Lets start a thread to think if we were in blizzards shoes, what the best date for a D3 announcemnet would be.. Ive been thinking lately that mabey they will announce it a bit before the hellgate london game comes out to sorta steal their thunder sorta say. It would kinda piss me off if I were working on hellgate and also did the previous D1 and D2
I'm hoping they make the annoucement at BlizzCon08, it does make a lot of sense afterall they need to fulfill the blank space of the Convetion, We will have a very solid presentation with a full lore, Game-Mechanics, Demos, new ideas and a very well Itemization.
I'm very jealous at those that are attending next BlizzCon meanwhile very grateful for the GIGA.tv hopefully 100% focus on Diablo 3
And also for those that wanted Diablo 3 annoucement at BlizzCon07 keep in mind that it wasn't the best time since Diablo 3 need full attention
There may not be a BlizzCon 2008. Many people believe that BlizzCon is an annual event, which it is not. Blizzard chooses when to have a BlizzCon. The first two were nearly two years apart. BlizzCon 2009 would be the next one I figure.
Two other annoucement possibilities this year is the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany. It's very large. 100,000+ attendees. That takes place later this month. Another annoucement possibility (and what I think may actually host Diablo III), is the E for All Expo at California in October. It is replacing E3's wide audience, since E3 nowadays is n00bified.
There may not be a BlizzCon 2008. Many people believe that BlizzCon is an annual event, which it is not. Blizzard chooses when to have a BlizzCon. The first two were nearly two years apart. BlizzCon 2009 would be the next one I figure.
Two other annoucement possibilities this year is the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany. It's very large. 100,000+ attendees. That takes place later this month. Another annoucement possibility (and what I think may actually host Diablo III), is the E for All Expo at California in October. It is replacing E3's wide audience, since E3 nowadays is n00bified.
I agree with you that E for all Expo is a very good place to annouce Diablo 3 aswell, however I think Blizzard now is thinking more likely to annouce their Games in their own Convetion.
Since you mention that is their choice I would guess that Blizzard will make another BlizzCon at least for one more Game annoucement, they also mention about having at least one expansion for World of Warcraft every year and I'm sure BlizzCon as we Diablo 3 community call by the nickname "BlizzCraft" will be an Annual Event.
Well, let's wait and see.
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By the way Acid, do you know if GIGA will cover any of the events ?
I'm not sure if GIGA will cover the events, but the events are large, and I'm sure some website will cover them. I would guess GIGA would cover it. G4TV would also probably cover some stuff on television.
That would be cool, but as far as i know, theres no convention then. Although it would be cool if Blizzard announced one!
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All the people dressed up for Halloween, as ghost/goblins and monsters, Diablos minions could really escape from hell, and we wouldnt be able to tell them apart. Every Diablo fan would have to make a decision, dress up as a monster, and join hells minions taking over the earth. Or stand their ground and defend off hells minions and protect the earth from eternal damnation.
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I'm kind of thinking they might give it it's one separate thing, kind of like they did for Starcraft 2 is Korea. I'm not quite sure where they'd host it, but my best bet is they do something similar. It's either that or the other three big conventions left this year (Leipzig Games Convention, TGS, and E for all). TGS seems kind of unlikely but the other two are possibilities. I hope it's announced within the year.
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To me Blizzcon has turned into WoWcon. I mean even SC2 was announced at WWI. You know what we got at the first Blizzcon? WoW Expansion... the 2nd blizzcon? WoW Expansion. Not to mention that 99% of the panels and events were basically warcraft related. At this point I see no reason for that to change. I would prefer to have the announcement elsewhere anyways.
All we have to do is look for the Blizz hype though!
it will probably be next blizzcon, and i will certainly be there. running around with Thasador is an experience i want to have happen at least at one blizzcon.
because the hype from an announcement would make everyone go insane and temporarily forget all about fagship and their wanna-be game
Hehe, Don't think so. Mostly Diablo fans are just going to try it out (Something to do while Diablo 3 is on Beta-Stage), but yes maybe some of us will not be buying if there's an annoucement.
Im going to buy it whether or not theres an announcement. Blizzard is a team, but the real people behind Diablo are working at Flagship, I have a feeling that Hellgate: London will be a very successful game.
