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[Kotaku] Blizzard Pulled Diablo 4 Announcement [Up: Blizzard - "This is not true"]
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MiguelItUp
Member
Yeah, considering the amount of flack they've received, this screams damage control....
Why in god's name would they NOT show this at THEIR convention that people all around the world paid top dollar to come to? That makes no sense. Call me crazy, but in any instance, that would make sense in a "we don't want to blow our load all at once" scenario. But... I don't think they did that at this year's Blizzcon at ALL.
Why in god's name would they NOT show this at THEIR convention that people all around the world paid top dollar to come to? That makes no sense. Call me crazy, but in any instance, that would make sense in a "we don't want to blow our load all at once" scenario. But... I don't think they did that at this year's Blizzcon at ALL.
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What exactly makes him not a real journalist?
He has broken a lot of uncomfortable stories in the past, like he received death treats for breaking that No Man's Sky had gotten delayed, a few days later, it's officially delayed.
He has written pieces about ME Andromeda development, crunch in game development, what Blizzards Titan was gonna be like and a lot more.
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The Alien
Banned
100% damage control.
Blizzard said they didn't pull any announcements.
https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/11/06/diablo-4-announcement-reportedly-pulled-from-blizzcon-2018
https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/11/06/diablo-4-announcement-reportedly-pulled-from-blizzcon-2018
Stuart360
Member
His reaction to the 'April Fools' question was priceless, you could tell he was thinking "i'm right there with you dude, but i had to come out here and try to build up this mobile shite"
TheShadowLord
Member
I am sure they are working on a new diablo game. This job posting from 2017 proves that they are
So basically a minor D3 content update and the mobile version yippee! Hopefully fans learned their lesson and move on from Diablo to the alternatives. No point getting hopes up each year for nothing. Can't monetize it so not developing it.
danielberg
Neophyte
All i want for D3 is them buffing the legacy of nightmares set so i am not bound by the usual sets when playing grifts and instead can play whatever build i imagine... but even such a obvious and gameplay expanding step is too much to ask apparently and if it messes up the leader boards just apply the updated lon only on primal ancients i dont even care. This is all obvious stuff and has been obvious stuff for some time now.
EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
Even if he's right all they had to do was put this at the end of the trailer and nobody would've given a shit about immortals being a gacha game.
Most likely.
They would have just spent that time raging that it was just a picture of a 4 lol
danielberg
Neophyte
Nope they would have not thats the point look at bethesda how they announced the online fallout no one asked for and immidiatly after that showed what was basically just a make believe new elders scrolls announcment that doenst even yet have a title lol everyone was ok with that lol Blizzard should have been much smarter about this lol
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Mr Nash
square pies = communism
Even if this is true, it just raises questions about the decision making process at Blizzard. They should have A) had the foresight to realize that announcing a mobile Diablo at Blizzcon would go over like a lead balloon and B) if they insisted on announcing it anyway, at least have the good sense to tease Diablo 4 given how much the rabid fans want it and the sheer amount of speculation floating around prior that it would be announced. I'm personally inclined to not believe Blizzard's statement and assume it's all desperate damage control, but even if it isn't and is actually totally legit, that just suggests there is a lot of boneheaded decision making going on over there.
ZehDon
Member
Kotaku have added the following correction to Jason's article:
Good to the see correction going up. The timing of this false rumour, seemingly mana from heaven to settle the internet mob, felt a little too convenient - doubly so now that Blizzard have confirmed it as false, and given Jason's twitter posts. So, we're I guess we're back to: Blizzard are out-sourcing a mobile game to a Chinese developer known for predatory monetisation practices, and decided that this "game" was worth hyping up for their hardcore fans at their expensive annual event. Cool. As you were, internet mob.
PuppetMaster
Member
So it was all a big nothing made up by Kotaku for clicks... Shocking
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danielberg
Neophyte
You know what really blows my mind? 2014 blizzard took the piss out of a diablo for mobile game announcement called "happy reapers" as april fools joke and NO i am not making this up loooooool
https://us.diablo3.com/en/blog/13607363/[april-fools]-ascend-to-victory-with-happy-reaper™-4-1-2014
https://us.diablo3.com/en/blog/13607363/[april-fools]-ascend-to-victory-with-happy-reaper™-4-1-2014
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Helios
Member
Holy shit so it is an out of season april's fool joke. Red shirt guy was right all along
down 2 orth
Member
Kotaku... they've been a consistent mouthpiece for Activision since they did their "secret" interview with Bob Kotick years ago.
