i hope it isnt as boring as 2 was, number 1 was the best in my opinion. 2 is just stale and boring and i dont see why people still play it

Y'know, it really sounds like you really, really wanted to tell us this without taking responsibility for validating all of this.

Tut tut, Steve.

"Y'know, it really sounds like you really, really wanted to tell us this without taking responsibility for validating all of this."

Actually, I wanted to tell you all this without everyone simply copying and pasting this information into their own site. I take 100% full responsibility for this information.

I just copy and paste your URL Steve, it saves a lot of time. =P

OoooOoo! Sounds awesome, Steve.

Sweet. I never got into the first two games, but all my friends loved them, and from what i played they were pretty cool (sadly that was relatively recently so it didn't hold my interest huge amounts). Let's hope the third instalment can live up to this excellent information!

sounds sweet, now if they can still generate random levels, that would rule.

GIVE US SC2 YOU LAZY BAFFOONS!

This sounds like it could be really, really incredibly totally GAY.

It sounds to me like some christians got in on the committee at Blizzard.

We'll have to see, and I'm sure I'll play it, but I'm crestfallen to read this. Diablo I had an incredibly dark feel to it-- the creeeepy atmospherics in the cathedral, et cetera. Diablo II lost some of that and was just kind of generic most of the time, even in places like the flayer dungeon.

And now, Diablo III is taking place partly in heaven.

Lovely.

"GIVE US SC2 YOU LAZY BAFFOONS!"

I think this is what people are really waiting for.... It would be interesting to see "Snowstorm" annouce SC2 at E3 rather than DIII

Well, it may not be "gay", as you say. I could very easily heaven in ruins, with dead angels strewn about. It's really quite possible for Blizzard to manipulate the setting into anything they want.

When I said "I could very easily...", I meant, "I could very easily see..."

Wow, very exciting. Thanks Gaming Steve!

Now about the information...Personally, I doubt very very much that "Christian influences" were an impact on the gameplay taking place in heaven...according to scripture, that is totally impossible, for heaven is completely incorruptable by darkness and pure. Now, what I'm hoping for is a fantastic "snowstorm" plot ala Starcraft, where Heaven has been corrupted and became not what it once was, allowing for Evil to attack and gain a foothold in heaven.

Speculation aside, I truly can't wait, Diablo 2 was and is a fantastic game, with a terrific feel and a brilliant story. I only have one, humble, humble request...I want a good ending, preferably one where I a) become a demigod, or b) Rule the earth. Thankyou.

Now I get to laugh at all my friends who doubted me.

"Your series is over Hunter, it's Warcraft from now on." they would say.

Then I would go home and I would cry. Oh god how I would cry.

Diablo 3 a mmo? Are they going to say the Diablo universe is connected to the Warcraft universe and a new battle begins?

The description sounds a bit too similar to WOW. Won't they be letting their own games compete against one another if they release D3 like this?

A development house will hire an Art Director as one of it's first steps even before pre-production has started. With a game generally taking 2-3 years to make, this would put the release date around Xmas 2007 (if work has started already on it).

Unfortunately though, I know one person who just took a job there as Concept Artist on Diablo 3. This would mean they haven't even gone into pre-production yet, meaning the released date might even be 2008 :-(

There are still tons of people that play diablo2 online now
Many people think its the best game ever
There is only one bad thing about D2 Lod online, the items have been buffed so many times that now it would be harder if you had an I win button.

I hope not too many things from wow will seep into diablo3 coz that would be teh suck
Theres one thing i didnt understand well, will you be able to fight with a faction of youre choice or do you just get to be with one faction?

YAY! I want D3! :D

This is a fake post. After the WoW issues, they can take Diablo 3 and throw it in the bin for all I care.

Why would a company hire "leads" for a game that is almost complete? that just doesn't make any sense.

Heres why WOW and D3 would not compete if they were both MMOs: They have entirely different feels. WoW is more of a social interaction, "do whatever you want", type of game. There is really no plot. There is no object. You could say the object is to beat the opposing faction, but you would never be able to. However, Diablo has always had an epic feeling. The whole "save the world" type of thing. There is always a pretty straight forward idea of what is going on. There is always a way to beat the bad guy and save all creation. Now you are saying: "How do you put an object in an MMO? Wouldn't it ruin the game for everyone else if you beat the game and it was over?" This is how: Have everyone who beats the bad guy (whoever it ends up being) "graduate" to a different "epilouge" world. Similar to what Sander Scamper said maybe. In this after story world, emphasis would be on things like leveling, items, money making, social interaction, etc. Which would only be accessible by those who have beaten the game. (Cow level anyone?)

I want to see a company announce a game the day it's gone gold. None of this stupid "when's it coming out" crud. Just BAM! Here's DIII. A company like Blizzard could do that.

You guys are taking this info too far. He never said it would be an MMO. If you stop to think about it they could simply be making a game similar to what Oblivion is going to be, but with a twist of being pure hack an slash. Blizzard could simply want an extremely expansive map for D3 to drastically enhance the experience.

The reason Blizzard would have to hire new team leads is really really simple, the original people behind Blizzard North quit. In fact, 1 or 2 new companies were created out of the people who quit instead of relocated. Blizz hiring a new concept artist means absolutely nothing. It would simply mean they needed more of them since they want a lot more content to be put into the game. Who do you think comes up with all the artwork for future content? Obviously a concept artist is needed when they release more content for a game.

I never said it was an MMO. I also talked to my friends at Blizzard last night and got a few more details, but I think I will save those for the next podcast...

I believe it could be incredibly awesome if done correctly and with as much time as is being spent on it...well it should at least be enjoyable for a year or so!...a battle between good and evil doesn't necessarily mean "christians" took over *cough cough*...as long as evil prevails =)

if for some reson diablo is back it would be sweet to see him in 3d
and all the new godly wepons too

THERE IS NO COW LEVEL
i didnt know that is was a msg for diablo 1 that there was no cow level in the game so they made a cheat out of it for star craft but like any one new what it ment
so to stop ppl asking about it bizzard made one in diablo 2 :)

Heaven's gonna be awesome. I mean, remember Tyrael or whoever from Diablo II? He was kickass with those wings.

Diablo 3, as it was in development by Blizzard North was NOT being done in true 3D, but instead in 2.5D.

The Burning Crusade's trademark was visable for a few months before it was announced at BlizzCon, and a brand new Diablo trademark (in additon to two other Diablo trademark and a LOD trademark) is now visable. Do not be suprised if development is announced by Snowstorm.

"I believe it could be incredibly awesome if done correctly..."

wow really? ya think?

"I believe it could be incredibly awesome if done correctly..."

wow really? ya think?

As a long time player of Diablo game's. I personally hope this information is fraudelant. Blizzard has lost it's touch, WoW was a huge let down to all die hard blizzard fans, It is full of silly bnet kids and poor gameplay, I am not a byest gamer, I suffered a 12 month addiction to WoW and have taken part in Mc and Bwl dozens and dozens of times and have experienced all the game has to offer as far as PvP and PvM has to offer and have been majorly dissapointed.

Diablo II lod has been a on and off addiction of mine for the last half a dozen years, and In my opinion is one of the greatest games of all time, from a average gamers point of view it may be outdated and boring, but to those die hard fans out there, it has kept us addicted for years and years, the sheer perfection of the game is unbeleivable, PvP is awsome especially when taking part in group PvP, PvM was one of the biggest causes of my addiction, the hack and slash style PvM the game has would be lost in a mmo because it simple isint possible to recreate in a mmo universe. The original DII story line was amazing, and the first time I watched those movies I fell in love, the twist to the movies just added to the story line.

