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According to the unofficial Diablo site diabloii.net tips and rumours coming from "reliable" sources point to the long awaited Diablo 3 being announced at WWI Paris 2008.
| Quote : Diablo 3 Announcement at WWI
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| Quote : It seems that "a game" will at the very least be announced at WWI. Not that we are surprised, but it's nice to get a confirmation by a slip (?) of tongue from Rob Pardo at DGC Paris. GamesIndustry.biz reports that:
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http://www.diabloii.net/ <---- see link for more info
Ooh exciting times people, exciting times
I apologize in advance if this has already been posted.
I would get my hopes up but every time I have in the past they've been squashed
It's probably going to just be a release date for SC2, or WotLK, or else something totally different (World of Guitar Hero!)
SUCK ON THAT ROB WRIGHT
YESSSSSSSSSS
| robwright wrote : "What the f--- did I do?"
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You shattered my hope with your Diablo 3 article a while ago
Oh. That. Yeah....
It seems at this point, any announcement other than D3 will cause massive amounts of Barrens chat to implode all WoW servers.

Meh. Diablo was just a boring, repetitive clickfest.
What? No replies to my obvious flame-bait? *sigh*
there all wise to you llama_man.
I was gonna reply.. something along the line of bejeweled, cod4, wow, no different, just what we see.

The image up here today with the glowing eyes certainly leans more towards Diablo 3, but what's the snow?

c'mon Diablo junkies IT'S BAAL!
you remember.... Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction's final frigid boss

Wow, this would be sick...no offence to Starcraft fans...but Diablo IMO is the biggest title Blizzard could ever bring back. I'll be following up with this on Saturday.
| tmeacham wrote : The image up here today with the glowing eyes certainly leans more towards Diablo 3, but what's the snow? |
Hell froze over?
There's an interesting theory they have over at Diabloii.net regarding the naming scheme for the secret images:
http://www.diabloii.net/n/667546/b [...] 4#comments
At first they though the numbers in the hidden images corresponded to the english alphabet, and until today it was looking like D, O, W could end up spelling DASHOW, one of the artists that worked on Diablo II (who coincidentally had a "purple walrus" as his sort of trademark), but now it's looking like the numbers from Lost.
This stands out to me quite heavily from the Lost wiki:
| Quote : http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/The_Numbers |
This isn't StarCraft II related, and Blizzard has no reason to have such an extensive teaser just to announce a release date for Wrath of the Lich King.
You can read more about the previous days here: http://www.sclegacy.com
Also, something else that's interesting, quoted from: http://www.sc2pod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1490#p1490
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it says that the forums are down atm if this forum wouldn't exist it should redirect you to the mainpage, like http://www.battle.net/forums/board [...] e=blahblah |
Also from Sc2pod:
| Quote : Originally Posted by Stew Using the image numbers as sperate digits, and applying them to their corresponding css class names to get the letters, using 0 as the first letter in each word you can get 2 letters per day. Tundra - 04: T, R Knowing that there will be 4 more letters, you can create TYR_EL I_ LO__ With the The Valenzetti Equation from Lost being 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 which so far fits the numbers we have, the final result can probably be guessed to be TYRAEL IS LOST So then, 08 will be Artic, giving us, A from 0, and T from 8. Leaving us with 42 something like _ _ S _ S?? |
I haven't felt excited like this since Christmas when I was little. Crossing your fingers, hoping that they got you what you wanted, and I mean either way it's a free gift so it's awesome, but, you just hope deep down that it isn't some boring racing game ![]()
PLEASE BE SUPER MARIO RPG PLEASE BE SUPER MARIO RPG PLEASE...
more than likely gonna be announced this weekend
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In regards to your post Oh Snap, wouldn't it be interesting if the meaning to "Tyrael is lost" was that he is now the new main Villian in the game, him becoming corrupted and fallen like the big 3?
Lol just a wild thought....
A littlre refresher..


I wouldn't mind learning more about the lesser evils in d3.
Tyrael was cool.
One of his ex-buddies..

Maybe Blizzard's big reveal will deal with virtual tinker toys, and right now they're sitting behind their screens, laughing their asses off at us as we speak ;(

| bloodlust wrote : In regards to your post Oh Snap, wouldn't it be interesting if the meaning to "Tyrael is lost" was that he is now the new main Villian in the game, him becoming corrupted and fallen like the big 3? |
God that would be amazing. I personally like the idea of battle taking place in heaven... Splash screen from yesterday with colors inverted:
http://files.pandadesigns.net/browse/splash_invert.jpg
| exfileme wrote : Maybe Blizzard's big reveal will deal with virtual tinker toys, and right now they're sitting behind their screens, laughing their asses off at us as we speak ;( |
I think a large piece of me would die inside
When you have a teaser like this with all the viral marketing, the surprise had better be damn good or you just make your customers feel betrayed.
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Inverted, reminds me alot of Arreat. Alot easier to make out the symbols too (especially on today's).
This one is so cryptic though, it seems like ice that is retreating and you can see a starry sky, or so it seems.. unlike the one leading to SC2, there was only so many guesses, I don't read any of the nutboy fan forums, and there's just still too much speculation for me. Maybe tomorrow's pic will be more revealing.
Still hoping it's D3 though.

Let's say it is Diablo 3. We're looking at what... a 2012 release date?

