

"We know our audience here is passionately PC- and console-focused. In an interview with Kotaku, Blizzard co-founder Allen Adham revealed he anticipated a backlash to the announcement, although "not to this degree," saying: The interaction at the convention also spawned the Do You Guys Not Have Phones? meme. Also during the session, the audience could be heard booing after Blizzard announced there were no plans for a PC release of the game (shown below, right). Plus, a Diablo 4 teaser could serve to appease frustrated fans from the disastrous announcement of the mobile game Diablo Immortal at last year’s BlizzCon.On November 2nd, 2018, Blizzard unveiled Diablo Immortal at its annual BlizzCon event (shown below).ĭuring the Q&A session, a man asked stood up and asked the Blizzard team if the game was "an out-of-season April Fools' joke" (shown below, left).

If it does include Diablo 4 artwork, Blizzard would naturally want to announce the game at the event to build hype around its launch and the book. It’s currently available for preorder on Amazon with a set release date of November 3, the same day BlizzCon 2019 ends. While it doesn’t specifically mention that Diablo 4 will be announced at BlizzCon 2019, the book’s release date provides another hint of that possibility. Its description stated it would include “over 500 artworks from Diablo, Diablo 2, Diablo 3 and Diablo 4.”Īn image of the page in the magazine has been shared across Twitter and Reddit. The latest issue of German magazine GameStar included an advertisement for an upcoming “The Art of Diablo” book, which mentioned the unannounced Diablo 4. But a credible leak has potentially revealed that Blizzard plans to announce the next installment for its dungeon crawler Diablo next month.

The event is widely anticipated to be where the company announces a sequel to its team-based shooter, Overwatch. Blizzard will kick off BlizzCon 2019 - its annual gaming conference in Anaheim, California - on November 1.