If blizzard is to adapt anything from WoW then god help them. I hope the diablo universe can rest in power, never to be dug up from the grave again. As there is absolutely no way blizzard could outdo it. Any addition to the diablo II universe would be a letdown. Yours sincerely Taboo

OMFG w00t :D it might come out before i die :p

Diablo 3 = The Pwnage.

I sure hope it won't be like WoW just pushing buttons to attack. HACK, SLASH AND DODGE is just something i can't live without!

And i sure hope they're not gonna charge you to play per month.
If they do, PLEASE let it be teleports so you doesn't have to waste lot's of playtime running to all the places.

It will take blizzard another 7 years to release this title.
Then it comes to deadlines those guys are worse than MS.

Old and large gaming corps end up being overun
by marketing zombies and coke heads that wants to play executives.

Odds of such scum ever comming up with a creative thought in a life time is zero.

Always look for new companies with new and fresh stuff. A good chance for solid original quality there.

It would be a good dream.

D2 is awesome enough for me right now. :)

I have been waiting for D3 since ever! , I hope this is for real, I am Going to buy for sure!

Well - it sounds great and all - and i'm very in for D3 - i Loved the first and the second - big time favs - but if they make something like World Of Warcraft - they are going to throw away Diablo......WoW just s@x - bad - worse - it looks childish and its l@m3 - what more should i say - i'm really in for seeing it - by the way when its the next E3?!?!?!?!

"Third, err, well, there is no third"

Funny thing to say... ;-)

No Angel,nor Deamon will be unscathed!

im going to have to say that i can wait for diablo 3 because diablo 2 aleady has so much to offer and there is "usually" new things to do such as building new characters with different builds, killing bosses for hours trying to get that one item that is so good and is to expensive to trade for because people want it so bad!!!....ehh

Well its about time they come out with a new one diablo 2 is getting really old and boring.I just hope "sandstorm" doesn't make us pay like they did with WoW.I say keep it on a free server.I also hope they get all new characters and do away with the ones in D2.
They also need to make different monsters for each normal.nightmare.hell.So it keeps the game refreshed.

I hope diablo 3 won't be in the 3D format of WoW. I have been a hardcore fan of D1 and D2 and I have loved the birds eye view concept of the game.

As for spending so much effort into recreating the game.....i cant help but think that blizzard is going to milk every penny off us to play the game online like WoW

Sigh... The Diablo franchise is... frankly, its boring. Hack, slash, hack, slash, chop, stomp, pwn, j00, crack, swing... Just a bunch of demon-bashing.

I hear alot about these games competing against each other. This seems like a better marketing ploy to me if it were true. I mean, if a different company other than Blizzard made the next WOW and Blizzard themselves made DIII then they wouldn't make as much money. Even if there are two game that are competing, both of the profits go to the same company, so Blizzard wins either way.

i dont think that you have to pay to play d3 like WoW cuz they get so much money any way and when d3 comes out they will have to make 3 times then they usely make cuz THEY WILL SELL OUT real quick but i hope you dont have to pay to play then it will suck

"As a long time player of Diablo game's. I personally hope this information is fraudelant. Blizzard has lost it's touch, WoW was a huge let down to all die hard blizzard fans,"

True, but a lot of long time Diablo players would disagree with you.

"It is full of silly bnet kids and poor gameplay"
They're not all silly, and the gameplay isn't too bad. And that's coming from someone who hates MMOs.

"I am not a byest gamer, I suffered a 12 month addiction to WoW and have taken part in Mc and Bwl dozens and dozens of times and have experienced all the game has to offer as far as PvP and PvM has to offer and have been majorly dissapointed."

For the record, do you have any REAL MMO experience? Up to this point, you've only mentioned D2, which isn't an MMO. Have you stacked this up to any other games? Also, Blizzard's always learned from their mistakes. What's stopping them from making Diablo 3 as an MMO not good?

"Diablo II lod has been a on and off addiction of mine for the last half a dozen years, and In my opinion is one of the greatest games of all time, from a average gamers point of view it may be outdated and boring, but to those die hard fans out there, it has kept us addicted for years and years, the sheer perfection of the game is unbeleivable,"

I've been playing it long, and the only reason I continue to, is because my friends continue to. Otherwise, it's a shallow game, at best. The game itself is good, but then Act 2 retrieval and Act 2 retrieval of items becomes inane, and tedious. The graphics and gameplay itself stay good, because it is simple. It's a neat engine.

"PvP is awsome especially when taking part in group PvP"
VERY true. Dueling is good. This carries over in MMOs, and would be excellent in D3.

"PvM was one of the biggest causes of my addiction, the hack and slash style PvM the game has would be lost in a mmo because it simple isint possible to recreate in a mmo universe."

See, here's where you're wrong. They could use the D2 engine, spruce it up, and hand out an amazing PvM system, that has an innovative way of going about things. Hack and slash games are hard to screw up.

"The original DII story line was amazing, and the first time I watched those movies I fell in love, the twist to the movies just added to the story line."

If you say this, then the battle of Heaven and Hell should appeal to you like no other. You're left after killing Baal in a shaking world. If you are truly hardcore, you wouldn't be turned off by this. You would know what to expect. The majority of Warcraft fans love WoW, because it continues the story in a proper way.

"If blizzard is to adapt anything from WoW then god help them. I hope the diablo universe can rest in power, never to be dug up from the grave again. As there is absolutely no way blizzard could outdo it. Any addition to the diablo II universe would be a letdown"

I have to requote something: "As there is absolutely no way blizzard could outdo it"

We have for you a D2 fanboy.

hope i see it complete before i die cause if i see it taking a comercial route (like "CAUGH CAUGH") im gona die .D1&2 are flawless and if they ar gone ruin it ,you will all se the downfall of "SnowStorm".AND HEAVEN please this game was intended 2 have a gothik/medieval caind of macabr feeling I say try 2 go back 2 d1 hellfire 2 get that feeling back .

i love d2, i have bought the game 3 times because i keep losing it and i have been playing it on and off since it came out

the thing that makes WoW seem sucky to us D2 fanboys is that its all 1v2 or 1v3 nmes at once for 99% oft he gameplay, unlike D2 where it is 1v993939393939 guys at once. this is a major part of the appeal of D2.

if blizzard keeps this and just upgrades all the skills/graphics/storyline then it would be an amazing game, very different from WoW, even with a 3d view

as for the story, the worldstone was destroyed, leading to a destruction of the boundaries between heaven,hell,and earth. maybe you will fight D's ghost or something.

I hope the game play and layout is exactly the same as 1 and 2
None of the 3d garbage, like most rpg/adventure games these days,
and most of all lets hope its free to play online,
As good as a game is i simply refuse to buy the product, then pay to play it, this is the reason i have not converted to WOW.

I have gathered the most powerfull items in d2, scraped together 9 pnbs, rushed men through hell... in hell. Shattered Diablo and brought down fake gods. I recently quit so because I have played it for to many years, and I can't wait for my next sweet, sweet addiction. Oh please finish fast!

"It sounds to me like some christians got in on the committee at Blizzard."

Except you forgot to read the part where there will most likely be factions for Good and Evil. As in, you're killing angels, rather than demons.

I've heard no promises of the item randomization which made D2 so uniquely good in this d3 description. Who wants a limited character anyway? Check out Flagship Studios' Hellgate: London if you want to get hyped. It's made by the guys who made the diablos. No skill limits.

diablo must not be pay2play, or blizzard will end in the hand of rich kids, i hope they make the game with the ambience of diablo1, and with the item/skill variaty of diablo2.

i dont usually buy games except from battlefield series and diablo, if d3 is pay2play then i wont buy it.

i would like to see guilds in D3 fight against guilds in WOW. i'm not saying it'll be good or bad. .i just want to see the outcome. .wouldn't you?

