Diablo 3 at WWI Confirmed, Ask Questions to Diablo Devs

As gamers around the world have noticed, there has been a lot of "high quality rumours" running around on what game Blizzard will announce at WWI this year, reported on numerous sites, as well as N4G as well. Many are "sure" about Diablo 3, and most voices saying that a StarCraft MMO or new IP will come have been squelched.

The Blizzard splash image has also sent fans rampant with speculation on what it can mean, with vocal voices from all three of Blizzard's IPs. Everything from the WoW movie, Lich King-related, StarCraft or Diablo.

Diabloii.net, a 10 year running Diablo fansite, which (at least used to) have contacts inside Blizzard have now proclaimed that it IS indeed Diablo 3 that will be announced at WWI, and are taking questions from fans who would like them answered this weekend.

[Leord]

Sweet Bejesus! Halleloja! FINALLY!

[Cogo]

=D

Oh, My God!

Is this really happening? FINALLY? I can hardly believe it! Still, I mean, I haven't been let down by Diabloii.net before, so...

Please, please, please, please, please, let it be true!

[Montrealien]

I a huge fan of Blizzard since Warcraft : Humans and orcs all I got to say it...F*ck ya!

but if it is true, and it is announced, then we have a whole new can of waiting getting opened, ah, Blizzard, torchering us is YOUR favorite game...lol

[Wuushu]

Alright, time for the thinking cap to come on - thanks :)

[Condoleezza Rice]

That is my question ^

[SCFreelancer]

Good question, and its more likely then ever that they might consider this after they fused with Activision. However I think that if this is an option for them that even they don't know yet if it can and/or will be ported to the consoles.

Blizzards' roots are in the console business and they have ventured there a few times more after they released Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. This without to much succes unfortunately :( The latest example beeing Starcraft: Ghost...and we all know what happened to that promising title.

[Leord]

That's a very good point! I agree with the poster above, that the chances of a console adaptation is pretty good. A traditional hack 'n' slash game could also be played with a gamepad, instead of a keyboard. Well, most probably, anyway.

[shotputking]

i actually played the hell out of diablo for the ps1... and that was after i'd played it pretty extensively on the pc... the first one especially translated well to a console environment, and i would hope that diablo 3 could do the same.

[iceice123]

Or a 360 version. Kind of a waste of a question to ask that. This is Blizzard afterall. Wasn't their last console game Starcraft 64...

[Charlie2688]

Being with Activision now wont change a single thing or pressure them to do anything they don't want to do, if you recall after they joined forced with Activision they went on record saying that while they are with them now and that would create new windows of opportunities (bla bla) that wouldn't change a thing of there previous practices, pressure or compromise them to do others and after there very big and detailed explanation on why SC2 is not coming to the consoles I highly doubt we should even consider a console port right now specially since the game hasn't even been announce yet -_-

[Odion]

Why would blizzard do it, they'll release it for the PC sell 15 million copies and laugh to the bank

[HateBoy]

I certainly hope so, though I don't find it very likely unfortunately.

[Cogo]

That is definitely a good question. I do indeed think that there might be a possibility for it, with the Activision merger and all...

I wonder if they would be in the same network though, or a separate one for consoles, or even separate for different consoles. If Diablo 3 comes to other medium than PC, I assume they go all the way, and adapt to PS3, Xbox360 and Wii.

[EvilJoey]

Diablo 3's main competion will be AoC? besides there own wow..

AoC is going to xbox... so id say the chances are good!

[SilPho]

If it comes to the PS3, I'll buy it. If it comes to the PC, I'll buy it if I can run it.

[Bolts]

Why the hell would they need a PS3 version? There's an entire country that exists only to consume and worthship their games. Its not like there's a pressing need to go multiplat. Plus the installed base fanbase for this franchise 10x higher on the PC.

[syrinx]

Awesome! I really can not wait for this weekend. I have a ton of questions as well :)

[SCFreelancer]

Don't forget to submit them since they will be attending the WWI 2008 in Paris (not me unfortunately) and go up and personal with the Blizzard crew!

[Leord]

Another thing I wonder about is if there will be gameplay shown or not... Please, please, please let there be gameplay, not just a cinematic!

[Maticus]

WOOT, Finally!

[Adriana Lima]

I'd be pissed off.
Traditional hack and slash ftw.

[Leord]

Do you mean "like WoW" as MMO or in the style? I'm sure it will be traditional hack n slash, but that does not have to exclude being more MMOish!

