Blizzcon 2008 has just been announced. For those interested to attend, it will be on Oct 10 and 11th at the Anaheim Convention center in California. The price for a ticket is $100.
Part of the lure for going to BlizzCon 2008 is the beta keys that you get which can get you into Starcraft 2 or another future Blizzard release.
So should we expect Diablo 3? There’s a ton of people on different game sites that argue (with passion) that the time has come for a Diablo 3 announcement. They bring up the job postings on Blizzard’s site, they talk about the next-genMMO that’s currently in the works.
Don’t get me wrong, my hopes are high as well. And there’s my skeptical side that says … just look at the way Blizzard listed the franchises in their press release:
BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment®’s Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® franchises.
Notice how Diablo has permanently moved to the back of queue. Hope this is all part of a plan to cover up what they’re doing, so they can surprise us!
Remember the days when Blizzard played jokes on Diablo, dressing him as Santa?
You can forget about that… Diablo has become Blizzard’s bastard child. They’re probably going to deny they ever did it … which is close to the truth as Blizzard North did it and they have left the company a long time ago.
Check out Blizzard’s latest April Fool’s joke - the love child of their favorite franchises (WoW & SC2) - enter the Tauren Marine.
You’ve probably heard it already but here’s the summary:
Activision, Inc. and Vivendi have announced that they will combine Vivendi Games, Vivendi’s interactive entertainment business which includes Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft, with Activision, creating the world’s largest online and console game publisher, the total transaction being worth more than US$18.9 Billion.
Hmm, I wonder if this would change anything in terms of how Blizzard develops its games. I sincerely hope they don’t start licensing their game “worlds” to allow Activision to create second-rate games. I want Diablo 3 but I don’t want a broken game… (Vivendi already announced once that Diablo 3 is going to be an MMO).
Remember when just before Starcraft 2 was announced, there was a rumor about a Medusa demo.
Some people thought it could be something related to Diablo 3 (I wish!). The mystery is over - courtesy of Kotaku:
Sigaty, Starcraft 2’s lead producer, told me that the original codename for Starcraft 2 was “alpha”, but when the game was nearing alpha they decided to change it.
“We couldn’t say that alpha was hitting alpha, so we needed another name,” he said. They settled on Medusa.
This isn’t another Diablo 3 rumor. It’s just setting the record straight!
When I mention Diablo (or Diablo 2) to someone, I usually get a response like: “Oh yeah, I remember it… my mouse broke because of it.”
Diablo was such a click-fest that I started wondering if we could use something like Nintendo’s wiimote (that’s the Wii remote/controller). Forget PS3!
Then I saw a few pics (and videos) of guys going CRAZY with the wiimote: Smashing lights, windows, and one one guy who actually hit (and destroyed) his 60″ rear-projection TV!
Check out the pic on the right. This guy got lucky and skewered the side of the TV but the TV survived (as did the guy.
So what do you think? Would you like to swing your sword at Diablo while destroying half the house?
I just visited a site that provides you with a map of World of Warcraft’s continents using Google Maps interface. I’ve taken a screenshot of Un-Goro crater below. I’ve also added the locations of rich thorium vein for you miners (like me!).
Isn’t that cool? I wish someone will create an beautiful aerial view of Diablo’s world next (I know it’s randomly generated for the most part!). In the mean time, go enjoy the WoW map.
Another interesting thing about Azertoh - a guy measured it at roughly 40 square miles (~ 100 square kilometers). As such, it’s not a continent but rather an island. I think Corfu is about that…
I was doing an uber Tristram run last night. As an ice sorceress, I use spells like Blizzard and what not … my point is you can’t see SHIT!
A friend of mine (a pally who thinks he’s Rambo) claims he got killed more than once because he wasn’t able to see what hit him. Diablo 2 graphics are sooo outdated by now.
Which got me thinking about the Playstation 3 (プレイステーション 3) and all the amazing stuff you can do. Not only graphics but also motion and particle effects (Havok anyone?). Check out this video for a preview:
I’d love to see Diablo tap-dance into oblivion, all in 3D on a BIG HD screen.
Remember when just before Starcraft 2 was announced, there was a rumor about a 
Diablo was such a click-fest that I started wondering if we could use something like Nintendo’s wiimote (that’s the Wii remote/controller). 
I was doing an 
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