I think that all they should have done is made a new storyline, graphics and some minor changes to diablo 2 and LOD for diablo 3 because diablo 2 was a very well based game but there were very time consuming and irritating things in it such as running around finding the place u have to go. you should just be able to find a map to the place or something. Just base it off diablo 2 and LOD is all i want and for it to come out freaking soon. 6 years has been long enough.

BOO YAH! Better warm up the clicking finger and re-install LoD to get psyched for it :P
Knowing Snowstorm it will be awesome =) but a long time coming =( , anyways awesome or not it can't be any worse then nothing at all :P
Hurry Snowstorm PLZ HURRY!! LOLz :P

I was banned from D2 in August b/c of stupid maphack, I would love a D3 to come out and continue my D2 experience. To me Diablo is one of the games that I've ever really got hooked on. GO MAKE US D3!!

No D3 just D2 Expansion#2. new characters, acts, runewords Man i would love that.Forgot ITEMS!
More godly items!

Yeah, I read somewhere that this would be like a "World of Diablo" kind of thing. Looking forward to it and I hope this info is correct ^^

Hey Blizzard! You remember this little thing called "Starcraft?" You know ... the BEST THING Y'ALL EVER DID??? As if the game world doesn't have enough magic and fantasy....

But I have to admit that every previous Diablo title has been awesome, so let me just reiterate what BIFF said:

"diablo must not be pay2play, or blizzard will end in the hand of rich kids, i hope they make the game with the ambience of diablo1, and with the item/skill variaty of diablo2.

"... if d3 is pay2play then i wont buy it."

If the game manages to have both the ambiance of Classic Diablo AND the addictive gameplay of D2: LoD, then it may rival Starcraft in its sheer awesomeness.

But of course I won't touch it if I have to pay for a subscription.

Ive always liked the Diablo Games. My only let down was in D2 When they took leaching life and mana away in PVP....That made zons pwn terribly and now that it has been changed....Zons blow unless your completely rich....and still you get owned sometimes by smiters ^^

World of Diablo = None of Arsonide's money for Snowstorm. Diablo is a cooperative multiplayer RPG, not a massively multiplayer RPG.

Okay - here's my take on the news here.

If the information is true, I am looking forward to it just because the first two Diablo games were a blast. It is the only game I know of that doesn't really require you to team up all too much (And if you do, it's only with a few other people) Unlike WoW, you don't need 40 people to get together and go raid a place for 7 hours and get aboslutely nothing, unless you are one of the lucky ones (Or you go to this place every week, making it seem like a job)

Diablo games were never a job to me, however, more like something I could sit back and mess around on. The MF runs were tedious, but, the "MF" deal is unique and challenging.

Also, I liked the idea of "Hardcore" setting. It really seperates the good from the bad players and I enjoyed it immensely. I hope, if this info is true, there is a setting as like that in this new game to come.

I also liked the "Selling SOJ's bit" and everyone on that particular 'server' gets a Diablo Spawn and a unique item off him (if you can find him), that, was a very, very good idea and brought a lot of fun for me for a while.

Now, I must say, I made quite a bit of cash on Diablo II; yes, I was one of the ones whom sold their accounts (to be a little more clearer, I was Daca, the #1 dueler on the USEast Hardcore Realm ) I'm looking forward to getting addicted, then selling those items/characters to rich kids.

Dude thats sound sick but is it goin to be as complicated as WOW cuz i dont liike the lvl of that. But dud i am stoked obout D3i cant wait to get it!!!!!!!!!!

Diablo 3 is a must.Diablo 2 was awesome.I am sure Diablo 3 will be outstanding.Blizzard go make this game,because you will make a fortune and the players will be verry glad to play it.D'ont forget to make a barbarian character .

OMFG WTF WTF ROFL

i think this game has more potential than anything else. i've known someone working on this game for the past four years with blizzard. he's stayed with the project and has yet to tell me any of these juicy details, but has always reassured me of the continuing development. i'm just really excited to see the glory that diablo 1 and 2 was meant to give. while the gameplay could and should remain almost entirely unchanged, the prospect of 3D environments on a massive scale, even if it is MMO, gives the developers so much more room to illustrate the glory and epic scope of heaven and hell far better than the 2.5D birds-eye view of the first two. i couldn't imagine that any changes could ever alter the game concept or franchise for the worst.

Well, if it's not pay-to-play, it is guaranteed to get hacked to death...

so while if it is pay-to-play it will become a rich kids' game, if it isn't it will become an ebayer's game (basically the same thing... everyone can play but you have to put up with the rich kids being able to own the crap out of everyone).

more bugs more dupes this will be fun :D

Wow ! I hope this is not just a rumor

Wouaouh! The return of the best game I've ever played!Wait is soon finished....
Thanks for these informations

D3 in 3d and looking like an MMO? That sounds sweet and all, but with the next installment it sounds like there will be an online fee for sure. B. Net was so nice in that you didn't have to deal with that crap. Maybe in the new generation of online games, fees are to be expected though...

I hope to see D3 release as an MMO... I missed the boat on WOW. When it comes to epic games like that I feel like I need to experiance them from the get go. I don't like coming into a world 1 year after kids everywhere have turned it into a science.

I'd like to see D3 as a MMO that takes into consideration all of WOW's critics and makes something with game ending PVP

steve this is some GREAT NEWS! But.....i heard it 2 months ago and since then i've been trying to find a picture or a screenshot of diablo3
and didnt found even a pixel, so plz can you tell me a URL where i can find one ( or more ) d3 pics or if you have some send it to me PLZ!!!!!! I MUST SEE THIS FABOLOUS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ps goodwork!

They will be making a terrible mistake if they take it from 2D to 3D and make it like WoW. WoW sucks, it costs you money every month beyond the game, the better hardware and ur isp. It also is too hmmmm a word GAY as the best Blizzard games have always been Diablo, D2, D2LOD, WC3, WCTFT, etc. If they have any sense in their company, oh nevermind "WoW" was made, they would make Diablo 3 in 2D like its two predecessors and create another story line and keep it as D2LOD is, no extra beyond the game price, isp and the need for better hardware.

Diablo 2 was the best game ever made period. At its release, no game came close to this one for quite some time.

Glad to hear some news/rumors but I still think its gonna be years ahead. Blizzard has always been slow and of course what they say and what happens is 2 totally different things.

I don't play DII online, but I play on the SPF (single Player Forums). I don't care about online because my internet isn't great and online isn't fun and hasn't been fun for years.

3D would be cool, pretty amazing diff. from 2D and that would be cool, they need to make DIII like the Diablo series and stop going to warcraft/wow and change the game like those.

Don't expect DIII anytime in the next 2 years, but some rumors/news/information, etc. I would still rather have a DIII than a SC2 anyway, but SC2 could be an EXTREME upgrade from the first one from so so so long ago.

Why do so many people criticize WoW so harshly... have you ever played the game????? i doubt it because all you do is cry about the cost .... p.s. not a rich kid... work 2 jobs and i still play WoW... Would love to see the diablo universe in 3d like WoW.. paying every month is not so bad as long as the game is fun for you. And it keeps hacks and crap out.. Online games are alot better when noone has an unfair advantage. WoW> D2 In my opinion, but a D3 like WoW would definately pwn WoW.

Well i hope that they make DIII "darker", that i would feel my flesh creep before going past every corner, like it was in D1. There should be no chance to go back 4 one's body, it is just too easy.
I just can't w8, Diablo was and it will ever be the best game ever made!!
I hope they will not f@ck up the game like they did with WoW, paying a monthly fee is the worst thing that would happen.

Sunteti niste prosti.Diablo rullz you.

