

Overwatch character McCree, named after the designer, was recently renamed to Cole Cassidy. As a result of the ongoing sexual harassment/discrimination lawsuit brought against Activision Blizzard by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, Diablo 4 has lost its game director ( Luis Barriga) and lead designer (Jesse McCree). When Blizzard first unveiled Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV at Blizzcon 2019, it said the games were expected to arrive sometime in 2021, but it appears neither will arrive until 2023 at the earliest.Ī delay isn't totally unexpected.
#Diablo 4 delayed full#
"It has become apparent that some of the Blizzard content planned for next year will benefit from more development time to reach its full potential," reads the report.ĭiablo IV and Overwatch 2 delayed /4pr9c0OEdz The company said the delay was so more work could be put into developing the games. Neither the highly anticipated Diablo 4 nor Overwatch 2 had been given official release dates, but Activision Blizzard, during its recent third-quarter 2021 earnings call, said, "While we are still planning to deliver a substantial amount of content from Blizzard next year, we are now planning for a later launch for Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV than originally envisaged." In all likelihood, we won't see the next entries in each respective series until 2023 at the earliest. What just happened? Bad news for anyone looking forward to playing Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2: Activision Blizzard has announced that both games have been delayed, with no official launch windows given.
