Blizzard confirms Diablo III [Update]

Damn, SIX C-Blogs in A ROW about this.

Also lol @ Pedro.

pff, old.

I kid I kid.

Heh, and to think if I went to bed an hour ago I would have missed all this...

this is so weird, I just started replaying diablo II on wednesday and I wasn't expecting any news on diablo 3 anytime.

YES!!! And it looks like they kept with the tried and true gameplay and whatnot. So happy they didn't decide to give it an overhaul and go with a new format.

Bout damn time.

I'm watching the Barbarian in action right now on the Classes page, and I gotta say, I love the sound effect when an enemy gets cut up. This looks great.

Oh man oh man oh man, I watched the Barbarian video and they've already sold me a product. The Barbarian was my favorite class in D2, bar absolute none, and watching him stomp enemies to death with vicious shockwaves and butcher them in a vicious charge makes me get nerd wood.

EternalDeathSlayer: Indeed, with a mouse. Basically left click to attack, pick up shit on the ground, etc. right click to use special moves.


This was one of the worst internet events ever, thanks to that Octoshape bullshit Blizzard used for the video stream. Even after they put the trailers up on the new D3 website they were being pounded so hard by fans I couldn't get the videos from there, either. It took me almost two hours after they debuted to finally watch 'em.

Release date? So it's obviously got co-op and I'm going to assume a maximum of 4 players. But it does basically look like Diablo 2 but with better graphics and destructible environments. Is this really what we want, just the same game as years before but with nicer graphics?

Probably. If someone said Deus Ex 3 will be exactly like Deus Ex but with nice new shiny graphics, I'd probably shit myself with delight.

Looks like the only fun to be had is over BattleNet. I may give this a try, though.

"So it's obviously got co-op and I'm going to assume a maximum of 4 players. But it does basically look like Diablo 2 but with better graphics and destructible environments. Is this really what we want, just the same game as years before but with nicer graphics?"

@Ali-D: Diablo 2 had a maximum of 8 players to a game, if I remember correctly. As far as "more of the same but prettier" goes: YES! There was nothing wrong with Diablo 2, and trying to reinvent the wheel when it rolls just fine is pointless.

Damn! The first half of that gameplay vid almost put me to sleep with the slow barbarian and slow progression, but damn me if that Witch doctor isn't DO WANT!!

I have been waiting for this since the dawn of mankind. This is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! First they announce Starcraft 2 then this. I am giving Blizzard my heart now.

Do want indeed, witch doctor looks like a ton of fun.

I hope I can play as a cow this time.

In the words of one of this generation's foremost thinkers: "Oh, shit!" - Robert Sylvester Kelly, 2007

Some of you guys are hilarious. Blizzard doesn't post release dates. You see, they are a company who actually likes making video games for their own sake, not to make money. What does that translate to? A GOOD GAME. Their track record is as such that they could just keep releasing updates to one of their four basic formulas and everyone would be happy. Diablo is supposed to be easy to play. It's supposed to be "click an enemy till he dies, loot". If you've played it, you know the immense satisfaction you get when you hear that little hollow thump of a skull fragment dropping, or the tinny ting of a ring. It's a perfectly addictive experience. Play it if you haven't. You'll be drooling over these videos with the rest of us.

omg. Now My life is officially over once this beast releases.

Buckets have been filled with man juice

IIIIIIII WILLLLLLLLL NEEEEEEEEVVVVEEEEEEEERRRRR SLEEEEEEEEEEEP AAAAAAGAAAAAAIIIIIIINNNNNNNN!!!!!!

@cryocide

Seconded. I'm loving the art style of the game though, almost a pseudo hand drawn look. And, once again Blizzard continues the "sex sells" campaign of using more female voice overs, characters, etc. Nothing wrong with it, it's just becoming obvious now.

Otherwise... Blizzard gets my monies again, as well as Asus.

Two things-

1. Don't care about Diablo 3.
2. Thank GOD you put this all in one post rather than 6 like Joystiq & Kotaku.

Between this and Warhammer: Age of Reckoning my last has been destroyed. Soon, I will fall off the planet and no one will ever speak to me again as these games consume my life forever until I get committed to a psychiatric facility.