Immortal

Some authors have a very active afterlife, though the results when the writer’s literary estate dips its hand in the bran tub marked “other works” can be very mixed. The Soviet writer Vasily Grossman already had many of his books available in English at the time of his death in 1964, but a renewed surge of interest in his masterpiece Life and Fate over the past decade means his other work is being rediscovered. These books are not of the same calibre as Life and Fate: even on its first English publication, Grossman’s…

A bug in Diablo Immortal is causing randomly reduced XP rewards.  The bug reduces XP earned from slaying enemies at random, making the grind for players more frustrating. The more dedicated fans have tried to calculate what their exact XP losses are. Diablo Immortal. Credit: Blizzard Entertainment One Reddit user, staplepies, posted: “We don’t fully understand why or when it will happen. It seems to vary in frequency/impact from zone to zone, and possibly based on the time of day, but we’ve yet to be able to discern…

Total War developer Creative Assembly has shared an extended trailer and details about the upcoming Total War: Warhammer 3 map Immortal Empires. A new video detailing the Immortal Empires map was shared today (August 11), and it features 13 minutes of details and footage of the upcoming map, which releases on August 23. An incredibly ambitious project, Immortal Empires is aiming to combine everything Creative Assembly has done for its Warhammer games into one giant map, including: All 86 legendary lords, turning Be’Lakor…

The Rundown is back with an oversized edition tackling Immortal X-Men #5 and X-Men Red #5, the first two tie-ins to Marvel’s blockbuster summer event, A.X.E.: Judgment Day. The first issue of Judgment Day left some pretty big gaps as to what happened between panels: how did the Quiet Council fare against the Uni-Mind? And what really happened on Arakko? This mega-review is stuffed full of SPOILERS, so skip below the break for rapid reviews on Demon Wars: The Iron Samurai #1 and Ghost Rider #5! As always, give us your…

Blizzard has confirmed it plans to release new content for Diablo Immortal every two weeks. Sharing the news in a blog post, Blizzard wrote: “Our current plan is to release new content for Diablo Immortal every two weeks—this will come in the form of either a mini or major update.” Mini updates will include Battle Pass seasons, in-game events and feature updates while major updates will introduce new gameplay features, free storyline expansions and in-game events. Blizzard added that “it’s important to note that all…

The Lord of Live Service The microtransaction system for Diablo Immortal items is somehow getting even more out of hand. We already knew of a theoretical number folks had to hit, and now that theory has been tested: the results are bad for everyone. As Eurogamer points out, a content creator named jtisallbusiness (embedded below) alleges that they’ve “spent around $100,000” on the game, and are seeking a refund because they can’t actually engage in the content. Breaking it down, they’ve boosted themselves to such a high…

Mixed results for publisher’s Q2 Beleaguered publisher Activision Blizzard released its financial results for the second quarter of 2022, presenting a mixed bag of successes and losses for some of the biggest blockbuster franchises in gaming. Overall, the most recent quarter did not turn around the company’s recent sliding fortunes, with overall revenue down a huge 28% on the same period last year. Of course, this still equates to total revenue of around $1.64 billion USD for the quarter, so it’s hardly doomsday for the…

The iPhone SE (2022)’s small 4.7-inch screen must make it pretty bad for playing games like Diablo Immortal, right? After all, the game’s screen is busy most of the time, and when there’s plenty going on, everything looks pretty small — even on a big-screen phone like the Asus ROG Phone 6. Is Apple’s smallest, cheapest brand new iPhone too compromised to really enjoy games like Diablo Immortal? What’s inside counts The iPhone SE isn’t the first phone you think of if you’re planning to play a lot of games, but at…

 This week in mobile games, we learned that Diablo Immortal is one of the biggest mobile game launches ever, second only to Pokémon Go.It looks like there’s also a new Sonic mobile game incoming, there’s a new Star Trek: Lower Decks tie-in to check out and a Netflix game you control by blinking. Yep, blinking.Plus! Other new games this week include an Octopath Traveler prequel and a tower defense classic new to Apple Arcade. Let’s get into it, shall we?Diablo does the business(Image credit: Activision Blizzard)Angry…

Diablo Immortal, the free-to-play Diablo game for mobile and PC, was delayed in China last month because of a social media post that could be interpreted as criticism of Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to Bloomberg. The post, which came from the official Diablo Immortal Weibo account, reportedly alluded to Winnie the Pooh, who has been banned from the internet in China because he is used to make fun of the president. Bloomberg says the account has since been suspended for “violating relevant laws and…