Diablo is about how anything is corruptible. Enter 'Diablo Immortal.'

This is similar in spirit to the infamous "auction house" that launched with "Diablo 3," a feature that generated so much outrage and blowback that Activision Blizzard had to retool the entire game to remove the feature. But gaming companies will often try and try again to get consumers to play along. Instead of an auction house, we have a marketplace where players can sell gems to each other for "platinum," an in-game currency that can be earned through play or purchased outright by spending "eternal orbs," currency bought by real-world cash. If any of these explanations sound convoluted to you as a reader, it's all by design. Many free-to-play games obfuscate their gambling or monetization mechanics to hide that the game's systems are designed to push player spending.