Re: Microsoft Shows Support

On 4/1/2024 2:44 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

 So, I gotta say: this was unexpected - but not necessarily unwelcome -
news. Gonna just copy-n-paste it here:
      Activision-Blizzard, newly acquired subsidiary of Microsoft,
     primarily (or at least it is rumored) for its mobile division, has
     recently announced* that it is finally bringing to the PC platform
     its award-winning and incredibly successful - not to mention oft
     lauded - action-roleplaying game, "Diablo Immortal".
      Fans of the franchise expressed excitement over the port, which
     originally launched to mobile platforms in 2022. It received
     on release, overwhelming press coverage and was hugely successful.
     Look for it on all major online digital storefronts, including
     Steam, Epic and GOG, later this month.
 * watch the official announcement trailer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
  Based on the video, the game itself apparently won't see much in the
way of updates; the usual higher resolutions and textures, of course,
but beyond that it will be the same beloved gameplay. Unlike the
mobile version (which was free), you will have to pay for the base
game, but otherwise the gameplay will remain exactly the same as the
mobile. There's even the potential of cross-play! Unusually, there
will only be limited mouse support, with Microsoft listing a
touch-screen monitor as a system requirement. But since pretty much
every computer has touch-screens these days, that's not really such a
stretch, I guess.
Not in the universe I live in.  And even if I had touch screen monitors

a mouse is MUCH more versatile if for no other reason that "LMB and RMB".
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