Diablo Immortal could forever change gaming

Diablo Immortal despite criticisms and controversy over its egregious pay-to-win monetization mechanics is raking in the money. New reports suggest the free-to-play dungeon crawler is making over one million dollars a day. In other news, Bungie and Netease are working on a mobile game, Square Enix delays Forspoken, there’s a new Gwent game, and Fall Guys hits 50 million players. This week’s 5-Second Review reminds Brian of how he used to have to play Monster Hunter uphill… both ways! In the Coming Soon section, there are a lot of games you probably haven’t heard of but they actually look kind of neat. Thanks for watching everyone and have a great weekend! 00:00 - Diablo Immortal could forever change gaming 06:43 - Bungie and Netease working on a mobile game 07:53 - Square Enix delays Forspoken 08:43 -​​ New Gwent game arrives 09:44 - Fall Guys hits 50 million 10:16 - 5-Second Review 10:40 - Coming Soon Listen and subscribe to Ship Hits the Fan at https://bit.ly/shiphitsthefan Buy our shirt! https://is.gd/u3xCtA OR follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/briangaar https://twitter.com/DarthBurrit0 http://twitter.com/InsideGaming SOURCES [MobileGamer.biz] Blizzard earned $49m from Diablo Immortal’s first month https://mobilegamer.biz/blizzard-earned-49m-from-diablo-immortals-first-month-with-10m-downloads-to-… [MobileGamer.biz] Apex Legends Mobile’s first 30 days earned EA $11.6m https://mobilegamer.biz/apex-legends-mobiles-first-30-days-earned-ea-11-6m-with-downloads-at-21-8m/ [USA Today] Diablo Immortal makes over $1 million a day in microtransactions https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/07/diablo-immortal-microtransactions-revenue-1-million [VGC] Six Dutch Political parties unite behind proposed lootbox ban https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/six-dutch-political-parties-unite-behind-proposed-loot-box-… [Reset Era] Dutch government moves to ban loot boxes https://www.resetera.com/threads/dutch-government-moves-to-ban-loot-boxes-says-microtransactions-man… [Reuters] Spain cracks down on video game loot boxes https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spain-crack-down-videogame-loot-boxes-blamed-pathological-behav… [Vice] Diablo Immortal shows self-regulation is a failure https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d3pex/diablo-immortal-shows-self-regulation-is-a-failure-in-the-gam… [The Hill] GOP Senator announces bill to ban manipulative video game design https://thehill.com/policy/technology/442690-gop-senator-announces-bill-to-ban-manipulative-video-ga… [The Game Post] Bungie and NetEase working on FPS mobile game https://thegamepost.com/2022/07/01/bungie-and-netease-working-fps-mobile-game/ [Twitter] Forspoken delayed https://twitter.com/Forspoken/status/1544675140780392453?s=20&t=J90JS72KInXg3EbXTXUQdg [Polygon] Forspoken release date delayed https://www.polygon.com/23196552/forspoken-release-date-delay-square-enix-ps5-pc [IGN] Gwent: Rogue Mage is a new Gwent game https://www.ign.com/articles/witcher-gwent-rogue-mage-golden-nekker-cd-projekt-red [Twitter] Fall Guys hits 50 Million player https://twitter.com/FallGuysGame/status/1544698314242793473?s=20&t=qazFgPqA7OOTquhDqNqJ3g