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DiabloImmortal has been criticized in China after a social media post mocked Xi Jinping

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Last week, NetEase, Blizzard’s localization partner in China, officially postponed the release of Diablo Immortal. Originally scheduled to launch on June 23, NetEase explained the delay by solving a variety of technical problems affecting the performance of the game. However, there may have been another reason for the delay of Diablo Immortal, related to the alleged publication on the social network Weibo, which ridiculed Chinese President Xi Jinping. On May 22, the Diablo Immortal Weibo account was accused of publishing a post that translates as “Why the bear didn’t resign.” As for context, “bear” in Chinese is a term often…

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