In an GDC 2021 discussion, Genshin Impact developer Hoyoverse (previously Mihoyo) outright admitted that the way it created characters revolved around generating the highest possible capital from its audiences. In the D2R Items  case of Raiden Shogun and Kokomi character reruns of March 2022 alone netted the company over $33 million in revenue. The moment was immortalized in jokes and memes, a lot that was due to low expectations from the crowd: People who attended BlizzCon 2018 were anticipating "Diablo 2 Resurrected" announcements. But the reason for this was the stigma that still surrounds mobile games in the West which is where the adoption of smartphones as a gaming platform has been slower than the other regions in the rest of the world. Since it's launch, "Diablo 2 Resurrected" has earned it a name for itself, as test results from beta and alpha versions proved that the game is a full-throated old-fashioned Diablo experience. (It helped that Blizzard has decided to bring the game to PC.) The Diablo series is among the most influential of modern game design, introducing gameplay loops that focus on acquiring randomized "loot" to enhance your character's role-playing robust. "Diablo 2," released in the last few months and remastered, cemented the loop, while "Diablo 3" which Cheng was also working on, was streamlined and refined it. While the 2018 moment was hard for Cheng and the team, he said it only strengthened their resolve to prove "Immortal" is a game worthy from the Diablo series, as its game is completely free to play on mobile, which brings the franchise to its biggest potential audience yet. The game launches on June 2. Cheng's enthusiasm was evident during a recent interview. "I do believe 'Diablo 2 Resurrected' will alter a lot of people's opinions on what they perceive as an mobile game" Cheng told The Washington Post. "That was among our objectives from the beginning. Let's improve the standards of what you can expect from the mobile games." "I have three kids , and they're all teenagers, and they don't make the same distinction between console, PC , or mobile devices," Cheng said. "They enjoy gaming with all kinds of platforms." The game will see an simultaneous launch on PC with full keyboard and mouse controller support, as well as cross progression and cross play that will be mobile-friendly at the time of the time of its launch. This move was inspired by the beta test when gamers' creators indicated they'd need to replicate the game for the purpose of displaying it on their streams said Rod Fergusson, general manager of the Diablo franchise. "The concept of not having the native capabilities for PC and content creators was not a good thing," he said. Soon after, work began to bring the same experience from mobile to PC as well as ensure that the game functions exactly the same way with users' interfaces and control strategies that are designed for desk warriors. In the end last year about whether the game should even exist changed into questions from fans who wanted to know for the time when the game would launch and beg for buy D2R Ladder Items a PC port.