This is hilarious. Blizzard created Diablo Immortal with the express purpose of getting their foot into the Chinese market. Then some genius at Blizzard had the brilliant idea to make a post on Weibou (a social network in China) to make fun of Xi Jinping:
Welp, there goes that Tencent money. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer company, too.
There hasn’t been an official response yet, so no, it is not banned, the delay could very well be related to its gambling mechanics, but if it is banned, it is kind of deserved, such a stupid move to do something like that.
https://www.esports.net/news/diablo-immortal-release-in-china-delayed/
Ah, so it’s just delayed for now, not outright banned, gotcha. Still funny though!