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Blizzard rejects Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2

Two of the industry's most anticipated titles suffer further postponement to a later date than we expected: "Need more development time to reach their maximum potential"

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Wednesday, 03 November 2021, 19:45 Updated: 19:50

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Not an easy time at all for Blizzard: Game developer released a statement during an executive conference call that it was postponing the release of two of its most anticipated sequels? - Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2. The company has previously announced that the games will not be released during 2021 and did not specify a specific date, but now they appear to be postponing more than originally planned.

This is the statement made by the company's current president, Mike Yabra: "While a huge amount of content is planned to be unveiled next year, we are in the meantime postponing the launch of Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 from the original date we anticipated. Some of the content we plan needs more development time to reach potential His maximum. "

"These are two of the industry's most anticipated titles and our developers have worked hard and hard to meet goals, and we believe our teams need more time to complete production and increase creative resources so they can support games even after launch. This will ensure these titles delight the game community. They will be able to play them for many years to come. "

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Diablo IV and Overwatch 2 are postponed

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Both Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 were first announced at the 2019 Blizzcon conference and the community expected to get at least one of the games (if not both) already during the current year, but the conference call said they are not expected to be released until at least 2023.

Mike Iberra noted during the conference that the postponements are being made following the management changes that have taken place in the company in recent months.

Just last week Blizzard canceled its annual Blizzcon conference, a decision that did not surprise the industry too much.

Blizzard has faced some difficult upheavals in recent times, both image-wise and legally, and management changes have been made because in recent months an affair has erupted in which the shocking attitude of company executives who encourage culture and a constant atmosphere of sexual harassment, gender discrimination and a host of inappropriate behaviors Women - which leaves the company to deal with quite a few lawsuits and huge image damage.

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