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A recent Twitter kerfuffle has lead many to believe that Blizzard Entertainment is working full-time on a console version of its upcoming Diablo III action RPG, with signs of a ‘confirmation’ arriving from the studio’s community manager Bashiok.
This isn’t exactly the case…
Blizzard Entertainment is not only the master of CG sequences but a master storyteller, too, able to effortlessly weave an enthralling narrative with tales of ancient demons, epic battles and fantastic, long-forgotten lore.
Combined with those CG sights and sounds, the studio’s stories are always spellbinding until the very last frame, before the game whisks you away into the adventure with fiendishly addictive gameplay.
It’s time for another Question of the Day here on El33tonline, and time to find out more about you and your gaming habits!
With the recent Diablo III announcement and a slew of other extremely high quality offerings this year, today we’re asking:
Do you buy collector’s editions for highly anticipated games?
In addition to announcing a new expansion pack for World of Warcraft this weekend, Blizzard revealed the collector’s edition for the developer’s early 2012 action RPG, Diablo III, while releasing a jaw-dropping new cinematic trailer and detailing how certain members of its community will automatically get the game for free.
Let’s start with the collector’s edition of Diablo III, which contains the following items:
Blizzard has just dropped a few hundred thousand jaws by announcing a release window for the developer’s upcoming Diablo III.
It’s not out in 2011, sorry.
“The fiery gates leading to the Burning Hells have begun to swing open, and the Diablo III beta test is officially underway.”
You had us at ‘Burning Hells’ Blizzard. You had us at ‘Burning Hells.’
Will Diablo III release this year? Will Blizzard Entertainment really launch its next extraordinarily anticipated action RPG in the year 2011?
It’s getting a little touch-and-go as far as time is concerned. There are only four months left in the year which is not a lot if you consider the scope of such a game release - a release that would crank into operation a marketing campaign the size of which you’ve never seen before.
Thanks to a recent press event held at Blizzard Entertainment headquarters in Irvine, California, all kinds of amazing new information has sprung forth regarding the studio’s upcoming fantasy-themed action RPG, Diablo III.
We’ll be sure to dissect the most important pieces of this new information soon, but for now, why don’t you relax for seven minutes and forty seconds by watching crushing Diablo III gameplay footage that has emerged as a result of the currently-on-the-go closed beta, showcasing powerful spells, varied environments, horrific enemies, and a spot of co-op:
From a posting on the Polish Blizzard Entertainment’s website, not only will the studio be bringing “exhibition matches, live raids, competitions and other attractions” to gamescom in Cologne, Germany this year, but attendees will also have the chance to go hands-on with Diablo III and StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.
During a recently concluded earnings call, Activision Blizzard confirmed that a Diablo III external beta test would roll out this year, while almost dashing our hopes that the full game would release here in 2011.
New York Times writer Seth Schiesel recently got some hands-on time with Diablo III, the next industry crushing title from Blizzard Entertainment, and while Schiesel discovered a few new interesting morsels of information about the game proper, game director at Blizzard Jay Wilson gave millions of us a little more hope that this titanic new action RPG may see a 2011 release.
When Diablo III was first officially unveiled a couple years ago, developer Blizzard Entertainment showcased a game with visuals that many thought were heavily influenced by the company’s other runaway hit, World of Warcraft, what with its over-exaggerated proportions, unique colour palette, the looks of the special effects, and even the design of some of the enemies.
A little something like this:
Now though, a massive batch of screenshots has emerged revealing what Diablo III could have looked like if Blizzard had continued down the path of a version of the game that was in development way back in 2005. And it looked… a little something… like this:
Now that BlizzonCon 10 is over, we can look through the settling dust to see what news and interesting morsels of information we can discover… and it seems as though Blizzard Entertainment is keen to let fans know that the developer’s upcoming action RPG extravaganza, Diablo III, is coming along just fine.
Amongst the reveals during the weekend of fantasy and science fiction revelry included the fact that there will be a closed beta for Diablo III, while the fifth and final character class, the Demon Hunter, was also showcased for the first time.
Blizzard Entertainment has announced that the company’s fifth BlizzCon gaming convention is all set to take place at the end of the year, running from Friday October 22nd to Saturday October 23rd, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, to celebrate all things Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo related.
CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment Mike Morhaime commented:
Speaking with gaming and gadget consumer site, Techland, Blizzard’s executive vice president of game design, Rob Pardo, has confirmed that Diablo III will not be releasing next year, and is uncertain when a solidified release date will be available for the hugely anticipated action RPG.
This may come as a disappointment to fans of the series, to which Pardo and co. at Blizzard are sympathetic, as he laments over the fact that the developer always seems to announce its games “too early,” but always strives to announce its next game closer to its respective release date, which is difficult, says Pardo:
“We realize that and go, ‘You know what? Next time we’re not going to [announce games too early].’ And then we always fail at that. But I’d rather fail at that than fail at making the game great. I think it’s safe to say that, yeah, (Diablo III) is not going to be out next year.”
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