![]() In 2019, the horror game Devotion was pulled from Steam because of a leftover easter egg that read “Xi Jinping Winnie the Pooh moron.” China then revoked the game’s publisher’s business license. ![]() If true, this wouldn’t be the first time the Chinese government used a shotgun approach to anyone likening Xi Jinping to the fictional character. Per the outlet, finding itself in deep trouble with the Chinese government, NetEase had no choice but to postpone Diablo Immortal’s release indefinitely in the region. According to Bloomberg, the official reason the Chinese government blocked NetEase’s Weibo account was for “violating relevant laws and regulations” (i.e. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.Bloomberg reported the story that the Diablo Immortal Weibo account run by NetEase had been banned after posting a statement that, when translated, reads, “Why hasn’t the bear stepped down?” In case you missed all of the internet memes, the President of China, Xi Jinping, has in the past been unflatteringly compared to Winnie the Pooh to the point where he banned the 2018 film Christopher Robin from releasing in the country. Subscribe to my free weekly content round-up newsletter, God Rolls. My gut tells me they’re going to at least try to get this right for core fans, unlike Immortal, but what the end result ends up being is anyone’s guess.įollow me on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. The full game, not alphas or betas, because I don’t trust that to have any live game monetization paths in it, as we’ve just seen. It’s an uncomfortable position for Diablo fans.Īt this point, I just don’t know if we can fully believe or even understand anything Blizzard says until the full game goes live. ![]() And we’ve just had a very clear example of this studio and even this IP going all-out with cash grabs. I am hoping I can take them at their word that you cannot buy power at all in Diablo 4, but I also know this is 2022 and the siren’s song of post-launch monetization is very real. If they pull an Immortal and save a lot of the coolest looks for paid offerings, that wouldn’t be great. Even that raises some questions, as part of gearing up in past Diablo games was looking like a badass through legendaries and sets and the free transmog system. ![]()
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