What comes to mind if someone were to mention Blizzard Entertainment? For many people, it would likely be World of Warcraft. For others, Diablo or StarCraft. Regardless, most Blizzard fans agree, Diablo III is probably inevitable. And if not, it would be a terrible crime.
Let's look at some recent indications about Diablo III's future.
First, there's this highly speculated rumor that someone has already developed music for Diablo III. Never mind that he would have to break a very serious NDA to even suggest that he had.
One of the best indications may be this announcment. A senior programmer of both Diablo games has been hired at Blizzard North. The North studio, is, by the way, where Diablo was born and developed.
Conversely, there are those that spin a different tale about Diablo III.
How about this strangely rumored tidbit that Blizzard was indeed working on D3, but scrapped it.
And then, sadly, there's this odd blurb that an official Blizzard PR person said, quite simply, that all the rumors are false.
Even though I would personally love to see another Diablo game, most indications point to an end of the line for the series. Blizzard North is joining its South team and most of the buzz around the upcoming BlizzCon expo is about a World of Warcraft expansion (which, quite honestly is a no-brainer). Some of the job postings at Blizzard specifically mention gaming consoles (PS2, Xbox, etc), which further reveals the direction they are taking.
What do you think? Drop me a comment...
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2 Comments:
I am of the opinion that there should be a Diablo III, but when I tried finding information about it, there was pretty much none to be had. So, I finally resorted to e-mailing Blizzard, and I received an e-mail back saying this: "Thank you for contacting us regarding the possibility of a sequel to
the world of Diablo. Although we have not made an announcement, there is always the possibility that we will revisit the world of Diablo at some point in the future. For further information regarding future releases, please check our web site -(http://www.blizzard.com") as this is the
best place to receive the latest information about our games as it
becomes available."
This doesn't exactly shine a very flattering light on the possibility of a sequel. But we can still hope!
Yup. Looks like you received a nice, generic response (they probably have that on an auto-responder by now)!
Personally, I spent so many hours in D2, I can't fathom Blizzard simply dropping the possibility of a D3. I've loved all of their games thus far and have probably spent more time in their worlds than any other. But, I would also respect their decision not to develop D3, in the interest of "moving on". However, WarCraft is technically on its fourth incarnation (WoW)....
Sure, we can always hope. Heck, maybe it's time to fire up D2 again!
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