Diablo Immortal Asia Pacific regional launch faces delay for better optimization

Earlier today, controversy-stricken Diablo Immortal has announced a delay for its Asia Pacific regional launch to better optimize the game. The game will release in Asia Pacific on 7th July 2022.

First released in the West on 2nd June 2022 for PC and mobile, Diablo Immortal was met with tremendous backlash by players, with its microtransactions and predatory nature being its most apparent issue. The game was review bombed on Metacritic, leading to it becoming one of the worst-rated games on the platform of all time.

According to a post on Blizzard’s website, some of the reasons why Diablo Immortal is facing a delay for its Asia Pacific release is because the team is working on certain features, such as:

• Initial build package optimization: Reshuffling the assets downloading sequence so relevant UI would populate properly to improve user experience in-game.
• Android device performance optimization: The install base of mobile devices in Asia Pacific regions is very diverse. Using learnings from the first phase of our launch, we are performing additional compatibility tests to optimize the launch experience.
• PC experience improvements: Including fixes to potion and skills lockout issues, Auto-Navigation, Demon Hunter primary attack, Xbox controller input delay, and more.
• Performance and network optimization: Improvements to deferred multi-lighting particle tech, bug fixes, and more.

To stay updated with Diablo Immortal, follow it on Twitter. Note that while the game will be released in Asia Pacific on 7th July, the game was delayed in China without the mention of a release date. It was also banned on Weibo.

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Diablo Immortal

Release Date: 2022-06-01

Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows

Diablo Immortal™ is a brand-new mobile game from Blizzard Entertainment. A genre-defining action role playing game series set between the events of Diablo® II: Lord of Destruction® and Diablo III®.