Announced two years ago, Diablo Immortal is the first mobile spin-off of the iconic Blizzard series. Its reveal was received lukewarmly by the public, particularly by Diablo fans themselves, who criticized the portable nature of the title and the free-to-play model .

The developer then intervened to talk to us about the progress made with Immortal, spending a few words on the content accessible for free and on the paid ones . There was also talk of a technical alpha that will soon be released for a small circle of users.

Diablo Immortal: Technical Alpha will be playable in Australia

In the video released a few hours ago by Blizzard Entertainment, the chief designer Wyatt Cheng updates us on the latest Diablo Immortal news and takes the opportunity to clarify some fundamental points. First, Cheng confirms that the game is in its final stages of development and is now ready for the first public test , that of technical alpha.

Coming soon, a limited number of players will be able to download the Diablo Immortal app via Google Play Store . It starts with resident users in Australia and some members of the community: among these, as explained on the blog of Blizzard, the “players who pre-registered first will be selected if their device meets the minimum requirements” .

What are these requirements ? Here they are, for both Android and iOS:

• Minimum requirements for Android
  
  CPU: Snapdragon 710 / Hisilicon Kirin 810 or higher
  
  GPU: Adreno 616 / ARM Mali-G 52 or higher
  
  RAM: 2GB RAM
  
  Operating system: Android 5.0 (Lollipop) or above
• Minimum requirements for Apple
  
  iPhone 8 or higher
  
  Operating system: iOS 12 or higher

Users who access Diablo Immortal Technical Alpha will be able to experience much of the content from the main campaign – and four of the six classes provided ( Barbarian , Monk , Demon Hunter and Magician). During the test phase the progression will be limited to the level 18, but it will be possible to test the system of Excellence created for the spin-off.

The free-to-play model: the entire campaign will be free, and not only

Blizzard took this opportunity to come back to talk about the system free-to-play by Diablo Immortal. Publisher reassures fans regarding freely accessible content : “ All story, classes and game time will never be limited . All future content will also be free, including additional stories, new classes and new zones “.

Wyatt Cheng also reiterates this, who states: “We want players to feel that spending money on Diablo Im mortal is optional and not necessary to enjoy the game “.

So, what will be the purchases that will go through the in-app purchase system? As the lead designer himself explains, there will be a Battle Pass for a fee, as well as the so-called Emblems : Once consumed, these items will trigger random modifiers for Ancient Rifting – PvE mode that will catapult players into dungeons procedurally generated.

At the moment, as Blizzard Entertainment reiterates, we still don’t have a release date for the final version of Diablo Immortal . We will follow the next updates, in the hope of being able to access a possible alpha (or beta) also from Italy.