Diablo Immortal

Diablo Immortal is a free-to-play action role-playing game with massively multiplayer online elements, co-developed by Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase and published by Blizzard. Originally built around touch controls for mobile devices, it launched on Android and iOS on June 2, 2022, alongside an open beta of a Windows version, with cross-play and cross-save support between platforms. Its release in several Asia-Pacific markets followed on July 8, 2022, and the game arrived in China on July 25, 2022.

The story takes place in Sanctuary, five years after Diablo II and before Diablo III. The adventure opens in the town of Wortham, which cultists and the undead are menacing, and Deckard Cain explains that the scattered shards of the Worldstone must be found and destroyed to stop Skarn, the Lord of Damnation. The journey leads through Westmarch, Ashwold Cemetery, Dark Wood, the Shassar Sea, Mount Zavain, the Frozen Tundra and the prison island of Stormpoint, and a December 2024 update brought a confrontation with Diablo himself.

The game uses the isometric view common to the series, and its skills are governed by cooldowns rather than mana. Each character class has 12 unlockable skills, five of which can be equipped at a time, and attacking fills an Ultimate meter that temporarily empowers basic attacks. Classes include the Barbarian, Wizard, Monk, Necromancer, Demon Hunter, Crusader, Blood Knight, Tempest, Druid and Warlock, and a Class Change system allows an existing character to switch class once per week without losing progress. The game can be played with touch controls, a gamepad, or a mouse and keyboard.

Beyond the main story, characters take on bounties, challenge rifts and elder rifts, eight-player Helliquary raids against boss demons, and the Legacy of the Horadrim vessel system. Groups of up to four players can form parties, while Warbands hold up to eight, and clans gather larger communities. Player versus player content includes the 8 vs. 8 Battleground mode and the Cycle of Strife, an optional conflict between the Immortals and the Shadows that ends in a 30 vs. 1 Challenge of the Immortal. Progression continues past the level cap through Paragon levels, and the game includes a seasonal battle pass with free and paid tiers.

Blizzard revealed the game at BlizzCon in November 2018, where fans who had been expecting a PC title reacted negatively. Alpha and beta tests ran in Australia and other regions between late 2020 and early 2022, and the game is built on the Messiah Engine. Diablo Immortal received mixed reviews, with critics praising its combat and graphics while faulting its story, voice acting and reliance on microtransactions. It was nominated for Mobile Game of the Year at the 26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, and later updates added the Blood Knight and Tempest classes along with new areas such as Stormpoint.