Blizzard Affirms Upcoming Game Announcement; Diablo 3 'Confirmed,' Claims Leading Diablo Fan Site

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• They *could* release mediocre products and be successful, yet they never do. : Vincent Grayson
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  yeah because all the previous games in those series have been horribly reviewed but sold well despite it.... : derelict515
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    id Software: Quake, Doom, Wolfenstein. : Kristian Joensen
    • I won't point out that id Software's current game is Rage. Oh wait. : BobbySnake
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  and how often do they actually pump these games out? not very often.. they do a great jump with the ips ... : happynoodle
  • err jump should be job.. a little grogy from anesthesia : happynoodle
• Blizzard is sort of a "refinement" developer. With each game and expansion, they refine the formulas tha... : Leshrac55
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  In their roughly 15 year history, Blizzard has published exactly 3 sequels afaik. : bipolar
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    wc wc2 wc3: frozen throne wc3: reign of chaos wow wow: burning crusade diablo diablo2 diablo2: ... : gid
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      WC3: Reign of Chaos - expansion pack, not sequel WoW - new game, not sequel (it is not an RTS. If Warcr... : bipolar
      • Reign of Chaos *WAS* War3 - You're thinking of The Frozen Throne. : TastyWheat
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• Bleargh. This doesn't sound too far-fetched unfortunately. They'll probably make Diablo 3 a semi-MMO at l... : fffortune

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• Sadly, this is the one beta I would pay for. And would pay well :( : bipolar
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  Has Blizzard used them for previous Betas? : Lionel2b
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    no . : locater16
    • Good.. fucking evil site : Lionel2b
    • didn't they do something with the WoW open beta? if you had fileplanet you got to download & play the WoW... : metralgia

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• Have to agree. Imagine a Warcraft 4 annoucement at this point. "Erm great, so when's Diablo 3 coming?" : mactu
• Yeah, if it isnt Diablo 3, I hope theres a deafening silence upon announcing whatever the fuck else it is... : jarek99

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  A day? 6 hours from the East Coast. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    so thats like a 9 hour difference for those in the west. if they announce at 8am in paris thatd be late n... : jarek99
    • YAH and if ur livin in hawaii then u probly alredy kno rite now : wwonderboy334

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• I thought the same thing until I saw Hellgate London and Mythos =[. Mythos isn't bad but it isn't ad... : irrerno

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  warblo : kaddar0
  • starwarblocraft : Landrosradick
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  A Zerg Creature Editor might be fun. : Lightbulb
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    Zergspore : deadfish
    • Zporg? : theflux
• Your description was clever, but honestly, the hybrids of Diablo/WarC/StarC have been played out. : David Craddock
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  You can take your WoW characters down into a portal to hell to fight the zerg. : edgewise
  • I now know what the Portal sequel will be about. : Landrosradick

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  Couldn't bring yourself to photoshop the real deal? : ZombieAcademy
  • I can only look at it so much... : Optikfusion

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• It looks a lot like the worldstone rather than ice with the changed colors. : the_burd

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  You might be on to something here... Diablo3: When Hell Freezes Over LULLULULUL : SigENeaT
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    Yeah, hell freezes over would make a great reveal for the ice that we're seeing! : devi| dog
    • I would go more with the idea that hell has started to thaw out again. Diablo was killed, after all. : slax0r

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  the thing is, diabloii.net is the largest diablo site out there and has repeatedly in the past been accur... : Steve Gibson
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    I'm more like 90/10. I'd be really surprised if it isn't a D3 announcement (I think Blizzard would have ... : mrwolf710
    • Right, big media never uses "inside sources" : ifallible
    • I think I am more like 110/-10 : ease one
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    They've also been pretty wrong, I'd say the chance its D3 is pretty low at this point. : kelerian
    • I JUST WANT TO BELIEVE that its not Diablo 3 : two50six
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    I can't remember when, but I'm pretty sure they thought an announcement was going to be Diablo 3 a few ye... : zipper76
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      yeah, could be that too. but thing is, plans change. at the time they claimed it that probably was the... : Steve Gibson
      • I'm all for Diablo 3, but I agree with zipper76, I remember they had a "Countdown to Diablo 3" a while ba... : devi| dog
      • Yep. Apparently Diablo 3 has been in the works for some time obviously, and chances are, the announcement... : two50six
  • Yeah. Diabloii.net has been very credible in the past when it comes to their insider stuff. : two50six
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  so is this going to be like a WoW type game set in the diablo universe, or what? : Antilles_Prime
  • Well, if the image names as letters thing is right, but the letters are jumbled, then it could be WoD, i.... : Mastaba
  • I hope like hell it's not... Classic, but updated, gameplay please. And obviously, a resolution higher t... : Leshrac55
• That new ice picture with the eyes would say that it's Tyrael then. : Wolfanoz

