NetEase and Blizzard couldn't come to an agreement on their existing licensing deal, which means the latter's games will be pulled from China's market. As a result, according to The South China Morning Post, NetEase has begun laying off or reassigning those team members who maintained Blizzard's games.
The Diablo Immortal team has revealed Tong-Shi's Renewal Lunar New Year event, 36 new Legendary items, and more coming next week.Â
This week, Diablo Immortal gets a small content update, with several improvements, fixes, and the new Rising Damnation limited event.
Terror's Tide, Diablo Immortal's second major content update, is coming this week, with more Hell difficulty levels, a brand new zone, Stormpoint, new bosses, and a catch up system with drop and XP bonuses.
The latest developer Q&A for Diablo Immortal revealed the next major update is coming December 14th, and will feature a new zone, new Helliquary option, face re-customization option, new farming areas, and so much more.
Another round of server merges is on the way for Diablo Immortal for improved player populations, the Season Seven Battle Pass will start, and the Hungering Moon event returns.
There are some updates to the announcement that most Blizzard games would suspend service in China in January, due to the company and its partner NetEase not being able to reach a contract extension deal.
Blizzard and NetEase were in the process of re-upping their agreement that sees the latter operate many of the MMO developer's titles in China. However, as alluded to in the recent financial disclosures last week, Blizzard announced this evening that it and NetEase are suspending services to its games in China.
Today, Diablo Immortal begins adding a new update that will implement the previously-announced server merges, start a new event, fix some bugs, and add additional quality of life updates.
In November, Diablo Immortal will merge servers to make grouping easier. With today's update, character transfers are open, with one free transfer for all. The update also adds new items, boosts dungeon XP, and more.
This week, Diablo Immortal is opening a limited-time event, opening the dungeons, and preparing for Halloween with the Hallow's Wake event.
The first major update for Diablo Immortal adds a new dungeon, overhauls Warbands significantly, with new modes, adds a new Helliquary boss, and much more.
NetEase pulled the curtain back on its upcoming post-apocalyptic shooter MMORPG, Ashfall. Previously known as Project 56, Ashfall will be launching on both PC and mobile devices sometime in 2023.
Diablo Immortal's latest update opens up a new Battle Pass, adds a new Helliquary boss, and loads up September with several events, including special buffs and hints at the coming major update.
Today, Diablo Immortal's mini update adds flexibility in dungeon groups, new features, including the Fractured Plane limited time event, Into the Dark Wood event, and Echo of the Immortal, a new repeatable game mode.