December 29, 2022 2022 Highlights 2022 In Review – June’s Best Bits As the year draws to a close, we take a look back with our pick of the stories that shaped the last twelve months. Here's June
December 28, 2022 2022 Highlights 2022 In Review – May’s Best Bits As the year draws to a close, we take a look back with our pick of the stories that shaped the last twelve months. And now… May
November 17, 2022 The Chinese Market NetEase and Blizzard are suspending game services in China The two companies were unable to reach a deal that satisfied Blizzard
September 14, 2022 Global Revenue Diablo Immortal generated $97 million in August Honor of Kings topped the revenue charts for the month
August 19, 2022 Quarterly Reports NetEase sees a 12.8% year-on-year increase in net revenue The company has dodged the current trend of decline
August 9, 2022 Mobile Dominance Mobile games more profitable than console AND PC combined, reports Activision Blizzard Latest financial report shows Call of Duty Mobile, Diablo Immortal and Candy Crush central to $1.64 billion Q2 revenue
August 5, 2022 Global Mobile Market IP-Power and Eastern markets play a major role in July mobile industry performance The month saw big success for midcore titles.
July 28, 2022 Major Breakthrough Diablo Immortal surpasses $100 million in global revenue Activision Blizzard’s free-to-play MMORPG passes another milestone
July 26, 2022 Release Reignition Diablo Immortal launches in China after 20 million worldwide download milestone Release follows delays of more than a month
July 22, 2022 Ready To Launch Diablo Immortal nearing launch in China after delay Sources claim delays were a result of social media post taken as criticism of China’s president
July 13, 2022 Game Licenses NetEase and Tencent denied licenses in China The companies were absent from the list of 67 new game approvals
July 13, 2022 Twitter Top Ten Mobile leads Twitter's most discussed games conversations in 2022 Seven of the top 10 most discussed games on the platform are mobile titles, including Genshin Impact and Ensemble Stars!
July 7, 2022 Big Games, Small Devices Midcore games are on the rise GameRefinery report examines the US gaming landscape
July 5, 2022 Blazing A Trail To Success Diablo Immortal earned $49 million in first month The game earns over $1 million a day
June 30, 2022 June's Success Stories GameRefinery publishes mobile game market review for June 2022 RPGs and minigame modes were some of the month’s highlights
June 22, 2022 Locked Into Mobile Blizzard won’t extend Diablo Immortal’s microtransaction strategy beyond mobile Although the firm’s mobile title made over $24 million in its launch, Blizzard has confirmed its monetisation strategy won’t extend to Diablo IV
June 20, 2022 Hot Five Hot Five: Diablo Immortal makes over $24 million in first two weeks, a third of gaming app businesses expect to close, and Beatstar's exclusive over Spotify The hottest news articles on PG.biz
June 20, 2022 Diablo Declines NetEase stock plummets following Diablo Immortal delays Declines of more than nine per cent, from 151.50 HKD to 136 per share, as the firm announces a delay just days before its intended release date
June 17, 2022 Welcome To Hell Diablo Immortal has made over $24 million in first two weeks Five million downloads for the first F2P title in the Activision Blizzard franchise
May 30, 2022 Hot Five Hot Five: Mobile to exceed 60% of games industry, Diablo Immortal won't be released in Belgium, the Netherlands, and EA pursues merger with Apple, Amazon, Disney, NBC The hottest news articles on PG.biz
May 26, 2022 Loot Box Lull Activision Blizzard is not releasing Diablo Immortal in Belgium and the Netherlands Both countries have banned loot boxes in games via gambling laws
December 30, 2021 Most Anticipated 2022 PocketGamer.biz's 22 most anticipated mobile games of 2022 A peak into the crystal ball
October 29, 2021 Dungeonin' Diablo Immortal closed beta now playable in Canada and Australia And so it continues
August 4, 2021 Engagement Priority Diablo Immortal delayed until first half of 2022 "Our team has been tuning core and endgame features…"
February 9, 2021 Thank You, Next China approves League of Legends: Wild Rift, Super Mario Party, Diablo Immortal and 30 other games Pokémon Quest and Rayman Legends also all make the cut
December 18, 2020 Down Under Diablo Immortal enters a technical alpha in Australia "This is an early look at Diablo Immortal—an exciting new chapter in our action role-playing game series"
February 6, 2020 Shifting Gears Rod Fergusson is leaving The Coalition to join Blizzard He will oversee the Diablo franchise
November 4, 2019 Blizzcon 2019 Blizzard unleashes new Diablo Immortal video Including all the things you know and love about Diablo
October 4, 2019 Great Divide Blizzard is a PC developer first but can still make 'Blizzard-quality' mobile games J. Allen Brack fights back
May 22, 2019 No Joke Blizzard learned a "huge number of lessons" from Diablo Immortal reveal Developer says it's still focused on PC titles despite partnerhing with NetEase on the new mobile game
February 19, 2019 Too Little, Too Late? Why Activision Blizzard’s mobile strategy is between a rock and a hard place The wrong IP at the wrong time
November 22, 2018 All Go Blizzard reportedly working on a Pokemon Go-styled World of Warcraft spin-off for mobile The game reportedly has single-player mechanics
November 22, 2018 Eastern Promise Blizzard devs claim Diablo Immortal designed with China in mind But Blizzard denies this
November 16, 2018 Faustian Bargain Why Diablo Immortal’s detractors won that battle but have lost the war Blizzard’s difficult decision
November 9, 2018 Come Again Activision Blizzard labels Diablo Immortal fan reception as "muted" The games giant also reiterated that Mobile remains the largest and fastest growing platform for gaming in the world
November 8, 2018 Uh Oh Blizzard is working on bringing multiple franchises to mobile Some of the titles will be developed internally
November 5, 2018 Back To Hell Diablo Immortal backlash shows once again triple-A publishers are afraid of their audiences Biting the hand that feeds you?
November 5, 2018 Hell Breaks Loose All hell breaks loose as Blizzard reveals Diablo Immortal mobile game Here we go again