Makoto-Yuki
Gold Member
all they had to do was what bethesda did at E3.
they announced some piece of crap elder scrolls mobile game and then confirmed ESVI with a trailer that showed pretty much nothing at all.
they announced some piece of crap elder scrolls mobile game and then confirmed ESVI with a trailer that showed pretty much nothing at all.
SidViscous
Member
He even doubled down on the "video being real" despite it making zero sense now they've confirmed they had never planned to announce anything.
Xenon
Member
This deserves it's own own thread. Wow haha /img
LukeSkywater
Banned
Why hasn't Jason Schreier been fired yet, seems to me this a clear case of a supposed "journalist" making up fake news and then getting caught red handed. I demand this soy boy's head. I mean he masquerades as a "journalist" so clearly he can't be trusted. What say you Kotaku?
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EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
lol they would have not? Buddy, gamers complained when it was just a teaser for Elder Scrolls VI. So basically they are just going from one thing for them to complain about to another.
danielberg
Neophyte
yes they basically said "meh just a teaser" for 2 days and then moved on without much media fanfare or historic dislikes on the video or stupid internet petitions or countless youtubers doint their best to shit the biggest piles they can on it.
There is a sizable difference in reaction imo lol Maybe i just have bad memory.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Time for some new "sources" eh?
WaterAstro
Member
They should announce D4 with the mobile thing so fans won't think they've abandoned them.
Musky_Cheese
Banned
Still not the most misinformed kotaku article in the last 30 days 
MayauMiao
Member
Maybe Kotaku can't fire him for being bad at journalism because he isn't a real journalist.
EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
A difference yes, folks still got mad. Point is simply that some fans overreact regardless. You just can't please everyone in situations like this.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Helios
Member
He forgot to mention the difference being the fact that HS was not announced at a Blizzcon (as far as I recall at least), it was completely separate from Warcraft, it was first developed for PC and it was also not outsourced to a company known for making cheap clones.
Besides, Hearthstone has a lot of problems mainly the fact that the game is very limited because it has to work on mobile(Can't view your deck while in-game, no graveyard etc.) and the monetization is complete garbage.
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Hudo
Gold Member
Man, that project must be hell.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
ZehDon
Member
Now this is the Jason Shreier that makes the rest of the industry journalists look like amateurs. Well worth the read!
Kind of glad this was shelved. If I never hear the "Dark Souls of [Genre]" line again, it'll be too soon.
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Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
One thing that would be useful to judge him is not that he expresses opinions you may disagree with or that you and others and I may find weird, wrong, debatable, or even dangerously bonkers... that is not evidence that he twists news and facts or that he manipulates and/or manufactures evidence and thus all his articles should be discredited.
Being rude to readers and calling a developer a horny 14 year old, etc... may be bad and offensive, but it is not an evidence of him manufacturing news/facts.
This is not how Journalists should act especially not when they often call such Beauvoir out with YoutTubers.
I never said he fabricates facts but he also makes wrong assumptions, and creates fake outrage with his headlines etc.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
If he is angry about something and he reports how things are or all the facts that are available... not sure what the problem with that is really.
Also, as much as you or I may disagree with him or not, not sure about the fake ness of the outrage and if you have evidence of that. Honest question: are there some particular cases where you think he is generating fake outrage?
He may honestly be outraged and in some cases he should take a chill pill (as it may be worrying, in this hypothetical case, that someone were to be outraged by this) and in some others I agree and people should pick it up and hear what is said and think it through.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
https://www.dualshockers.com/diablo-multiple-projects-2019/
“We continue to read feedback and our internal discussions are ongoing. We have many plans for Diablo across multiple projects which we’ll be revealing over the course of the coming year. We are eager to share more about all of our projects, but some will have to wait as we prefer to show you, rather than tell you, about them. It’s going to take some time as we strive to meet your expectations, but now, more than ever, we are committed to delivering Diablo experiences the community can be proud of.”
“We continue to read feedback and our internal discussions are ongoing. We have many plans for Diablo across multiple projects which we’ll be revealing over the course of the coming year. We are eager to share more about all of our projects, but some will have to wait as we prefer to show you, rather than tell you, about them. It’s going to take some time as we strive to meet your expectations, but now, more than ever, we are committed to delivering Diablo experiences the community can be proud of.”
danielberg
Neophyte
This is what basically happens when so called journalists are just industry mouthpieces and literally feel the need to start damage control even before talking to the people/pr revenue they want to protect lol