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Blizzard Announces Diablo 3

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the mouse-buttons-beware dept.

stpk4 writes "After a week-long tease by Blizzard, Diablo 3 has just been announced in Paris. The splash screen has been updated at their homepage and The Escapist has the first write-up." While there aren't many details available yet, it is known that Deckard Cain returns to help our heroes yet again.

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  1. Re:Other forms of payment by dotancohen · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Perhaps Blizzard and I can simplify our relationship and I can just hand them my soul. They seem to have a pretty good handle on it as it is.

    I'd go for that when there will be a Linux port of the game. Here's the address to write to and to let them know that there is demand:
    http://us.blizzard.com/support/webform-us.xml

    Just think, if half of all /.ers wrote to them expressing interest in a Linux port, how much pressure that would be to deliver. Even a port compiled against Wine 1.0 would be great. Write to them and let them know that.

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  2. Re:Astonishingly boring? by -noefordeg- · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Because we all know that Diablo and Diablo 2 were just graphics and lots of zombies =/

    The item generation (Slot machine principle), character templates and development, and fast paced gameplay was Diablo 1 & 2. Blizzard manage to include everything which makes a game fun in Diablo 1 & 2, not only for you, but for those playing with a group of friends too.

    With patches changing the game dynamics of Diablo 2, the game provided us with several years of experimenting with different character templates.

    Seems to me that you either haven't played Diablo games or "just don't get it" :)

    But who cares?!
    Diablo 3 is coming!!! Hell YEAH!

    PS.
    This coming from someone who just last month, played Diablo 2 on his MacBook at the airport. Not a single game has kept me coming back for more like the way Diablo 2 has =)

  3. Re:"Highly Cooperative" by rpillala · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm sure the game will have a single player mode. Wait, here from the FAQ:

    Will there be a single-player component in addition to multiplayer?

    Yes. In addition to battling the hordes of the Burning Hells cooperatively with friends over Battle.net, players will be able to adventure through the world of Diablo III solo. More details on both the single-player and multiplayer experience will be revealed at a later date.

    You might also look into TOG, a multi-game guild with a minimum age of 25. This is when men's brains are finally fully formed, so you get a decent group of folks there.

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  4. Re:What are we killing now? by Gavin+Scott · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The whole thing was a plot by Tyriel to allow him to arrange the destruction of the world stone, the only thing standing in the way of his final conquest of heaven and earth.

    Tyriel is clearly going to be the end boss of D3.

    G.

  5. Re:Don't worry... by ottothecow · · Score: 4, Interesting

    considering the gameplay demo...I would say they have been working on this for a long time already

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