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06-26-2008, 10:50 AM
|  | m00tini! | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Some Hotel Somewhere
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 : 78 th | | | 1Up: 5 Reasons Diablo III Will Be Announced
1Up has an interesting read on a few things that lead them to believe we'll be getting an official announcement from Blizzard soon about Diablo III being a reality.  Quote:
Look, there are two certainties in life -- Macho Man Randy Savage is the baddest dude on the planet, and corporations will do whatever makes them money. Square Enix will probably remake Final Fantasy VII, George Lucas will probably make another proper Star Wars movie (and we don't mean this Clone Wars crap), and Blizzard will make Diablo III.
In fact, they kind of already did -- we have it on good authority that Diablo-creator Blizzard North was working on Diablo III back in 2005, before the studio was dissolved in August of that year, and the game was scrapped. And as recently as 2006, Blizzard was still hinting at wanting to continue the Diablo franchise, when COO Paul Sams said in an interview, "StarCraft is my absolutely favorite game of all time. As you probably already know, there is no doubt that we will continue the StarCraft and Diablo franchise, and trust me, I will be the happiest person in the world when we announce StarCraft 2." If we at least know Blizzard wanted to make Diablo III at one point, why would anything have changed since then?
And really, barring a Diablo III announcement, what else would Blizzard make? World of Warcraft is a self-perpetuating machine (with a brand new expansion incoming), Starcraft II is on its way sometime this year, and unless Blizzard is planning to announce The Lost Vikings 3: Vegas Stakes, that only leaves Diablo as the last (recently) untapped major franchise from the star developer. A recently untapped franchise that, when tapped again, will probably earn Blizzard another nonillion damn dollars.
| As I mentioned in another thread on the forums, as cool as this sounds I probably won't be able to play it considering how much time the previous iterations of this franchise required from a player if they wanted any kind of cool gear and questing abilities. If they could figure out a way to make this both hardcore and leisurely I'd be willing to give it a try, but I highly doubt they're developing this game with old lamers like me in mind. |
06-26-2008, 11:10 AM
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| | Diablo III..would be awesome... so would a lost vikings III! just give us the option to play 1, 2 or 3 player please! 
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06-26-2008, 11:14 AM
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: 89 th | | | i agree. its happening! |
06-26-2008, 11:15 AM
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| | | Craig ,you will play.
you'll see.
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06-26-2008, 12:07 PM
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| | | hooray! I like the Diablo games a lot. And everyone once in a while i still load up good old diablo 2:lod |
06-26-2008, 12:35 PM
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: 38 th | | I just put diablo 2 back on all this talk, had to do it.
on a side note:looks like shit on a 22 inch lcd. 
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06-26-2008, 12:50 PM
|  | is at basic trainin! | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC
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: 43 rd | | | i was actually paying diablo 2:lod this summer up until the 17th when they reset the ladder. had like 4-5 chars in the nineties
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06-26-2008, 01:36 PM
|  | ...all outta gum | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ohio
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Originally Posted by Rage1 
on a side note:looks like shit on a 22 inch lcd. | 600x800 streached out that far? of course, lol 
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06-26-2008, 01:41 PM
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A recently untapped franchise that, when tapped again, will probably earn Blizzard another nonillion damn dollars.
| That is why it is being made. Sure they make around a billion dollars a year on WoW (15$ per month x 10 million users x 12 months), but I'm sure they could use more.
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06-26-2008, 02:33 PM
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| | | To be honest,i've never played the diablo series,but i'm looking forward to trying Diablo lll sometime soon. |  |
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