When the Diablo III cinematic has the Blizzard North logo near the opening, people will wonder why, when simply the fact is the team never ceased to be, it simply moved.
Think of it this way, if you move an NFL Football team to a different city, and the players are all traded away and leave for other teams, what happens? The team remains there, it just recruits new players.
That's how Blizzard North is. They moved and lost team members, but now they need to hire new members, as they have/had been doing, to continue their work.
I doubt Blizzard would be thinking about another BlizzCon for at least another year. The one before this recent one was in October of 2005, nearly two years before the newest one.
We'll have to wait another two years before any word?
I doubt Blizzard would be thinking about another BlizzCon for at least another year. The one before this recent one was in October of 2005, nearly two years before the newest one.
We'll have to wait another two years before any word?
Probably right, they did say that the Blizzcon's were never going to be an annual thing as such. I still think D3 is going to be ready to be announced next year, so if there is no Blizzcon they will announce it in another way.
That's of course if they don't announce it in germany...
Probably not going to announce it in Germany...That would just be..weird
Blizzcon is becoming this convention where they give you a new Wow expansion to whack off too for a little while and some kind of queer suit for your warcraft character and some concerts, preformances, and contests...Has'nt been so much a convention for announcements, more of a celebration of Blizzard acheivements...
I would personally like to see a simple online announcement out of the blue. I liked the teaser idea leading up to the starcraft 2 announcement. I think something like that would be the most exciting way to announce Diablo 3.
I'm very jealous at those that are attending next BlizzCon meanwhile very grateful for the GIGA.tv hopefully 100% focus on Diablo 3
And also for those that wanted Diablo 3 annoucement at BlizzCon07 keep in mind that it wasn't the best time since Diablo 3 need full attention
which is still TBA
Two other annoucement possibilities this year is the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany. It's very large. 100,000+ attendees. That takes place later this month. Another annoucement possibility (and what I think may actually host Diablo III), is the E for All Expo at California in October. It is replacing E3's wide audience, since E3 nowadays is n00bified.
I agree with you that E for all Expo is a very good place to annouce Diablo 3 aswell, however I think Blizzard now is thinking more likely to annouce their Games in their own Convetion.
Since you mention that is their choice I would guess that Blizzard will make another BlizzCon at least for one more Game annoucement, they also mention about having at least one expansion for World of Warcraft every year and I'm sure BlizzCon as we Diablo 3 community call by the nickname "BlizzCraft" will be an Annual Event.
Well, let's wait and see.
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By the way Acid, do you know if GIGA will cover any of the events ?
[My Imagination Running Wild]
All the people dressed up for Halloween, as ghost/goblins and monsters, Diablos minions could really escape from hell, and we wouldnt be able to tell them apart. Every Diablo fan would have to make a decision, dress up as a monster, and join hells minions taking over the earth. Or stand their ground and defend off hells minions and protect the earth from eternal damnation.
[/My Imagination Running Wild]
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All we have to do is look for the Blizz hype though!
I agree, wouldn't do any damage to flagship yet, however once it's released well that's different.
Hehe, Don't think so. Mostly Diablo fans are just going to try it out (Something to do while Diablo 3 is on Beta-Stage), but yes maybe some of us will not be buying if there's an annoucement.
Think of it this way, if you move an NFL Football team to a different city, and the players are all traded away and leave for other teams, what happens? The team remains there, it just recruits new players.
That's how Blizzard North is. They moved and lost team members, but now they need to hire new members, as they have/had been doing, to continue their work.
We'll have to wait another two years before any word?
Probably right, they did say that the Blizzcon's were never going to be an annual thing as such. I still think D3 is going to be ready to be announced next year, so if there is no Blizzcon they will announce it in another way.
That's of course if they don't announce it in germany...
Blizzcon is becoming this convention where they give you a new Wow expansion to whack off too for a little while and some kind of queer suit for your warcraft character and some concerts, preformances, and contests...Has'nt been so much a convention for announcements, more of a celebration of Blizzard acheivements...
I would personally like to see a simple online announcement out of the blue. I liked the teaser idea leading up to the starcraft 2 announcement. I think something like that would be the most exciting way to announce Diablo 3.