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Gaming Steve is at it again with a story on the real development of Snowstorm's eagerly awaited sequel...
Given Diablo 2 went on to change the face of PC online gaming long before the release of World of Warcraft (shifting an estimated four million copies in the process), it's little surprise that Blizzard could be working on the eagerly awaited third title in the series.
Slightly more surprising was the news that Blizzard North had been absorbed into its Irvine studio recently to work on an unannounced project, although the haemorrhaging of key staff members throughout the years led little reason to assume it was business as usual at the studio behind the popular point 'n' slash RPG series.
Today GamingSteve (a close Blizzard source who brought the scope on The Burning Crusade) has not only confirmed the development of Diablo 3 but also revealed the full story behind the title, in a non-committed kind of way at least. Referring to Blizzard as Snowstorm and Diablo 3 as Beelzebub 3, Gaming Steve suggests that Diablo 3 (sorry Beelzebub 3) has been in development for the past four years and was virtually complete at Blizzard North; the only problem was they realised it wasn't actually that much fun, providing the alleged real reason behind the closure of Snowstorm North.
Suggesting that information leaked previously was very close to the mark, if the article is led to be believed, Beelzebub 3 is presented in full 3D and features an intriguing conflict between Heaven and Hell. The primary feature appears to be the ability for items to swap between a light and dark version, something that was allegedly in the Snowstorm North version but purely from a cosmetic point of view as nothing changed in the game. This aspect underwent a complete overhaul to ensure it has a significant impact on the actual game, whilst Gaming Steve ascertains that some WoW based concepts could spill over.
The article concludes with the summary that Snowstorm are in no rush to release Beelzebub 3, but hints that the recent job leak wouldn't have been an accident; hopefully we'll have confirmation of Diablo 3 (sorry Beelzebub 3) soon.
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Added:Sat 14th May 2011 21:06, Post No: 24
july cant come soon enough, f*** the ps3 f*** the 360 and f*** the wii diablo3 is going to be awsome on the PC (there maybe console versions but there going to be severly restricted especially the ps3 with all its online problems, and everyone says the 360 is bad well at least there online works)
Added:Wed 17th Nov 2010 00:50, Post No: 23
guild wars 2 will not wipe WoW out lol what a dumbass, WoW is a huge franchise compared to GW2 your argument is like a modern day david and goliath only goliath has a nuke poining in the direction of david, simple outcome really david's quite litterally sh****ng him self.
Added:Tue 16th Nov 2010 19:48, Post No: 22
Its gonna be WOW for consoles, read between the lines, WOW is being dumbed down with the new expansion, there making it look like they need programers for D£, but it will be a WOW consoles version.
Added:Tue 16th Nov 2010 19:47, Post No: 21
Its gonna be WOW for consoles, read between the lines, WOW is being dumbed down with the new expansion, there making it look like they need programers for D£, but it will be a WOW consoles version.
Added:Tue 12th Aug 2008 15:10, Post No: 20
reponse to post #13. GW2 will wipe out WoW. WoW is going to get OWNED when GW2 is released. When it comes out WoW is gonna die...and every1 knows it. Its going to be free, openworlded, lvl 100+(lvl 100 on base game, 3 expansions already planed and ready to go into development (they are expecting to release 8 each boosting the lvl cap by another 20-40 lvls)), many servers to choose from (2x more than WoWs server selction each able to hold over 50,000 players), PvP, PvE, alliance/horde type combat, duelling combat, able to form partys of over 100 ppl, dungeons/instances, next-gen graphics, greater character customisation (chance shape of mouth, nose etc individually) AND MORE!!! I have a feeling that you'll want to retract that statment
Added:Sun 10th Aug 2008 06:51, Post No: 19
gimme gimme gimme i want it now (one game that sould never grace a console this is pc gamings finest moment) well when it come out it will be
Added:Mon 30th Jun 2008 09:26, Post No: 18
Its about time!! Diablo 1 and 2 are addicting and I hope D3 can live up to the standards
Added:Mon 30th Jun 2008 07:08, Post No: 17
Well damm about time,i been playin diablo 2 for 4 seaons now online and yey finnaly a d3... i was over the bots on d2 on ladder anyways... the might Legion of Angels may rise again in d3... =D
Added:Mon 30th Jun 2008 06:25, Post No: 16
its been 20 years in the story line not 20 years in real life... But D3 is going to be freakin Sweeeet!!
Added:Mon 30th Jun 2008 05:24, Post No: 15
it hasnt been 20 years in really life its been like 8 it came out in 2000 but diablo wasnt made to be like wow its made to reach different crowds it will be an awesome game