Bizzard Says Diablo 3 Release

Bizzard Says Diablo 3 Release

Earlier we reported that Diablo 3 may be released last Saturday. Here is our earlier report.

In May Blizzard acquired the domain name Diablo3.com, which sparked speculation about a possible upcoming Diablo III release. In my mind this would be bigger than Starcraft 2, mostly because I love Diablo more than Starcraft (heresy, I know).

With Blizzard's 2008 WorldWide Invitational (WWI) to be held this week, and with Blizzard teasing splash screens on their website (unless you've been asleep - or don't care - you know about them; click the above to enlarge) rampant speculation has arisen again. Blizzard generally teases splash screens when they have a new game announcement, so ...

DiabloII.net has been tracking all the "clues" at the Blizzard site, including the splash screens and more. And on Wednesday they said they had some inside info about the game:

With this week's speculation over the Blizzard teasers, more and more reports in the media, and numerous tips coming direct us at IncGamers from reliable inside industry sources in the past 24 hours, we now have confirmation from inside sources to say that Diablo 3 WILL be announced on Saturday at WWI Paris 2008.

Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean we will be meeting Baal again anytime soon. Based on how long Starcraft 2 has been in development since it was announced. And in fact, based on the retailers who have posted dates for Starcraft 2, it might be the release date of that game that's being teased at Blizzard's site.

Or maybe we'll get lucky and it will be both. We'll find out Saturday.