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The event was immortalized in memes and mockery, much that was due to disappointment of the audience: People who attended BlizzCon 2018 were expecting "Diablo 2 Resurrected" announcements. But the reason for this was an old stigma about smartphones and games played in the West, where adoption of smartphones as gaming platforms is slower than in the rest of the world.

Since that time, "Diablo 2 Resurrected" has increased its popularity, since testing in beta and alpha stages proved the game was an incredibly full-on old-fashioned Diablo experience. (It was also helpful that Blizzard decided to bring this game on PC.) This Diablo series is among the most influential games in contemporary game design, popularizing games that focus on the acquisition of randomized "loot" to improve your role-playing characters robust. "Diablo 2" it was recently remastered, firmly established this loop, while "Diablo 3" which Cheng also worked on, refined and improved it.

While the 2018 moment was tough for Cheng and his team, he said it only strengthened their determination to make "Immortal" a game worthy in the Diablo series, as its mobile launch is free and opens the series to its largest ever potential fan base. The game launches on June 2.

Cheng's enthusiasm for the game was palpable in an interview. "I believe that 'Diablo 2 Resurrected' will transform a lot of people's minds on what they perceive as a mobile game," Cheng told The Washington Post. "That was among our objectives from the beginning. Let's raise the bar for what gamers can expect from a mobile game."

"I have three kids and they're all teenagers, and they don't make the same distinction between consoles, computers or mobile devices," Cheng said. "They have a passion for gaming on all sorts of platforms."

The game will feature simultaneous launch on PC that includes full keyboard and mouse controller support, as well as cross progression and cross play with mobile enabled at the start of the game. This move was inspired by the Beta test where gamers' content creators said they'd like to emulate the game so that they could showcase it on their stream as per Rod Fergusson, general manager of the Diablo franchise.

"The concept of not having built-in support to PC and creators of content didn't make me feel good," he said. Work quickly began to bring parity between mobile and PC and ensure that the game operates exactly like the other game with user interfaces and control schemes outfitted for the desk warriors. In the end last year about whether this game exists changed into questions from fans who wanted to know whether the game was going to launch and beg for an PC port.

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