Diablo 4 License Approved By Chinese Government

Posted 2025/07/22 at 4:28 PM by Whispyr

announcement from China's National Press and Publication AdministrationYicai Global, an English-language version of the Shanghai media outlet, reports that Diablo 4 and the mobile-only RPG Marvel Mystic Mayhem are amongst the mere seven foreign games to be accepted this month.This is another significant win for Activision-Blizzard, which successfully renewed its partnership with Chinese publisher NetEase to bring World of Warcraft and Diablo Immortal back to ChinaDiablo Immortal even received exclusive Chinese New Year cosmetics, which Global Markets didn't get.With China's GDP growing a steady 5% per quarter and slightly outpacing economists' forecasts, the Chinese Government is steadily moving towards more domestic production

Comment by PixelfoxI seem to recall WoW was hard to get accepted in China because it had skeletons and stuff in it.Comment by CarrionCarcassActually surprising, I wonder how they're gonna censor the game but still keep it within the theme. For WoW all bones were covered up, skeletal dragons were replaced with dragons with glowing eyes, etc. I would imagine that Diablo is going to be harder to cover up.Comment by KerathrasI would hardly call than an Activision win. It’s a NetEase win. China is a communist government and NetEase simply bribed the relevant officials to get this through, lol.Comment by CloudLovelesWhy do I get the feeling that the market for boss drops is going to shoot sky high? like what I'm seeing is that China is now going to add all their farmers to the market place and screw the game up more...

I think it's time for a new game to play.Comment by F1rstAssau1tI would hardly call than an Activision win. It’s a NetEase win. China is a communist government and NetEase simply bribed the relevant officials to get this through, lol.Comment by FroschlampiImmortal alone must have made a fortune in chinaComment by martin4444Well, if I notice anything censored in D4 that we had in there before then I will quit. Wallet closes and the game will be discarded. Up to Blizzard now.Comment by GuidanceI would hardly call than an Activision win. It’s a NetEase win. China is a communist government and NetEase simply bribed the relevant officials to get this through, lol.Comment by FlanellHow will they censore it? D4 is full of blood and nudity and with nudity I mean people having their skin ripped off.Comment by rowaasr13I would hardly call than an Activision win. It’s a NetEase win. China is a communist government and NetEase simply bribed the relevant officials to get this through, lol.