While there has been a lot of news coming from the internal operations of Activision Blizzard, it's looked like the publisher's release calendar has been mostly unaffected. There is one game that looks to be impacted, though. Revealed during the Q2 2021 earnings call, Diablo Immortal won't make its projected release window. Instead, it will fall back to early 2022, albeit with a few new features, including much-requested controller support.
"Following feedback provided by test participants of the Closed Alpha, our team has been tuning core and endgame features," reads the post on the Blizzard website. "For example, we're iterating on PvP content like the Cycle of Strife to make it more accessible, alongside late-game PvE content like the Helliquary to make it more engaging. We're also working to provide controller support for those who want to play our game in a different way. However, these changes and additional opportunities to improve our gameplay experience will not be realized in the 2021 timeframe we had previously communicated. So, the game is now planned for release in the first half of 2022, which will allow us to add substantial improvements to the whole game."