Diablo Immortal is up for pre-order, but don't trust the release date rumors
techradar.comDiablo Immortal, the upcoming free-to-play mobile spin-off of Blizzard’s acclaimed action RPG series, is now up for pre-order on iOS devices and pre-registration for Android users. But if you’ve seen a release date floating around, it might be best to ignore it.
When the pre-order pages first went live on March 28, some eagle-eyed fans quickly spotted that the iOS page listed its expected release date as June 30, raising their hopes that Diablo Immortal would hit digital devices in three months' time.
However, Blizzard has confirmed that the release date was only a placeholder, and the date has since been removed from the game’s App Store listing.
«As a point of clarification for anyone who pre-registers on iOS and iPadOS, players will notice that the game is listed with a launch date of June 30,» Blizzard said to IGN.
«We want to make it clear that June 30 is not the official launch date of Diablo Immortal, and this is just a placeholder for the time being as we lock in our final plans. We will update the community with our official launch timing at a later date.»
That means the mobile RPG likely won’t release on June 30.
Blizzard did share some more concrete details about the game, however. A new blog post describes how you’ll not only be able to change the cosmetics of your character on the fly but also their class.
Rather than requiring players to create alt-characters each time they want to test out another of the game’s six classes, you’ll be able to change your existing character to a new class. When you do so, you’ll retain all of that character’s level and item progression, and receive new items that suit their playstyle. None of the items you had equipped or kept in your stash will be removed.
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