Nutboy... able to leap tall pecans in a single bound...

| tmeacham wrote : Let's say it is Diablo 3. We're looking at what... a 2012 release date? |
2012 is better than never. Even a 2009 Christmas release would be cool.
Splash page is updated!
What could it be!
The figure in the middle looks alot like Arthas to me.
With all the speculation flying around I have a feeling that alot of people are going to be disappointed no matter what the announcment is.
Look at the eyes and between the eyes...
But because the eyes are centered on the splash.. idk. What are the nutboy sites saying?

Hmm... it could be something related to SC universe. One of the 5 symbols, the one on the lower left, is the symbol of the protoss that is used by Blizz. The shapes sorrounding the eyes seem to look like those of a protoss, not of some armor. And if you remember is Zeratul who discovered the Hybrids on a frozen moon (secret mission in SC:BW), hence the ice around. The symbol on the lower right could resemble some planets. The melting of the ice could mean that the Hybrids have awaken or something and we will get some insight of the story like a trailer where Zeratul shares with Raynor some of his discoveries. Or probably Blizzard will announce the 4th race - the Hybrids. Anyway I don't know what the other symbols mean, some could be taken from Diablo. I used to know all the D2 runes.
So Blizz could be makin some sort of one symbol - on e major announcement type of analogy each coupled with a new image of the ice and the eyes. Hope I am wrong and is Tyrael or D3
Good news either way
Nope idea, peoples... me thinks its Warcraft: Frozen Throne... http://www.diablofans.com/ they seem over-excited...
I don't know though, there is this...
http://files.pandadesigns.net/browse/d3-general.jpg
The hidden images ended up making an evil penguin with Lost's mystery numbers.
http://www.sclegacy.com/
Yeah its beginning to look less and less like diablo 3 *sigh* .... dammit blizzard hurry up and tell us already
Blizzard better make Diablo 3, and it better be great....
Meh, I'm gonna stay real about this UNTIL it comes out...
BTW: I just got killed by an army of Steel Scarabs in Nightmare =(
| amdfangirl wrote : Meh, I'm gonna stay real about this UNTIL it comes out...
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I'm all for staying real about it... but having said that, the stars in the middle do seem to be eyes, but they could be characters from any of the three realms. What if Blizzard is making an entirely new game? That would be shocking, I know, but possibly even more fantastic than a DIII.
A SCII release date would be nice too
Oh, and amdfangirl: dying in nm by steel scarabs is kinda embarrassing, dontcha think? That is, unless you're playing single player...
^ I'm just gonna wait... trying not to peek too much... don't wanna be disappointed... I think Blizzard is making a new Diablo-like game. One that if it fails it will not harm the Diablo name-sake and if it succeeds then Blizzard will make Diablo 3 based on the game engine.
Lv. 51 Amazon... surrounded by many Ghostly and Fanatic steel scrabs... Brother's Paladin Lv79 left us there, turned against us hurt us enough and escaped through a town portal whilst me and my sister were getting swarmed by Steel Scarabs...
Switched from bow to javelin (had no town portals) and just went lightning fury. Sister stood behind and shot arrows. Since it was Tal Rasha's tomb I really couldn't move well and killed almost all of them with lightning fury... then the charged bolts came... XP
Sister was smart enough to use frozen arrow and use her valkyrie as cannon fodder as she slowly shot the rest to death...
Then my brother came back... XP
So in the end my brother made it out alive... *sigh* It was me against a room full of monsters ready for a lv 51, lv 53, lv 79...
The game is...
LOST VIKINGS 3
Looks more like Tassadar or some protoss now...
^ Nah!
They slipped! Look at Battle Net!!! I doubt this to be a conisidance! First they buy Diablo3.com and etc.
Saw the damn thing myself! (BTW: It is closed now) (not my screenshots tho...)
hehe teaser!
this is killing me i am at work and cant look!!!
If you look on Diablo fans it actually has a press release!
ITS HERE!!!!!!!! http://www.battle.net/
SUCK ON THAT ROB WRIGHT!

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!! *screams like a little girl*
Edit: looking around the site now and it looks awesome like WoW only not cartoony at all..... I am sooooo gonna buy this one on release day.
http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/?rhtml=y Its got a game play trailer! opinions anyone?
i pooped my pants. Mmmmm smell the aroma!

Watching the game play video made my panties wet. I've never been a fan of WOW at all really but Blizzard looks dead on with this game. Can't wait. Also it's good to see a singleplayer mode and multiplayer co-cp.
I'll probably buy it when it comes out, but honestly, the gameplay trailer did not look that amazing. The graphics are kinda meh, the gameplay doesn't look like it has much new and exciting to it, and they didn't improve the loot system it looks like so there will still be rampant bickering over people picking up all the good stuff before the long range team gets a crack at it.
| infornography42 wrote : I'll probably buy it when it comes out, but honestly, the gameplay trailer did not look that amazing. The graphics are kinda meh, the gameplay doesn't look like it has much new and exciting to it, and they didn't improve the loot system it looks like so there will still be rampant bickering over people picking up all the good stuff before the long range team gets a crack at it. |
As long as they have a solid anti-hack system to prevent pickit and whatnot, I'm fine with the looting staying the same. I think you're just a negative nancy
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