E3 has been tamer this year. That doesn’t mean there’s nothing happening there.
Gamasutra has an interview with Frank Pearce, founding member and senior vice president of product development for Blizzard.
Here a bit from the interview:
“Our global headcount is 2,700,” said Pearce, “And most of that is customer service for World of Warcraft! In terms of development staff it’s probably around 350. World of Warcraft is about 135 people, 40 for Starcraft II, 40 for team 3, our cinematics team is about 85 guys. Then there’s sound and Q/A and that sort of thing.”
When pressed for details regarding the new project, Pearce was cagey. “Team 3 is working on something really awesome. I can’t give you any hints, but it’s totally awesome.”
All attempts to extract additional information were understandably met with looks of shock and horror from Blizzard’s director of global public relations, who also attended the meeting.
With Blizzcon just a few weeks away, I wonder if Blizzard are warming up to a formal announcement of this mysterious third project.
DUUUUIIIIIAAABBBBLOOOOOOOOOOO IS COMINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Hey Mhey, I envy your optimism sometimes!
I’m optimist two ! Diablo Is COMMMMMING !
It must be ! I hope that the next publish on this site will be ” Diablo III Is Here ” !
team 3 = diablo 3!!!! i hope…well..
Well I’m a StarCraft fan, but if Diablo 3 is anything like GuildWars (minus the grind all competitive) then hell yeah count my vote in!
I truly hope that they set out to do what GuildWars should have done at launch. That is make it 100% competitive, Blizzard doesn’t need another WoW.
i am really awaiting the release of Diablo 3 i was wondering that what might the creators of this so called “under wrapped” version give a Sub title
i do hope that it would be a Single player Game
Yeah ill be really upset if it becomes another world of warcraft thing and you have to pay monthly for it, other than that i have high hopes
Gays, it was allready annouced that it will be new WOW part. Sorry, but it is true.
I Hope SOOOO…
That they will announce D3
wen is diablo 3 comin oot
It looks like the Diablo III rumor mill has started up once again with a seemingly innocent post on the jobs section of the Blizzard web site. A few days ago they posted a job for an art director and various leads to join “the team behind Diablo I and II” for “an unannounced PC project.” I have been getting some inquires since then if Blizzard is indeed working on Diablo III and when is it going to come out?
Well, before I answer let me mention a few things. First, I don’t want to get any of my friends at Blizzard in trouble, so from instead of mentioning “Diablo III” let’s call this theoretical game “Beelzebub 3″ and instead of “Blizzard” let’s call them “Snowstorm”. Second, my information is quality stuff, but it is a little old, so take that with a gain of salt. Third, err, well, there is no third, so let’s get into what I know!
Let’s the obvious out of way, “Snowstorm” is indeed working on “Beelzebub 3″. Not only are they working on it, but they have been working on this game for no less than the past four years. In fact, “Snowstorm North” nearly completed the game several years ago, but what they developed just “wasn’t fun” and been quietly reworked. This was actually one of the key reasons why Snowstorm North was closed and everyone was relocated to Irvine-based Snowstorm, so that the bigwigs in Irvine could better track and follow the development of Beelzebub 3.
As for what to expect in to see in Beelzebub 3, believe it or not but those rumors that were floating around a few months ago about the game were fairly accurate (by the way, I have no idea who started these rumors or where they came from). According to the rumors:
“Diablo 3 takes place in heaven. Hell is trying to take it over and it is AWESOME looking … Imagine the brightness of heaven being taken over by the darkness of hell … Imagine WoW but in a Diablo world in amount of size and playability … Also, guild housing is available in this game for those of you who know about it.”
This information was pretty dead-on. It is true that Beelzebub 3 will be done in true 3D and it did indeed look freaking awesome. It is also true that Beelzebub 3 features a story between the conflicts of Heaven and Hell and contains a very cool feature where every single item in the game can change between a “light” version and a “dark” version. However this was also one of the problems with the original version of the game. Other than the ability for any item to visually change from light to dark it didn’t affect the actual stats of the item or change the gameplay in any way. So the game has gone through a total rework to inject some “fun” into the gameplay and to make it feel like the Beelzebubs of old.
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 — many more items, more levels when you go through the game for first time, more skills, more of everything. 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?!
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. And after the fiasco of StarCraft: Ghost — which has been announced for years and is currently going through its second round of redesign and reprogramming — Snowstorm is in no rush to announce Beelzebub 3. Don’t except an announcement until the game is near completion.
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.