Blizzard should read these comments just to see how ppl feel about the paying system, everyone in here agrees that it should not be pay2play.

one of the best things about diablo was that u paid the game once and nothing more.

that gives the game a huge variaty of ppl and loads of money from sales that can sustain the game patches for years, just like in d1 and d2.

Whats with this assumption of D3 being a mmorpg? I can quote:

"In addition, the multiplayer aspect will be greatly enhanced from the past installments" - Gaming Steve

In addition, aspect. key words to make me not think it would be a MMORPG. They both seem to reflect the idea that the mplayer will just be different from D1 D2, not that it will ONLY be online.

And if it is, why would it compete with WoW? You guys have all said this game has a few years ahead of it...by then blizzard would be smart to put out a new MMORPG. WoW would be getting stale by then. Believe it or not MMORPGS do have a lifespan, and yes they may go on for years but after the first 4-5 it really starts to go downhill.

But it doesnt really matter yet because there is no evidence to even SUGGEST D3 will be a MMORPG, though i suppose people are bound to jump to conclusions on such an anticipated game with no developer news. Companies take ideas from other games all the time, it does NOT mean they will make it the same game!

However would be logical for their company, although I wouldnt like to see it myself. WoW was fun but i couldnt push myself to get past lvl 45 because i just didnt care if I could pvp with a bunch of lvl 60 kids.

Well sorry for the long post and sorry if i am repeating someone, just throwing my 2 cents. Ill be content to wait for blizzard to release hard facts while im playing Oblivion...mmmm Oblivion.

I really want to know how they managed to let diablo be in this game. At the end of Diablo II he is kind of "dead" ^^

About that you know that baal is not dead . His soulstone was never destroyed , and i think that someone will resurect baal , probably Tal Rasha . And after that Diablo will be resurected again in flesh . Anyway the true evil never dies . Bla bla bla here we go again . Kill kill kill time to die ,all that s@it again and again .Good s@it!!!!!!!!!

Or Diablo III plays in the past, when the 3 evils came to the earth the first time and the big fight between the humans (with help from heaven) against them.

First... D3, awesome!

Attn: Solidcube and JomDom!

Solidcube said:
"It sounds to me like some christians got in on the committee at Blizzard."

They were always on the committee

How is the entire game not Christian? The whole game's story borrow from Judeo/Christian mythologies or scripture.

Baal, Beelzebub, fallen angels strewn about ... these are all inherently Christian concepts. In fact in this game you're serving God by fighting Demonds from hell.

How is this not Christian?

instead of making diablo 3, i think it would rock if they came out with a new expansion every 6 months :p each would add a new act >_< maybe im being retarded but if D3 comes out im going to miss my chars :( anyone feel the same way?

"instead of making diablo 3, i think it would rock if they came out with a new expansion every 6 months :p each would add a new act >_"

-I agree totally.

I like diablo because its free and fun :-) i went WoW for a few months and had a great time but couldnt keep up with the fees so i went back to d2.Diablo3 sounds great and im ready blizzard so lets go.

I'll admit that I loved the first 2 Diablos, but after the "oh wait, you guys built our company with your fanbase, but we'll just ignore the fact that your game hasn't been patched in a year (1.09 to 1.10) and work on Starcraft instead" fiasco, I swore I'd never buy another Blizzard product. As much as I hate to do it, I may have to break my ban on Blizzard and get this game (although I WILL wait a month or 2 so I get the lowered price-point =P). So much for my EverCrackII addiction....

"instead of making diablo 3, i think it would rock if they came out with a new expansion every 6 months :p each would add a new act >_"

Like Guildwars.. sounds good to me

What ever the info is true or not, the fact that a lot of us are responding to this message means Snowstorm is on the right path if they do work on D3... So many comments proves that we are all waiting for this game, positive or negative...

"Snowstorm" should make "Beelzebub 3" ( i like this "names" :D) and then let they came out with a new expansion every 6 months or let they add new acts, items or whatever in patches (like WoW).

btw. It would be nice to choose side (diffirent characters in each side would be great) - imagine help Diablo or other Evil Guy in assault against heaven ]:->.

I'm french and i'm totally mad of this game, my friends tooo yeaaah i hope i'll fight you on b3 soon yep yep!

I'l believe it when the game is in my computer,and died once.

OK, i keep trying to find out whats up. i went on blizz.com and i saw they kept quoting about diablo1 and diablo 2, they need new art directers and new 3d directors ive read alot of forums some of the rumors are true but i cant say for sure. they wouldnt quote diablo 1 & 2 for no reason they need someone taht knows the game's graphics etc.

1st i read a website that says its coming in 2006 FOR SURE...... but i also heard it will be around september ..... VERY SAD
i heard if u call the blizz company or as you call it {snow storm} they will talk about it. never did it never felt like it.
but my friend did. {Probably lying}

just look closly to blizzards website the news

O and also boo hoo i LOVED diablo 2 and lod too/ but i got bored to death and also when i got hacked 5 times with my perfect gear i lost hope and stopped playing for year/ i looked for other online games

I AM ONLINE GAME FREAK.... althought i wouldnt pay monthly but i figured all the new games in 2006 they will make u pay online and there is bright side...... IF U PAY THE YPAY ATTENSION TO U IF U GOT PROBLEM THEY HELP TEHY HAVE ATLEAST 1 GUY SURVEYLING each game that is created.

WELL LISTEN I HAVE WAR CRAFT 3.... ITS GREAT GAME
but DO U KNOW HOW MANY GLITCHES ARE IN IT

NYONE WITH ROUTER CANT CREATE GAME

KICKS MANY PEOLE FROM SERVER AUTOMATICALLY

ETC

what im trying to say is THEY ARE WORKING ON IT .... THEY WILL PROBABLY CHARGE US 97.9% u can bet on that
AND HALF THE FORUMS U READ OUR LIES, the guy that made the first comment / novel makes sence just WE NEED PROOF i found a forum that speaks truth about this I CANT FIND IT, SORRY. but i know something truth

as u know diablo 2 was released liek at 2000-2001 and lod was at 2003 ever since diablo was released they started diablo 3
they finished pretty much whole game in 2004. took em 4 years to make it. straight forward {IT SUCKED/ playing tetris was better. the storyline was flawed, the game's graphic where horrible {exagerating} about d1 graphics, remember it was still like 2001/ how many games have u seen with good graphics in 2001
they started mmorpg's in 2000
i think, diablo was their first project
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{Well back to story they fixed story line and everything. and graphics etc still glitches. and new kinds of methods to making games came out they added.

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ok all that crap probably. this is my first post ever basically/ just i had to say what i know

as u probably heard blizz is in no possible way rushing. tehy are trying to make game perfect etc
as i said i found this forum i cant find nymore, it talked about how blizz pays no attension to diablo fans. and their mission is to get money once we buy, mission accomplished. there are few people working on the updates in d2 and lod probably like 5 people.

