Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Blizzard Invitational 2008 could we see Diablo 3?


So the Blizzard WWI(worldwide invitational) is coming up soon and the rumor mill is working overtime. Speculation is rising surrounding the WWI logo which seems to have a picture of Diablo dead center.... Blizzard also has a teaser splash page up on their main site at Blizzard.com. This page is seemingly a layer of ice that is said to crack more and more until the WWI on June 28th, 29th. Now, since diablo is basically the only series blizzard fans are asking for now (since starcraft 2 is on its way) one could only wonder, is it time?

-----|Well let me lay out the facts |-----

Diablo 2 will be celebrating the anniversary of it's release on the closing day of WWI (June 29th). It has been almost 8 years since we have heard anything about Diablo, seriously the expansion Lord of Destruction reached shelves in 2001. Well 8 years if you exclude when Blizzard purchased the Diablo 3 website. Suddenly an Image resembling a hel rune shows up on the teaser flash page today. Whats next?

Diablo was first released in 1997 and has since sold 17 million copies, including the sales from Diablo II. It only makes sense for Blizzard to continue the series. I think it's inevitable, however is it the right time for Blizzard? Since World of Warcraft is still going strong with expansions and now with Starcraft 2 on the way, is this lineup enough for Blizzard to want to hold out?

I'll keep this updated as the rumors and facts come flying in until the WWI is wrapped up.

More information on this can be found at Diablofans.



2 comments:

  1. i'm also into those things. care to give some advice?

    ReplyDelete
  2. And also we ensure that when we enter in this specific blog site we see to it that the topic was cool to discuss and not a boring one.

    ReplyDelete