Hopefully that will hold everyone over for the short term. Hopefully Beelzebub 3 will be announced at the next E3, I’ll try to find out more before then and give everyone the dirt as I get it.All this was taken from a site called gaming steve,trust me i, i think this is REAL!!!
old fucking news february 2006
WILL I BE ABLE TO PLAY DIABLO 3 ON MY 98 WINDOWS?
JANRI
I was looking on 1up.com and i noticed that they are coming out with another WoW expansion eventually, does this mean that the 3rd project was another new expansion for world of warcraft??( http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3161725 ) I hope this doesnt mean that there isnt a chance for Diablo 3. Im sick of WoW.
Wat the fuck!!!!!!!!!u r sooo 5 years ago men!!!!!!that news is STALE!Go get a life mikouy!!!!!!!!!!
don even DREAM of it janri…i feel they r goin to make d3 available only for vista!!!!!!
when we can play diablo 3?
when its ready
dude diablo 3 aint comin out i wus really excited to but face it it isnt coming out wen they were highering those artist and shit it wusnt for diablo 3 it wus for a new expantion for WoW yeah ik its bullshit but all us diablo fans have to get over it and maybe they will make a diablo 3 soon
lol, you should go look some paul sams blizzcon 2007 interview, he talks about diablo and clearly says something is in developement for diablo but they are not ready to talk about it now
we are going to be releasing a new d3 game.
ok we all believe you..
i truly hope that they will come out with diablo 3 im addicted to number 2 LOD so if they come out with 3 it will be totally rad i dont mind if i had to pay monthly as long as they come out with it i was wondering what *end* boss it would be and what new chars if anyone knows awnser my reply plz
later bros before hoooos 
im out…
diablo 3 is coming tomorow
lol jk its not im jst a fan
I really want D3 to get out, but if it does not I’ll stick to D2 Lod. If anyone knows if it’s coming out Please comment here.
I Have A Friend WHO Works For Blizzard and he said in 2008 Diablo will WALK THE EARTH AGIN witch will be awsome i herd More acts bosses weapons higher lvs then 99 getting game killers under control i will right here and other placses the more i find out PS. DONT GIVE A SHIT if people dont belive me i no the truth and thats all that matters
I Could say Much more but its really hush hush But hey flip420skata u seem reeall cool so ive been cheking this site alot so we should play toghther on D2 HOLLA AT ME if u want to hang some time and kick some Ass
I CAN tell people on here u wont hav to pay monthly like damn wwc dont get me wronggg but its dumb that u hav to pay to play world of war craft dont care if the payment can just only be 12 dollars
what the fucc where did all my posts go???????????
I wish I hope and I know that Diablo3 is coming I can feel it…
We will all have to deal with the fearful, mythic and legendary wrath of Diablo itself…Fight with honor,courage and rage
So…Let’s kick the sh*t out of his a_s_s
d(^_^)b q(T_T)p
does any1 here have real proof?
*has
Hey just do you guys know.. Team 3 Is workng on Diablo MMO.
I have this inside info from the Vivendi corporation.
Thoes are they people who help develop the engine and support the servers for WoW and Blizzard.
blah blah blah blah, blah
Well apparently, as it is nearly 2008, Diablo 3 isn’t coming out in 07. I do look forward to SC2. But Diablo 3, well, unless someone has any REAL and VERIFABLE proof that Diablo 3 exist in production, I’m not personally worried about it either way. But I would post a tent in line to get D3 if it was to come out, but games now adays that are of quality take years to produce and with Blizzard, well, that can be quiet a while. I will say that sc2 took quiet some time to make. About 6, maybe seven years, if not longer? I do agree WOW hardly needs any more upgrades. Pay to pay with so many free bees out there is obscene. But I will be watching, with the rest of yas as these postings have given me something to seriously to look forward to.
Diablo 3 is coming out in july 2008!!! Until then you have to play d2lod but that’s fun to. I got connections to blizzard so I no is’t true!!!
**it’s**
Matt Uelman, the Guy that did the score for D2 confirmed in an interview that he has been commission and completed a score for a new *untitled* game… Coincidence???
Yes i do have proof that there WILL be a diablo 3 and if u want the proof go and look at diablo 2 wut happens???? tyreal is corrupted and that is gonna be the main boss it is gonna be called Worl of diablo considering its gonna be exactly like WoW it is going to be in heaven and u make a choice if u want to be on hells side or heavens side its going to be a MMO and thats all the info i have i dont no when its gonna be released but id say april 21 2008 Wink wink
nice =)
when diablo 3 come to greece?