WELL TO FINISH..................... D3 WILL BE COMING OUT AROUND SEPTEMBER or as GUY ALLLLLLLL THE WAY UP THERE....
said "after starcraft: ghost comes out

IT WILL BE GAME OF CENTURY blah blah blah IT WEIL LBE MIXED SH*t from all other games blizz made etc etc etc Ba bye

MAKE POSTS NOW TO TELL ME stuff ill be look ing at post for 2 days and im leaving

OK guys.... first of all.... calm down. Not to be down on anyone, but this is all just speculation. HOW many times in the past couple of years have you heard this rumor? I want to see a new Diablo chapter as much as anyone, but it has been 6 YEARS since D2 wsa released. It is my fav game, always will be.... but if you are expecting D3 anytime soon.... well, don't hold your breath or you will become a cobalt shade of blue. Second of all.... if they were really interested in Diablo, they would have released an expansion by now. I think LOD was an excellent add-on, so why couldn't they have released another expansion by now? I believe that would be the better way to go. Let's face it... people loved D2 for its architecture and gameplay. If you make D3 a "3d" kind of thing, I think it will lose its uniqueness. But add a new "Act" of some sort, and you would least keep the D2 fanbase alive. I don't even know if it would be possible, but it would be nice. It seems to me that Bliz..oops... "Snowstorm" -.- would be wise to listen to fans this time around instead of wasting valuable time, money and programming on another SC:Ghost-type of thing. Anyways... keep up hope.

well the 2.5d birds eye view i think is the best but thats my opinion and i think that if they kept the original chars added 3 more and added a skill tree to the originals and 4 skill trees to the newer chars it would be a more complex almost stratedy game which would also attract mature game players.... Blizz already has an ubelievable game they just need to add to it and call it a different name... also if they were to make dIII then they would have to incorporate Diablo himself assaulting the heavens because it wouldn't be called diablo without diablo..... and if hte incorporated azmodan (forgot spellin) and beliel they it would be cooler.... they game wouldn't take long if they just added depth if they used D2's engine....if blizz does the right thing and makes 1-2 million copies after 1 month into release they will be makin so much money and even 1-2 million copies (worldwide) wouldn't be able to satisfy the demand for the game.. come on it's sold millions of copies dIII would imo blow away all expectations money wise and maybe become the highest revenue generating game of all time now that sound a big far fetched but it definately has the fan base

Look at this from Snowstorm financial perspective. They have about 5.5 mil customers who pay to play WoW every month and presuming every customer has purchased a six-month billing plan (€10.99 / month - Europe) , wich is the lowest price to play then Snowstorm makes €60 445 000 every month.
The first question you should ask yourselves is " Why on earth would Snowstorm make Beelzebub 3 something else other then an MMORPG?? " becuse even if they sold 5 million copies (A LOT) at a price a high as .. let's say €75 (again A LOT) they would "only" make €370 000 000 wich equals about six and a half months of WoW payment.
Now Snowstorm's payday will soon be over (soon = 3-4 years --> look what happened to AO and the other MMOs) and they need to have something ready by then , or sooner and I doubt is will be StarcraftOnline or WoW 2.
Now the next rethorical question " What will you think would happen if they launched Beelzebub 3 as a normal RPG without a monthly fee?? " . I'll tell you what for those 6 and a half months Snowstorm will loose a great deal of WoW paying customers (i'd say about 3 quarters) and 6.5 months is the lowest period of time I could think of. A quarter of them might be even leaving WoW for good.
Another thing .. I think Snowstorm is smart enough to make Beelzebub 3 as much different from WoW as they can so they can cover all bases and DOMINATE the MMO market (maybe many of you think they already do). There will be some similarties but I parsonally think Beelzebub 3 will be PvP based ( -> guilds fighting eachother) , but I hope I'm wrong since I love PvE.
As for all the hirings .. I can say this .. maybe Snowstorm decided that now is the time to expand , and if that's true we may expect some brand new titles and perhaps the sequels of their beloved games.
Sorry for my English , not my first language since I'm from Romania.

This game is going to sell like a million copies!!

I hope diablo III comes. If they want to do it a MMO, then they could make 2 different games; one where you are "a hero whose destiny is to save the world", and other where you are "a warrior who lives in the world where this takes part". Of course, the same classes and stuff. For example: a Barbarian is not the only one left. There are many. So there would be a Barbarian Tribe, an Amazon Guild, a Druid's Forest, an Assassin's Hideout, a Sorcerer's Something (ran out of creativity :P) etc etc. Or more then 1 for each. And then it would be possible to make a "WoD" (World of Diablo :P).

I'd prefer the first one, but it would be probably cool to play both

Diablo 3 will come out i know it for a fact guys. All the game makers know poeple are going to want something (New). D3 is going to blow WoW out of the water Dont get me wrong i love WoW i still pay it but im gettin tired of it already:( i mean i know there are Still TONS of hard core die hard fans from D1 and D2...(Diablo 3 Heaven VS Hell) (online) People would go NUTS!! i know i would

Diablo 3 Would be soooooo much fun (im a huge fan from 1 and 2 i dont Know...... I just think people will like it becuzz it will be more scary, dark wery and wierd poeple like that stuff

Diii ....

diablo 2, is one of the top games that will ever be made by humankind, i am a fan of all genres of game and it ranks in with the bigboys of gaming history, streets of rage/mario allstars/ goldenaxe /sensible soccer / doom/ final fantasy to halo/ halflife, the list goes on. i have been playing d1 since its release and d2 since 2001 jan first, also its release date.

however i am sure that, as everyone knows, "snowstorm" have the tendancy to be a bunch of lazy fags :P they probably think that the hit the target spot on with WoW and now will commence in a 5 yr game of tiddlywinks in which they will accomplish nothing...

saying this i am still confident that one day, one beutiful day, the "possible greatest game of all time" will return. and when it does it will be in the form of pure glory, with the addictive properties of crack cocain/ heroin . i cant imagine the amount of lives it will destroy, taking hours, weeks, months, years out of ppls lives which, ultimately, is what hardcore diablo fanatics want.

as for anyone posting that d1/d2 was a bad game, then i think its time you stopped being a "Náp" and go boil an egg. Diablo1/2 according to all gaming conventions is to put it mildly "absolute genius"

When Diablo III is released, my life as an IRL person will officially be over. :)

Is it true that in the new game is possible to bang "Malah" the old lady of act 5 ?

My God, listen to the stupid irrational, immature asswad teens posting their mental dribble on this site.

Steve, delete half of these comments..Including mine.

B

I must admit I'm excited. I never played D1, but D2 was definitely colossal.
I will take sides with those who do not want to pay for this game monthly. True, it works economically for Blizzard, but the bottom line is, I'm a student and I need money. Most of my friends feel the same way.
Of course if it turns out to be a pay to play scenario, I'll simply revert back to DII :)
And Steve, thanks for... well, the hope, I guess. If you have actual pictures or anything authentic, it'd be nice to see :)

me again, like i said before it will be made/ IF THEY WERE DUMB they wouldnt. look i wouldnt mind paying $15 a month. listen for all u people who think they will never pay a monthly fee/ think again. i''m one of those people. IF U HAVNT NOTICED EVERY NEW GAME SINCE 2004 ARE MAKING U PAY

and its worth it, they will add more and more to games

now im looking to buy a game even fro fee. not to advertise but theres afew games i would like to point out that are pretty good

1. city of heroes / city of villians im thinking of buying
2. World of Warcraft
3. Dungeons & dragons/ by the willl be released on the 28th
4. gunz - which is gonig through *teqnicle* {no idea to spell it}
difficulties IT FREE shooting/RPG go to - gunz-online.com -

etc

I personally love diablo 2, but im moved on. I GOT SO SICK of playing over and over. i have done every kind of character every type i have 15-18 mule acounts filled with high runes and shit i started over without using my perfect gear BORING it leads to same thing lvl 80-99 then new gear i quit in 2004 and forgot how it felt to play so i played from 2005 till afew months ago so now im thinking of getting CITY OF HEROES AND VILLIANS-expansion

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OK IM still diablo fan and blizzard fan. IF i hear bout diablo 3 i will be there before comes out tenting infront of store this is 1 of 20 posts im in

DONT GET TOO EXCITED/ AND DONT BE A DUMBASS
its old its crap and i hate d2 and lod now ^6 years dammit ive been playing for 5 years

read my posts above and tahts the info i have
i have more info but i keeping to myself
WHEN STARCRAFT GOHST IS OUT EXCPECT d3 NOT FOR SURE
ive read taht in about 15 posts bye put co,mments ill be online replying at like 9:00

I liked how diabilio 1 was dark and horrific, very classic. The music was pretty awsome too. They need to get some of that action going on along with the complexity and in-depth play of diabilio 2. I would highly approve.