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  http://us.media.blizzard.com/232309/_images/16.jpg : GrimmyD
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    lol they are using the numbers from LOST : two50six
    • meaning, red herring : two50six
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  I don't think we've seen it before. It looks like planets orbiting a star. : Ziggurat
  • Actually it reminds me of a WoW icon http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=30790 : GrimmyD
• Looks like crop circles. Combine that with the ice, and we obviously have a game based on Signs! At la... : Twist of Cain
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  maybe the symbol is about blizzard.net, the 3 franchises revolving around blizzard.net : Chandler55
  • what if the symbol was for a different game althougher coming out way later, with D3 being revealed now a... : oldschoolbob-o
  • they already stated its a new game. A redesign of Battle.net is a given considering the release of SC2 b... : two50six
• Hole keeps getting bigger, and resembles the Pentagram more and more. : Brominated
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  two eys in the middle! : kurtzenter
  • Someone super-imposed the Diablo II box on the picture with... surprising (and revealing?) results: ht... : Leshrac55
• Looks like a pair of eyes in the center. : scernos
• It's got to be Diablo 3 cause with so many geeks saying it is could be wrong? I'm guessing the Ice repres... : whistletits
• I can clearly see it's batman in the middle. I recognize those eyes. So..any takers for World of Batma... : needlez

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• is this real : mourningstar
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  whered you get this from? : johnny rotten
  • It is circulating in various irc channels and forums already. : -sk-
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  Dude, your TF2 map is sweet! Just played it last night. : midgetherder
  • :D Thank you sir. : -sk-
  • Sorry for the completely random comment. : midgetherder
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  blizzard must realize there are millions of Diablo fans that would eat their own still beating hearts to ... : Turd Ferguson
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    I've seriously tryed to play Diablo 2 on my 10.5.3 OS X iMac and no luck. The game crashes and the OpenGL... : Mini-d
    • if it is an Intel Mac, the latest patch 1.12a supposedly fixed some openGL stuff. : mtgDoofy
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    Just so long that they realize that a lot of those Diablo fans are not WoW fans and are not interested in... : theflux
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      Or boring combat.... gimme death and gothicness! : locater16
      • Agreed! : theflux
    • hear hear! : two50six
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      I'm fine with a monthly fee as long as the game feels like Diablo in every sense of the word and not crap... : bipolar
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        That's funny, considering the only real difference is click-to-attack (and the point of view, although th... : [7]kami
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          Not at all. The combat in Diablo 2 could not be more dissimilar from the standard MMO model. Spending 2... : bipolar
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            1. You can mow down dozens per minute in an mmo if the devs want to. Hell, this can be done in WoW too. J... : [7]kami
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              That's what I'm saying, they need to keep that Diablo feel of mowing down dozens per minute. What level ... : bipolar
              • There is no mmo with similar combat. But the mechanics are there. It is like, as you described, taking y : [7]kami
      • monthly fees aren't so bad if you play a game 10 hours a week. i dont mind paying 25c per hour for a gam... : handofthrawn
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  WHAT IS IT : TastyWheat
  • IT'S IT, WHAT IS IT? : Rice-Rocketeer
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  NWS PIC OF DIABLO'S COCK : deadfish
  • The only thing hard enough to bash through three day's worth of ice pictures. : theflux

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  you guys seem to have very limited definitions of "creativity." : walker270
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    what do you mean? starcraft 2 looks more of the same, albeit improved, but if it was changed too much the... : pyide
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      You guys act like Blizzard is similar to EA in their releases. They're not. World of Warcraft may have : walker270
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        i never said such things, but thanks for assuming that. Since you brought it up, I'd say you can't be as ... : pyide
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          Because 4 great franchises would mean we only get new games in whatever might be our favorite IP every 10... : Vincent Grayson
          • A new game doesn't mean no more Diablo or no more War/Starcraft. They are still and would still be workin... : pyide
        • I can't disagree with you more. GTA3 was a sequel, and not only was it amazingly creative, it broke the m... : WannaEatAvril
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        Are you kidding me? Starcraft II is pretty much the same game re-invented with new graphics, and units. ... : supyoscn
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          WoW was released in 2004. In 2004, MMORPGs were similar, but not like WoW. Now all MMORPGs are like WoW... : walker270
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            ^^ perfect point people bitched about war3 when heroes were the main emphasis but that shit sold millions... : Iwannaacura
            • I love the heroes bitching. Especially considering everybody plays DOTA nowadays. : [7]kami
        • lol what? : two50six
    • again creative does not = original or new : two50six
• yes, because blizzard is known for their creativity with their successful franchises. (no) : Bantis
• No. Diablo 3 please. ;[ : lightly inclined