[SCFreelancer]

I agree with you to some extend. I don't want it to be a World of Warcraft with Diablo textures either. I think they are more then likely going to make sure it is differentiates enough from World of Warcraft in style of play. As to how that would work I don't have a clue really... Should it be instanced like the original with random enviroments? YES, that is part of what made Diablo... Diablo really :)

Features from Wow I would like to see are customizable GUI and ehm... the large persistent world would be nice as well..

[HateBoy]

no mmo nooooo!

[shotputking]

it's really happening... it's really, really happening... for anyone suspicious of this, i've been going to diabloii.net for probably 7, 8 years... they know their stuff, and if there is one un-official site to trust for this kind of information, it's them... all glory and praise be to Diablo, Lord of Terror.

[Leord]

You're referring to dxmnecro's and pumpkinpunker's reports I wager? =P

Yeah, poor SCFreelancer, this is like his second news post ever, and getting pummelled by self-imposed experts ;)

I for one will not doubt Diabloii.net. There was rumours of Elly dating the CM guy for Diablo when it was in the prime. While that was denied by them both, you'll find references to Flux/Elly/Rushster from official Diablo artists and workers if googling it on the net.

Mwuahaha, I'm all giddy.

[BlackIceJoe]

If this is true I am so happy. I am going to run around and scream for joy.

[bigbluepig]

That is one heck of a reliable source, too. They must have a solid connection to declare this one so definitively.

[SL1M DADDY]

Nuf said.

[Kirstenlottesovs]

ive been waiting for this one for years, lets just hope they don't fawk it up...
No monthly fee, traditional hack n' slash, same fixed camera angle, and a whole fawking lot of runewords.

[Fishy Fingers]

You describing the open zone? :P

[Thargoth]

"No monthly fee, traditional hack n' slash, same fixed camera angle..."

100% Agreed

[Timesplitter14]

For a second there I thought Diablo 3 would take place during World War 1, which would've been really cool IMO.

Like a demon-infested time-traveling WW1. Just so they can find a way to put swords and armor in there

[SL1M DADDY]

That would be Hell Boy, only a WW too early. lol

I do see a cool game from those thoughts though. WW guns and whatnot and the Diablo goodies. Now that would be cool stuff.

[syrinx]

Lol. Call of Diablo 3 :p I am stoked this is going to happen though, it's been way too long.

[kalos]

Pigcraft. Simply got to be, a territory that few if anyone has ever explored. It'll be a hit, like the Bajillion different expansion packs to The Sims...

[Azurite]

With their current bottomless treasure chest and experience I will expect grand things out of the next Diablo game.

[Charlie2688]

ZOMG! Diablo 3?

Oh boy I need new pants now :D

And while I am at it I will be getting a couple dozen new "spare" mouses XD

they are esential for the complete Diablo experience :)

[mariusmal]

that few ? roftl

[kevin1122]

nice, now we have to wait 3-5 years for it to be released.

[alxramos]

so what, we have waited 10 years!, if they DO announce it it would be worth the wait.
If it turns out to be a joke I'll kill the Diabloii.net guys for getting my hopes up!

[Scerick]

*Watches as Blizzard laughs in the face of every person hailing the death of PC Gaming.*

*Eagerly awaits his Radeon HD 4870*

[kalos]

Oh yes. I can already hear the cries of "Console gaming 4ever! PC is past it!" fading out, such a pleasant relief.

[nirun]

!!!!!!!!!! *creams* err i mean *screams* for joy =D

[Xi]

and nothing with blizzard is ever confirmed until they confirm it themselves.

but we can always hope.

[Xulfxulf]

can't wait for saturday (or friday night?) and the eyeporn to begin!

[SCFreelancer]

The World Wide Invitation 2008 in Paris officially kicks of on Saturday so its most likely we will see the first official screening then ;)

[mariusmal]

if this is really true... that does it.

im gonna put myself in cryostasis until launch date :P i guess it' coming out in 2010 or something.

to ppl saying its going to be an MMO. SHUT UP. WoW is "diablo" mmo, wow borrows almost everything from diablo. they just added the Warcraft Lore to it.

[cooke15]

so we have to kill Diablo again? lol

ok so if diablo isnt the bad guy which demons survived the first 2?

All i can think of is Belial and Azmodan

Duriel and Andariel died in diablo 2

[cjp4eva]

duriel and andariel arent prime evils they just pawns, and D3 is supposed to be set in heaven sooo...........

[cooke15]

i know they arent prime evils.. neither are belial and azmodan but they overthrew the prime evils. they are the only 2 left. I would make sense to have them as the baddies no?

