


Despite being primarily built and intended as a mobile game, Diablo Immortal is coming to PC in open beta form as well. As players level up, they collect new loot and unlock new abilities, taking on bigger and bigger threats.īeing designed for mobile devices, the UI is meant to be easily readable and scale properly across a range of devices, so it should work well regardless of whether you're playing on an older iPhone or one of the best iPads. Players build up their characters by fighting through hordes of demons and other monstrous foes. Immortal had the biggest launch in the franchise's history with over ten-million downloads, reaching 30 million downloads by the end of July 2022.Diablo Immortal Gameplay May 2022 Crusader (Image credit: Blizzard Entertainment)ĭiablo Immortal is a Diablo title, meaning it's a hack-and-slash role-playing game. It became the lowest user-rated game on Metacritic in response to microtransactions and the progression system. Immortal received mixed reviews, with praise for its combat, graphics, and the adaption of Diablo to mobile, while criticism targeted the plot, voice acting, and the game's focus on microtransactions. The game's Asia-Pacific release was delayed several days before its original date, with most releases taking place on July 8, 2022, and its China launch on July 25, 2022. It was released on Android and iOS on June 2, 2022, for countries mainly outside of the Asia-Pacific region, with a beta release for Windows on the same date. The announcement of Diablo Immortal at BlizzCon in 2018 was met with a largely negative response from Diablo fans, who had anticipated a game designed for PC. 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. Development 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.