Heaven and hell sounds like a fancy idea. And mounts! how bout some weird beasts and jargon along with regular horses.

Surprise me...

i see alot of people want just a chodeload of additions to d2 but that would make things really caotic and stressfull. There are alot of things in d2 that can just be purged out and replaced with some "virgin" ideas. You know, ones that havent been raped to death- like going to cows and mooching to get unethicly good weapons.

Also, snowstorm should make all skill options somewhat equally potent. There are to many skills in d2 that are really cool but snowstorm just made them too hard to use practicly.

@ CRACKING the Diablo 111 CASE

hmmmm i see someone is a real moron and is trying hard to be known as one, ur kinda frustrated arent ya?

stop acting like an idiot...

Have your friends at blizzard said anything about the possible announcement at E3 this year?

Hopefully it's written in XNA and kicks @$$ on my Xbox 360.

d2 rules for the classes people. dont for get it

@ CRACKING the Diablo 111 CASE

"me again, like i said before it will be made/ IF THEY WERE DUMB they wouldnt. look i wouldnt mind paying $15 a month. listen for all u people who think they will never pay a monthly fee/ think again. i''m one of those people. IF U HAVNT NOTICED EVERY NEW GAME SINCE 2004 ARE MAKING U PAY"

Umm.... GuildWars?

The real D3 is Hellgate:London. XD

"IF U HAVNT NOTICED EVERY NEW GAME SINCE 2004 ARE MAKING U PAY"

Have you played Guild Wars? Is free and was out in 2005.

well i bought guild wars and its basically a copy of diablo/ WoW/ and abit of its own.

Going off topic - can anyone help me in guild wars i made acount and stopped playing cause i went out of town for afew months and i couldnt find sheet where i wrote pass, i LOOKED everywhere and i cant find out how to reset my pass

"Umm.... GuildWars?"

just mentioning they are making guild wars 2 / coming out this year or next.

"hmmmm i see someone is a real moron and is trying hard to be known as one, ur kinda frustrated arent ya?"

stop acting like an idiot...

And DUDE IM not pissed that d3 isnt out IM PISSED AT U
go BACK TO HELL

Personally, D3 would be a let down, espeically if it turns out like WoW, if anyone hasn't noticed, When WoW was released, alot of people ran out in their Pajamas and bought it, payed the fee, and most still play, but yet, So many people STILL play Diablo 2 and LOD, even after WcFT and WoW, Diablo 2 Is still one of "SnowStorm's" Strong line games.

Also, I don't see a reason to Pay to play, if you bought the disc and what not, why should you have to pay to play, thats one reason WoW was a huge blow up, that fee is just crap.

I am a D2 LOD Die hard fan, there is always something new, new charms, new ubers, New PvP'ers who you just despise, if one thing I'd love in D2 to change, NAKED KILLING is probably the main thing, and maybe have more people allowed in games at once, and fix them friggin bugs, like Charge Glitch, And the INFAMOUS full bug.

yeh gotta give it to you there buddy ... you hit the nail on the head .. LOD still rules ... dug it out the closet after two years in the box and i'm two levels of the barb ladder, i don't know anyone who didnt like D2 and i know all types of ppl and age ranges play it ... anyone who has the cheek to insult it has obviously neva played it. And gotta say to all you SC and WoW players ... i don't doubt that theyre quality games but i can't see how they can live up to D2 LOD ....

so for anyone who wants to go on about .... baldurs game, starcraft, warcraft, morrowind, FF11 - i'm sure theyre all good games but i found my perfect partner .... if i have to buy a new computer just to play D3 i will

goddammit :D

I must be crazy : I just read all the posts till the end... my mind is all messed up.
I just wanna testify, so you know people like me also exist :
I' ve played diablo 2 for so much years, like a lot of you too, but in monoplayer. I only played on LAN with friends, mainly because I can' t stand the slightest LAG ( wanna see my character move when I click ), and that's all for my multiplayer experience...
Still I go on and play the game, sometimes pesting against the aspects I don't like (act1-2-3 REALLY not in a "dark" diablo style in my opinion for exemple).
I really look forward playing an hypothetic Diablo 3, but like you all : still waiting, hey!

Have fun ! ( weird english = sorry,I'm french )

It is possible that if they are near finishing (within a year) the game and they are hiring an art director, this art director could be used to make the animated movies that intro the game and each section. Plus, they also make movie trailers for their games.

Of course, the other possibility is what everyone is thinking... that they are just getting started now.

I think this sounds sweet. All those "christians got to them" posts are made by some really, like really, stupid people. You'd think they don't know demons to have religious origins or something.

it's wonderful~~~!

I have an idea. . .they could put Diablo on a surfboard and have him jump over a pit full of sharks. . .lol

Regardless if D3 is being made or not, after seeing all the posts and messages about the rumours of D3 and the excitement it seems to generate, then Blizzard would be foolish to ignore what their fans want. If they dont make games that we want to play like D3 and SC2 then they are fools and shouldnt be in the gaming industry, and wont be for much longer if all they do is make all their new and sequel games in to mmo. Bring on D3 and SC2 ASAP, or lose out to things like BF2, D&D and other exciting battle games.

D3 will be made.

It will have bot single and multiplayer.

Players will have to pay a monthly fee.

Release date: sooner date -> late 2007
"most probable" date -> mid 2008

It will be awesome.

This assumptions have no flaws and are based on digested info already spread.

would you happen to know if " beelzebub 3 " will be pay to play?
or, will blizzard continue diablo's long line of free battle.net

''D3 will be made.

It will have bot single and multiplayer.

Players will have to pay a monthly fee.

Release date: sooner date -> late 2007 "most probable" date -> mid 2008

It will be awesome.

This assumptions have no flaws and are based on digested info already spread. ''

Dont pretend like you know anything.

I wrote them an e-mail, and all they said was there was a possiblility of them revisiting the Realm of Diablo sometime in the future.
(paraphrase)
Anyhow, I wont care if the online play costs money because I already wasted an actual year of real time playing this game againts the machine over the last few years. If there is good PvM then I am hooked!
Hope you are right... What are the system requirements I need to go buy a new Apple computer? ! ! !
Oh, and Peter Cohen said this...

No news explicitly to the contrary, but given that D3 was never announced as a project, I wouldn't take it to mean anything.
(for whatever that is worth!)

ppl ppl, plz, dont say u dont mind to pay a monthly fee to pay the game..... thats the first step to make the company add a monthly fee to the game....

exemple of Battlefield 2, ppl kept saying they would not mind paying for 1000 expansion packs, well, suddenly we have no more extra maps and extra content for free like we used to, now we have to pay for any extra content...

Diablo I is good. Diablo II and "Lord of destruction" expansion set is very nice continuacion of Diablo I. I hope D3 will be next great continuacion and will be great for milions fans of Diablo II and I

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/diablo-iii/

Seems like either someone is leaking info to places like this or even professional sites are starting rumors on this one.

Notice the release date.

I heard thet the diablo 3 was taking place in london because a gate out of hell apeared ...

i would hate if you had to pay monthly for D3. i think blizz would lose a lot of players, think of how many little (12-15) year olds play D2 as it is. a pay monthly plan would definitely be bad.