[Relientk77]

omg im sooo happy FINALLY WOOOO ... diablo 3 is coming!!!... wat an awesome announcment .. made my day

:)

[Necrothak]

I'm shocked at how many of you believe this garbage. It's an obvious ploy to get more hits on their site since diablofans.com has been getting all the hits lately. Think about it:

There are at least 3 teams at Blizzard:

WoW
Starcraft 2
Team 3

None of these teams have any idea what the other teams are working on. Every person is under NDA and faces termination for leaking information. Why would someone from Team 3 leak info early to diabloii.net of all websites? Anyone can claim to have inside sources.

BTW- diabloii.net steals all their news stories from diablofans.com(formally diablo3.com) almost word for word.

Now don't get me wrong..I want diablo3 announced at WWI and I think it will be. I just really can't stand diabloii.net because they steal all their info from other websites.

[Cogo]

I feel a lot of hate there =(

A 1st time poster spewing gall over a Diablo fansite... ;) Let me guess, you are from Diablofans? =) The thing is that check Alexa before saying such things, they had their 15 minutes of fame when they BURNED everyone with that counter. That site was among the other Diablo fansites in terms of popularity, and has never been near Diabloii.net.

Still, I can't believe you would put such a great energy into FANSITES. I visit both!

I would be SURE that Dii.net would have the inside scoop if Bill Roper and all the boys were still at Blizzard. Seeing as they are not, you have a point. Still, Dii is part of that LoadedInc network, and since it's been around for AGES, I wouldn't exclude the possibility of them knowing the right person for this. Other sites seem "sure" of it as well with "industry sources", so perhaps they all got the same leak, or the same leak but with a few more hands between to carry the info, as they are not 100% sure?

I'm treating this as point fact until proven wrong =)

Saying the site steals all stories is just pitiful, you mean the big site stealing from ONE of all the small ones? I mean, if they are indeed the biggest, wouldn't they have enough members reporting stuff anyway? I know DF.com have one or two nuggets (that's why I visit it), but come on... =P Conspiracy theories are always fun, but seldom informative.

[KBDuB]

What's WWI?? I thought they was talking about World War 1. =/

[Cogo]

The EU Blizzard site is down at the moment, but basically, it's the "World Wide Invitational" by Blizzard, that they have held once every year for a few years. Only it was in Korea, and only SC/War3 tournaments.

Last year the announced StarCraft 2 in Korea, and this year they moved it to Paris, where they will (apparently) announce Diablo 3. The event starts on Saturday =)

Edit:
It's up again!
http://eu.blizzard.com/wwi0...

[RememberThe357]

I this is true I'm going to sh*t myself. Diablo 2 got me into gaming. Blizzard is the best Dev. in the freakin world and I hope to heck that this game is on the way.

[StephenChow]

I hope we can play this game very soon .... 2011 ? I guess ...

[MonkeyOne]

I have somewhat of an important question about Diablo 3 which I hope to hear some responses.

Since Diablo 2 was released World Of Warcraft has become a smash success by Blizzard.

Does anybody think there's a chance that D3 will seem like old-hat compared to World of Warcrack?

Also, won't Diablo 3 be competing with WOW within the same company?

[Bolts]

WoW is a mass market game. Diablo, like Starcraft is more of a hardcore type of game. If its a MMO, expect Diablo to be nothing like WoW. It'll probably be a mature game.

[thereapersson]

Make it the best game they can for the environment that it originated on

[Bolts]

Blizzard is a PC company, most of their fanbase is on the PC, and their fans expect a certain type of PC centric gameplay. If they go multiplat Diablo wouldn't feel like Diablo anymore, and as we all know Blizzard always hit their mark.

The console will never see this game.

[Drakol]

... I have waited for this damn game! But I wonder how Diablo will make a come back...?

*Places Diablo idol next to his Cthulu* ALL HAIL THE LORD OF TERROR! =D

[Capt CHAOS]

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[Masta_Killa]

I hope it will be battle.net again. I don't want to pay no subscription.

@Fanboi- I admit its unlikely, but the original Diablo was on Playstation, so heres to hoping III comes to the 3.

360 was slain by Playstation_3.

[poopface1]

I hope my pc can run it, cause D2 was one of my favorite games ever. I dont know if Ive ever been more excited when I first picked up a game than I was when I got D2.

[SCFreelancer]

For all of you who want to see the announcement and/or other happenings at the WWI remember that Blizzard is providing live feeds from their website: http://eu.blizzard.com/wwi0... starting tomorrow at 11:45 GMT + 1.