Diablo III in Development for Xbox One, Release Not Yet Confirmed

Speaking with the folks at Videogamer.com, Blizzard’s lead producer Alex Mayberry confirmed that an Xbox One version of Diablo III is currently in development, although they can’t confirm a release yet because details with Microsoft haven’t been finalized. I can’t say I’m surprised, but I’ll be if this version of the title doesn’t actually get released:

“I don’t know where we are with Microsoft right now so I can’t really comment on what that contract looks like,” Diablo 3 lead producer Alex Mayberry explained to us this morning while discussing tomorrow’s launch of Reaper of Souls. “The point is we are developing for Xbox [One] and PS4 simultaneously. We hit those major platforms and then our goal as a development team is to make them run.”

Mayberry says that “it makes more sense” to develop for both next-gen consoles simultaneously, even though a release on Microsoft’s console has yet to be confirmed.

“We have that pipeline worked out,” he continued. “We’ve already done it with the 360 and PS3, so that team knows how to develop at the same time for both of those platforms. That’s just what we do. And then Blizzard and Microsoft can work out whatever they work out.”