I think they are close to finishing the game cuz think of it this way...if you build a car you first work on the engine and other parts and the fram of how nice it looks you put on last just as "snowstorm" is now bringing in the an art director so i would think they are almost done but thats only what i think

I think they are close to finishing the game cuz think of it this way...if you build a car you first work on the engine and other parts and the fram of how nice it looks you put on last just as "snowstorm" is now bringing in the an art director so i would think they are almost done but thats only what i think

I didn't mean I don't mind to pay... I meant that I never played online and was trying to indicate how cool the game was offline. (by myself) :)

I hope they don't make diablo III into a multiplayer-only game because:
1.the single-player story(one hero and maybe a merc against hordes of demons) in DII was very cool

2.I don't need jackasses with character names like "screwella0118" messing up my game experience and breaking the believability the first time I play through it.

3.Guild Wars was one of the most stultifying game experiences I've ever had, and it was basically a 3D, multiplayer diablo.

i feel so noobish right now cuz i just got pwnd by a level 6 assain and i was a lvl 66 necro :(_ _ _ _ _ and they had no cheats or hacks i feel so sad

ive been wating for D3 for so long and now after reading all this it puts in in suspense that i cant even help any more...lol

I'm all for improving the DIII single player aspect.

I'm not asocial... I just don't play well with others.

What I hope for most is some kind of random quest generator. It got so old killing the same bosses time after time. A random generator could put a toned down Duriel in Act I or a hyped up countess in Act IV. And can we change the character genders. All my friends think I'm whacked because 2 of my 3 favorite character types are fem.

And Blizzard... Please don't go wild on the 3-D animations. I had to buy a new computer for Civ-4 and don't want to do it again anytime soon.

OMg not another diablo....i already didnt want to get sucked into WoW, now this is coming along... One game at a time please! At least work on WoW more... maybe a voice add-in? Hell, i dont fuckin know just slow down on the games

D3 in 3D would be cool, but it must be from sky view or it would suck, but if you want to change camera view you should be able too. But the normal camera must act very much like in Diablo and Diablo 2.

Monthly fee sucks, mmorpg sucks.

man if d3 is pay by the month then im out i cant even play WoW cuz i dont have a job:(_ _ _ and wont have the money to buy/play the GOD DAM GAME THAT I WON TO PLAY

or it would be good if the game was free and you had to pay to play then ppl would like it
most likly not

Well honestly, I think if D3 became a MMOPRG like WoW, then it wouldn't have the Diablo game feeling. Then agian I might be wrong. But all I know is, I loved Diablo 2, it was great fun until people started buying runes and all off the net and tumbled the trade values.

man if d3 is pay by the month then im out i cant even play WoW cuz i dont have a job:(_ _ _ and wont have the money to buy/play the GOD DAM GAME THAT I WON TO PLAY

learn2work for money newb

posted by someone: "I heard thet the diablo 3 was taking place in london because a gate out of hell apeared ..."

thats a different game from a different company made by some of the members from the diablo developing team, the game is kinda different from diablo i think since it has guns and stuff like that.

The game you are talking about is "Hellgate : London" and was developed by one or more of the former Blizzard employees that split off from Blizz North.

Another game I cant wait for :D

I hope this is true, becuase if/when it does come out, my loved ones wont see me for weeks.

I have been playing the Diablo franchise since the original, dupeinfested, townkilling, Arch-Angel's staff of Appocilypse filled majesty that was the first game in '97. I hope it can live up to what I expect from a game that has held my intrest for over 8 years.

Havent really played in the last year or so, but this would be just the thing to start me up agian.

Are there any rumours floating around regarding whether there will be new character classes in DIII? If so, what?

IMHO there is room for an alchemist class. It would be interesting to see it use the Horadric cube in ways not available to other classes, or perhaps have a familiar (like a homunculous), whose abilities improved with experience like hirelings.

Im a huge fan of the diablo II, i still play it, im sure blizzard will get the job done in the 3rd installment...duh thats why its taking soooo long for them to relase the d@#$% game...they just need to stick to the diablo style of game play..no need to put anything over from WoW...just stick to diablo, then there should be no worries....only worry is..WHEN IS IT COMING OUT!!!!!

Look I've read all of your posts and it's been nothing but smack talk for the most part. Firstly let me say Starcraft sux! I don't know why anyone could possibly want a starcraft over diablo. All of you post like you know something but in reality you're all just 2 bit programmers who never made it and take it out on WoW or diablo. WoW is a great game bit repeatative but great none the less. Diablo awesome franchise and excellent gameplay. The concept of hell taking over heaven in some form is the perfect probably ending to the diablo franchise. Let us not forget the game is called Diablo. Not christians take over blizzard. When you get down to it, it has always been about the struggle between good and evil and I commend blizzard for taking it to the spiritual plane. Now I love this idea and even if it does look like WoW it's still gonna rock. True gamers know it's not the graphics, it's all in the gameplay and I'm tired of whining and bitching over graphics. Now it will probably be like D1 and 2 in the fact of offline and online play in the same story. Which means that D2 could end on B.net and start the new D3. Which will be fine, that game is great and all but it has been hacked up so much it's kinda old. Choosing a faction is a nice feature and I hope there is great pvp like always. Aside from that if you don't like it don't post about it. You truly don't get Diablo and you just want to sound all emo and important.

you kno, i really think diablo 3 is going to be frikkin awesome, i fully support blizzard on this one!!!!! and by tha way tha graphics in diablo 1 were ugly, diablo 2 lod wus tha best outta d2 and d1...

I just hope that you have the option 2 play single player as well as multiplayer games. I liked the new warcraft game but didn't like how you only could play online!

u know, the graphics in diablo one might have been ugly but the game in general was simply amazing, of course d2 has better graphics, and alot more options caracter and weapon wise, but it feels like a kids game compared to diablo 1, the game looked and sounded like it was made out of pure evil, tristram beats the crap out of any of d2 towns, the tristram music its probably the best music i've ever heard in a game, there werent many lvl's to play on, but all of them were awsome with a great feeling of evilnessssss on them.

about ppl who leep saying they want starcraft 2 over diablo 3 i have to say:

go post comments in another place, this place is all about diablo ;)

Absolutley the second part was Blizzard's masterpiece. Unfortunatley, I sow somewhere that the third part will not be RPG (even hack'n'slash), but a action and adventure... What we should expect from the Gods - Blizzard now, when the people who worked on the second part ar bussy with Hellgate London?

Guys, guys, settle down.

If it's MMO-style, they MAY do it like Guild Wars.

Nodes, and then seperate play areas created when you leave.

That'd make trading and stuff a lot easier, increase socialibility, and generate a more "large war" feeling.

Guild Wars isn't TRUE MMO, but it comes close to, and it isn't pay to play.

=)~~

D-2 is and was the best game ever done. Starcraft was ok but after Command & Conquer and Red Alert and a billion other games like that Starcraft was the crowning touch ...well except Dawn of War is the newest of these.

WOW suxs unless you like pixels and 3d crap when you get up close to a tree or bush.......and if you like to pay monthly fees.

D-3 and D-4 ect. are the future for me and if they aren't made then I will quit using computers. I will go back to TV. Well maybe I'll go back to board games like Avalon War games or something like that.

If you don't think D-2 and LOD are the best games ever made then you are probably a muslim.

:)

Dude... Diablo 1 was cool but boring cause you couldnt run... Only could walk... 2 was better in my opinion because you could both run and walk and more spells and different variet of spells and characters... Honestly... I dont think 3 will be much fun if it is 3d... I think they should keep the graphics as... Cause some people computers might not be able to accept the grapic design on the pc...

