So the implication then there, are they maybe not sure they could reach an announcement a year from now? And that would be the concern that would lead to them not wanting to announcement? Because otherwise you would think they would just say, we’re working on this.”

And then next Blizzcon comes along and they didn’t have a proper announcement. “The other thing that I also realise is that even if that’s not the case, imagine if they announced they’re working on D4 this Blizzcon. “It kind of makes you just wonder, could there be so much turmoil there that they don’t want to even announce they’re working on it in case it gets cancelled?” Rogers added that he hasn’t heard anything personally to verify that, but he noted – as did the other Grinding Gears employees on the podcast – that he’d seen multiple high-level job postings for the Diablo team. But the thing is, you hear that and you’re like, ‘That can’t be true, that cannot be true.’ But I guess, you know, that sort of implies a certain amount of turmoil in it’s development.” “And that implies that they’re not sure if they’re ever going to release it. “The thing that I find interesting about it … why would you not just say you’re working on Diablo 4? The only reason I can see is that they actually don’t want to commit to making it,” Rogers said. Rogers was also surprised at the degree to which the Diablo Immortal outrage had spread into the real-world.īut the theory posited by Rogers from 37 minutes in, which referenced some of our previous reporting on Diablo 4, is that Blizzard hasn’t officially announced the game – because they may still be in the position where they need the ability to cancel the project outright, as they did with Titan. In the latest episode of the Front Seat Cast podcast, which is put together by developers at Grinding Gear Games, GGG co-founder Jonathan Rogers said the Path of Exile studio was fully expecting Diablo 4 to drop. It didn’t, of course, and the Kiwi developers have some interesting thoughts about why that is. Grinding Gear Games, the developers of Path of Exile and one of Diablo‘s most direct competitors, went into Blizzcon waiting for the demonic shoe to drop. It wasn’t just fans who were gearing up for Diablo 4.

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