

While doing so would help squash confusion and streamline the flow of information to fans, there is an appeal to having everything Diablo all in one place. It's hard to say whether Diablo will hold separate streams for Diablo 4 and Immortal in the future. It's clear that Diablo 4 is the more popular title, and there were likely many fans who showed up to watch the stream that don't have any interest in Diablo's mobile offering. While the stream did have a distinct break when switching over to its Diablo 4 segment, there was still a small amount of inevitable pre-existing confusion regarding the Blood Knight prior to the stream. Reddit user redosabe voiced their disappointment, citing the opening 20 minutes spent on Diablo Immortal and speculating that it was a move to get Diablo 4 fans' eyes on the mobile title.Īnother commenter under the post criticized the stream for a lack of clarity when differentiating between Diablo 4 and Immortal, joking about being excited for the new Blood Knight class coming to Diablo 4, which is actually coming to Diablo Immortal. While it did accomplish that, some fans were displeased about the structure of the stream. The stream, featuring Franchise General Manager Rod Fergusson alongside several developers, aimed to dole out information about Season 1 of Diablo 4, named Season of the Malignant, as well as provide details regarding the new Blood Knight class arriving in Diablo Immortal. RELATED: Diablo 4 Players Discover Two More Malignant Hearts For Season 1īlizzard's own livestream effort with Diablo seems to have missed the mark for some fans. With the effective replacement of E3 by Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest, game companies no longer need to hold their information for third-party shows or interviews like E3 Colosseum and can instead create their own carefully curated streams internally.

Nintendo and PlayStation have both found a lot of success with Nintendo Directs and State of Plays, and Xbox has been experimenting with a lot of different formats with its Extended Showcase, Starfield Direct, and Developer Direct all having positive reactions this year. Game showcases and developer livestreams have been nearly perfected at this point.

With Season 1 of Diablo 4around the corner and a new class coming to Diablo Immortal, the Diablo team held a 90-minute livestream with the purpose of talking about all that's about to happen with both games.

It's been just over a month since the massive release of Blizzard's dungeon-crawling blockbuster Diablo 4and some fans have taken issue with a recent Diablo Developer stream which spent a lot of time on the Diablo Immortal mobile game.