I am a mature Diablo fan - got hooked on Diablo 1 when it came out and spent MONTHS of my life playing it over and over again. Granted, in retrospect now, we look at Diablo 1's graphics and we snigger - but when it came out, it was still king of the hill. Diablo 2 was even more superb, and when LoD was released, it just took the game to new levels. Several years on, and it's STILL such a popular game. I play it online, and I will confess, my addiction comes primarily from the ever-possible lure of finding that PERFECT armour/weapon combo. I'm STILL playing LoD, and will doubtless continue to play it up until D3 comes out.

For anyone who doubts that Blizz will make a D3 - it's so patently obvious. The end of LoD is too much a cliff-hanger - like most horror movies - u just KNOW there is going to be a sequel. And I say - BRING IT ON! The destruction of the Wolrdstone and the resultant consequences are obviously the key element to D3's storyline. Personally, I would like to see an appearance by the Horadrim, and their playability as characters in D3.

As for D3 in 3D - well, if they make the graphics similar to the 3d style play of Dungeon Siege 1 & 2 (i love those damned hack & slash games - WOOHOO!), it would be just fine by me. But I cannot imagine playing D3 with the 3D style graphics of Morrowind or Oblivion (altho I love these games too). Certainly not as a pure hack & slash.

If Blizz plan to release D3 in 2006, they have some stiff competition ahead with Dungeon & Dragons Online, and Neverwinter Nights 2, also due for release in early/mid 2006. Although both these two are primarily roleplaying cum hack & slash. I think they'll probably only release in 2007 - and it certainly seems at this stage if that's the way they plan to go. However, it certainly would be nice to see D3 have the versatilty and variability of multiple differing character creatability, such as you can in NWN and most of the RPG's. It would be nice to have a multiclass Sorcerress/Warrior - kinda like the Iron Wolves hirelings in Act III LoD.

Blizz know they have a good thing going with the Diablo franchise, and there's no ways they are NOT going to milk it for everything it's worth. I'm pretty sure they have kept their ears to the ground and are well aware that a D3 would be the most anticipated game EVER.

Sorry for the long post - but as a dedicated D2 LoD fan and player, I just had to add my full opinion.

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I like D2, but the cheats and people buying godly items and just become Godly overnite piss me off! I am legit and am proud of my achivements with the limited time play I get, but all this VR Items and Godly Items website bull shit has got to stop! It's rediculously hard to find good items in the first place, and the cheaters just makes the good charactors you have made useless, it's a waste of time!

Okay, my views on the game. I'm taking quotes from Steve, and no-one else, so don't even bother looking for errors, because they are all facts that he has provided to all of us.

"It is true that Beelzebub 3 will be done in true 3D and it did indeed look freaking awesome."

I bet it did. Look, I've been playing the BB series for a good portion of my life (seeing as I'm sixteen and I started playing when BB1 came out... Forever ago).As Much as I like the Birds Eye view with the 2.5 Dimensions, if BB3 is going to even stand a chance it's going to have to modernize, I.E., 3D gameplay. Deal with it

"It is also true that Beelzebub 3 features a story between the conflicts of Heaven and Hell."

This has always been the underlying plot people! We all knew in the end it would come to something like this, and I you didn't, then you are either blind, or paid absolutely NO attention to the plot whatsoever. I seem to remember going to this place is the Fourth act of BB2... What was it again? Oh yes. Hell. And you fought this big guy with red skin and horns with a big tail... And his name was? Diablo. Guess where the name Diablo comes from people? It's the Spanish name for Satan. Christianity has always been apart of the BB series. Again, deal with it.

"The core gameplay Beelzebub 3 will play pretty much like Beelzebub 1 and 2, but the game world will be much larger and provide a much deeper experience."

Now, note the mention of CORE GAMEPLAY. This means, still hack and slash guys! No button pressing attacks and spells. Just point, click, and kill.

“In addition, the multiplayer aspect will be greatly enhanced from the past installments and don't be surprised to see more than a couple of WoW-based concepts to leak over into the Beelzebub 3 universe ... such as two opposing factions (Alliance and Horde = Heaven and Hell), enhanced guild functionality, and maybe even mounts?!”

Here is where I can elaborate the point that there WILL be a single player mode in this game. IT WILL NOT BE AN ONLINE ONLY GAME. Read the first five words of the paragraph above. What does it say? “In addiction, THE MULTIPLAYER ASPECT-” wait, rewind, what was that word? ASPECT. You know what aspect means? In LAMENS TERMS It’s the Multiplayer Mode.

“As for when Beelzebub 3 will released, that one is easy to answer ... when it's done. Snowstorm is in no rush to finish this game and will release it only after they feel it's perfect. Snowstorm is in no rush to announce Beelzebub 3. Don't except an announcement until the game is near completion.”

This should as no surprise to anyone. Snowstorm has always been this way. News flash people, it’s probably not going to change anytime soon.

“But there is some good news; that "leak" on the Snowstorm jobs page was no accident. If they are starting to leak information about Beelzebub 3 then they are starting to get closer to a final release. Of course for Snowstorm something "getting close" can mean two years from now.”

Again, not surprising. Snowstorm has always made small hint’s at what they were planning next, be it in a series, with job opening relating to a person knowing something about [insert game title here].

A lot of this is just common sense. Pay attention to what is actually being said and you MIGHT be able to pick up what people are trying to say.

Sorry if this DP’s, but the site cut out on me.

Hey umm do u think that diablo 3 will b ebeter than two because me and my friends loved i mean loved diablo 2 and we have our lil clans and stuff like that... hopefully the dueling and trade ing will be just as good..... and hopefully they dont allow and major cheating....i accept of map hack and pickup hack but sum of the other stuff was out of control.....and when they made 290's illigal wat was that!!! cause sum1 was duping (wat a big faagot!)........butttttttttttttt then they were worth less and at the time thats all i had and i was saving up fr other trades and then over night bo0o0o000o0o0om no more 290's

WELL tell me what u think and email me back attttttt ............Beatty130@yahoo.com ok

Personally I think this new information is at least SOMETHING to look forward to. For the past three years Blizzard has only taken a seemingly token interest in D2 by giving us the occasional upgrade via Battlenet. They have made the game almost too difficult to complete for us regular gamers who dont spend countless hours sitting on our duffs. I dont use runes and perhaps that is the reason I cant get past hell mode but I am not fifteen anymore and dont have all the time in the world to sit down and play so I hope that they keep this in mind as they develop D3. I like Diablo because it is a simple Action/RPG that is easy to understand the gameplay. Making it too difficult will turn off alot of gamers. Furthermore, if they make this a pay only game I will simply not buy it. DO YOU HEAR ME BLIZZARD??? I WONT PAY FOR IT TWICE!!!

Sounds GREAT!!!!!

Can't wait :)

I really enjoyed D2 (actually just began going through it again after quite a few years away!) I always felt that there was a lot more that could be done/told/explored within the Diablo World, glad to finally see that Blizzard feels the same!

Thanks for the info Steve!

Very Best Regards,

Roland

ok.. blizzard..... just dont make the new d3 complicated and plz i beg of u !!!!!! dont make it a pay only gamee........because if u do no1 my age wich is 15 and younger will buy it!!! and i wont be able to buy it or pay for it...... so0o0o hear me!!!!

hey guys sorry to bust bubble but i dont think they will be annoucning anything at E3. I did some reseacr and here...

http://www.e3expo.com/media/exhibitor-list.aspx?Section=2&OrderDir=asc

................Blizzard is not listed as having abooth at all for the E3....

Basically, D3 is gona be the same thing as 1 and 2, just upgraded a little more(from what i read above). And from the looks of things, it's kinda obvious they wont make you pay2play since theres a singleplayer (paying to play single player just doesn't make sense!!) As for the story (if anyone knows some of it) isn't it about Azmodan and Belial, the two last lesser-evils? I doubt Baal could be brought back becaus