There is also the variable that more developers are being hiredĪlegre: “We’re doubling down on our development recruiting as we expand the scope and vision of our franchises.” My own opinion is that possibly before that.ĭiablo IV reached a milestone some time ago, when the internal build was updated from 0.0.1 to 0.2.1. The thing Rhykker is speculating here is that Diablo IV might be releasing in early 2023.
Thus, in Daniel Alegre’s quote above the 26 million MAUs refers to all of Blizzard games. The website ActivePlayers.io lists the approximate World of Warcraft Monthtly Active Players and it never reached 7 million from January 2019 to date. Therefore, this is in reference to Blizzard Entertainment’s global MAUs (which include Diablo III, StarCraft II, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, Hearthstone, Warcraft III, and World of Warcraft - among other games). We know for a fact that World of Warcraft doesn’t have 26 million MAUs.
The latter is more plausible because, right after, he mentions MAUs was 26 million. Either he is referring to a 18 month plan to release Burning Crusade Classic content (Black Temple, Karazhan, Zul’Aman, etc.)… or he is talking globally across all Blizzard Entertainment’s video games.
There aren’t many interpretations one can understand from that sentence.