
Surprised? Not really, but this is on another level, I admit.

It goes without question that Diablo Immortal is now the most disliked video game trailer of 2018, and given that we’re in November, chances are, this won’t be beat anytime soon. The only other videos to beat it out in terms of dislikes are Dilma Resistente with “Daniela Mercury convoca mulheres contra Bolsonaro,” and YouTube Help with the “Getting Started With YouTube Heroes” video. As of press time, the trailer is now the third highest YouTube dislike percentage of all time at 96.3 percent (23,000 likes to 606,000 dislikes computed via Scratch), which puts it in “lofty” company.

Well, at the very least, Blizzard can have history on its back for Diablo Immortal’s reveal trailer. Instead of a full-fledged Diablo game, Diablo Immortal is a mobile game, which isn’t really the exact sort of thing that you cap your press conference with. Either way, Blizzard could've hoped for a better response to Diablo Immortal's marketing campaign than the BlizzCon fiasco.If you’ve been keeping tabs on gaming news, by now, you most likely have seen the backlash Blizzard Entertainment has gotten when it announced a new Diablo game, Diablo Immortal, at BlizzCon. One user on ResetEragoes on to claim that Diablo Immortal won't change a character's appearance when adding gear, and says the game isn't even being made by Blizzard. The environments, the characters, the skills, the story.”ĭespite Cheng's assurances, many are still pointing out the glaring similarities between Crusaders of Light and Diablo Immortal's user interface. We have artists on our side, they have artists on their side, and we work together as a team, as a partnership to create everything about Diablo: Immortal. “We’ve been working with NetEase Games from the beginning as a partnership to create everything in Diablo: Immortal. When it came to looking at making a new Diablo game, and this opportunity to partner with NetEase to make this – the technology is there, where our mobile phones are more powerful than ever, and they’re capable of top tier gaming experiences.”Īs for the reskin accusations, Cheng went on to say that Diablo Immortal has been built from the ground up: “I don’t think mobile should be a dirty word.
