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We played the Chinese game that fans allege Diablo Immortal is based on
Blizzard is co-developing Diablo Immortal with NetEase, which already made a Diablo clone
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This article originally appeared on ABACUS
Fans have been freaking out about Diablo Immortal ever since Blizzard announced that the latest instalment in the series wasn’t a PC sequel or a remaster… it was a standalone mobile game, co-developed by China’s NetEase.
One of the claims flying around was that Diablo Immortal was a re-skinned version of another game from NetEase, called Endless of God. (Yeah, we know the title doesn’t make sense.)
Blizzard has come out to say that Diablo Immortal is original “from the ground up” and not based on any game. At the same time, Diablo Immortal intentionally copies the controls of NetEase’s game. Co-founder Allen Adham told Kotaku that “In the East, that control method is becoming ubiquitous, and it’s becoming ubiquitous because it’s very natural, and it feels great.”
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The funny thing is that while fans are pointing out that Diablo Immortal looks like Endless of God, the truth is it was supposed to be the other way around: The Chinese game was clearly intended to be a clone of Diablo III.
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First opened for public testing around two years ago, Endless of God unabashedly tries to copy almost all aspects of Diablo III. Even its marketing tagline says the game aims at bringing you “the ultimate diabolic battle experience”. (See what they did there?)
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