Although Diablo Immortal will no longer release until 2021. the remastered Diablo 2: Resurrected is still slated to release on September 23rd D2R ladder items, for both PCs as well as consoles. Diablo 4 remains in development and does not currently have an official release date.

Diablo Immortal's delay takes place amid Blizzard facing the fallout from the California state California lawsuit that asserts Activision Blizzard fosters a culture that is one where harassment and discrimination against women are all too frequent. To respond to Activision Blizzard statements that CEO Bobby Kotick later said were "tone deaf,""

The company's current and former employees signed an open letter demanding changes and even went so far to call for a walkout. In the wake of the lawsuit's allegations, Blizzard president J. Allen Brack announced that he was going to quit the company.

Diablo was the topic of one of the early sessions on the very first day at BlizzCon the year 2008. and plays the lead role in one of the final. However, whereas the first was mostly focused on providing a better understanding of the skills set of the most recent member to join Diablo--the wizard--the other was heavily focused on Blizzard's game design philosophy in the demon action role-playing game.

Diablo Lead design Jay Wilson and technical game director Wyatt Cheng returned to helm the panel along with Cheng acting as a silent participant in the discussion. Like he did two hours prior buy diablo 2 resurrected items, Wilson began by looking back over the history of Diablo.