those who love mobile games, who are not convention attendants.
How about asking game related questions to learn more about its mechanics and systems, and then see if we like it? If they dodge those questions, or if the answers confirm it's like any other mobile game? Then spread the news and let the world know how horrible this is, because it's confirmed by the developer's own Q&A. They presented, but couldn't convince us after we gave them a chance to answer our questions and concerns gameplay-wise? Now THAT is the developer's fault.
If anyone thinks our outcry will make executives listen and realize their representatives are taking the hits for their own greedy decisions... No. We failed.