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• I sincerely hope that it isnt : two50six
• Online play obviously has to be a large part of diablo 3. Whether it is true MMO or guild wars like. I ... : james t kirk

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• If it's not D3 it's got to be something new. : aeg1x
• They decided "Wrath of the Lich King" was too cumbersome and have renamed the WoW expansion, thereby maki... : the_burd
• Lost Vikings 2 D: : TigerRei

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• Because Paris is Hell? : two50six

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• Trust me, I already have in fact ;) : two50six

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  So you want me to announce the game before our announcement he told GamesIndustry. "No offense, but I thi... : mossman85
  • and of course, WOTLK is an expansion, not an _entire_ game! woo d3! : cporg
• they've already announced it though. pardo is making it sound like a new game. i figured it would be a ... : pyide
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  ice looks to be melting, the runes could possibly forming a pentagram shape? not saying that this is rig... : pandastrong
  • Yeah, I'm seeing the general pentagram shape as well. : 69gooch69
  • I see the bat symbol forming. : devi| dog
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    invert the image, it's Diablo Red and looks like ash falling down : randomnull
    • http://www.wowinsider.com/photos/june-2008-splash-screen-speculation/884156/ : two50six
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  Maybe... hell has frozen over? : carrioN luggagE
  • Make sense. That was bliizards statement about their final Diablo 2 patch. : two50six
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  protip: "wrath" starts with a "w" : RikiTiki2
  • owned. : wwonderboy334
  • Where's the D again? My english is fuzzy. : arsonide
• Mt. Arreat was pretty icy : Tommy Toolbag

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• fake. : pandastrong
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  Things posted on April Fool's Day are never real... : jlavrenz
  • haha, boy I'm bad.. didn't even notice the date :( : JuffoWup
• Fake: All that fottage is from [Kingdom under Fire - Circle of Doom xbox 360] I own it. Nice try thoug... : valcan_s
• LOL, I even noticed a voice from Gary Oldman in Dracula : whistletits
• Man, c'mon. Seriously. Go to the Youtube link of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAXCiUEv0ks : dpgagnon
• It was nicely cut together though, hehe.. Have you ever followed Blizzard a little bit with their publish... : Fjornsvavne

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• I seem to recall something along the lines of the shattered worldstone leaving the world open to other pl... : johnny rotten
• I speculate that Tyreal goes bad and Jams himself with Baal's soulstone (never destroyed). : theflux
• Well, given that the Worldstone is an 'ancient crystal that prevents the Heavens and the Hells from compl... : hohoh0

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  Play Diablo II immediately. : 69gooch69
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    Unfortunatly, with all those games on my backlog, it will be hard to do in a near future! : Bingo
    • Stop posting and play Diablo II immediately. : theflux
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  I played the heck outta Diablo, but yeah haven't beat Diablo II or gotten very far in it. : Ziz
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    I was like this for the first year after I bought Diablo II, but then I was super bored one day, forced m... : boughton supreme
    • Yep Diablo II is digital crack in its purest form. : theflux

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• yeah, those are the same ones who bitch when they patch a game and change a weapon stat... "OMG, my charm... : jimvolk
• just like VALVE people bitch at any update with their games. RUINED TF2 my memories of conc jumps wahwahw... : Iwannaacura
• They can do whatever they want after all it's their game, however if they do go the MMO route or even Gui... : yoshimi20
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  WoW let me down : Tommy Toolbag
  • Me too, but that's because it wasn't Diablo 3. : sevogajre

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  There are shackers playing right now. : OmegaRed59
  • Unfortunately none playing softcore. =( Plenty of goons playing softcore though. : SigENeaT

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• This is what I've been thinking. lol @ fanboy heart break. : IHATEDUST

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  The ice glaciar image it could perfectly be the Icecrown Citadel, wich is located at the new continent ca... : Mini-d
  • You'll be back for WotLK : 00kewk00

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  It's canned for good. : -sk-
  • =( : razlebol
  • It's on hold, don't worry! Srsly the game is dead : mossman85

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• I want it to be a MMO just to see the ensuing panic of all gamers on the internet. : Geoffrois