Before Blizzcon hits us in October, one final gaming event that may have some information regarding Diablo III will be Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Originally, Blizzard had not mentioned any addition of Diablo at this event but this was later changed when we found out that event-goers would be able to play the Blizzcon 2010 demo there. Today, Blizzard added a full schedule of their activities while at Gamescom.
Official Blizzard Quote:
Diablo Performance and Interview with Diablo III Development Team
Date:Saturday, 12:00
Description: After a dance macabre from the demonic hordes, Jay Wilson and Josh Mosqueira will be on the Blizzard booth for an interview about the upcoming title Diablo III.
An interesting point to note is that the activity includes a "performance" while the WoW and SC2 activities only include an interview. What exactly this performance is remains unknown but hopefully we will be getting a little more attention than the other two franchises.
If you take a look at the activities page, there is also a disclaimer at the bottom of the page. While the message is less than exciting, it should help avoid any possible expectations of what fans might expect during the event.
Official Blizzard Quote:
As a side note, any rumors you may have heard about a gate to Diablo’s Burning Hells opening in Cologne are completely unfounded. Seriously, nothing is happening at Rudolfplatz from the evening of August 16 — especially nothing to do with demonic invasions.
Just in case this is not clear enough, a user on Battle.net asked if this was code for something that might be happening. To which, Kaivax responded:
Official Blizzard Quote:
I think "nothing is happening" is pretty clear.
How much more clear must the message be?
Although it is unlikely that anything major like a beta announcement will occur during Gamescom, there will certainly be some information shared during the Diablo III activity. We here at DiabloFans.com will be giving you full coverage of the event and we even have a correspondent who will be there to give us any news concerning Diablo III.
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Yea, I can't see any logical reason behind specifically stating that nothings going to happen at this place on this day. While I hope its something with the beta I think it will just be some new info.
Maybe the "performance" will be about the new changes and announcements added to the game since people there will be playing Blizzcon 2010 demo there and may get confused.
Also I expect they will try to explain even more about AH since it's a controversial issue.
No beta release but that will start soon after the event so they'll be able to announce a 2011 release date at Blizzcon 2011.
Have we forgotten that the actual Diablo 3 game announcement was made in Paris France at the WWI in 2009? So it could be possible we will hear something big. However Jay Wilson did a Q & A at the last Gamescom. The only major thing then was news of the artisans. Unless they talk about endgame content, which wouldn't be a big spoiler. I can't imagine any major topics bigger then the AH. Any other major announcement would be a beta date. Followed by a game release date via sometime around Blizzcon.
I've just been to the mentioned Rudolfplatz in Cologne (I'm living there) and this is what's going on there:
Pretty impressive when you stand at the marked spot and get to see the full 3D effect. There were also a few Blizzard staff members talking to the visitors, but no news so far... ;-)
As a side note, any rumors you may have heard about a gate to Diablo’s Burning Hells opening in Cologne are completely unfounded. Seriously, nothing is happening at Rudolfplatz from the evening of August 16 — especially nothing to do with demonic invasions.
Official Blizzard Quote:
Diablo Performance and Interview with Diablo III Development Team
Date:Saturday, 12:00
Description: After a dance macabre from the demonic hordes, Jay Wilson and Josh Mosqueira will be on the Blizzard booth for an interview about the upcoming title Diablo III.
If you take a look at the activities page, there is also a disclaimer at the bottom of the page. While the message is less than exciting, it should help avoid any possible expectations of what fans might expect during the event.
Official Blizzard Quote:
As a side note, any rumors you may have heard about a gate to Diablo’s Burning Hells opening in Cologne are completely unfounded. Seriously, nothing is happening at Rudolfplatz from the evening of August 16 — especially nothing to do with demonic invasions.
Official Blizzard Quote:
I think "nothing is happening" is pretty clear.
How much more clear must the message be?
Although it is unlikely that anything major like a beta announcement will occur during Gamescom, there will certainly be some information shared during the Diablo III activity. We here at DiabloFans.com will be giving you full coverage of the event and we even have a correspondent who will be there to give us any news concerning Diablo III.
A special thanks to Doomscream for sharing the schedule
Find any Diablo news? Contact me or anyone else on the News team
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If we could somehow make this
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Also I expect they will try to explain even more about AH since it's a controversial issue.
No beta release but that will start soon after the event so they'll be able to announce a 2011 release date at Blizzcon 2011.
ahhhh.....whishful thinking.......
Or dnno...but i feel like something important is gonna happen.
Hopefully this is something huge.
Pretty impressive when you stand at the marked spot and get to see the full 3D effect. There were also a few Blizzard staff members talking to the visitors, but no news so far... ;-)
Official Blizzard Quote:
As a side note, any rumors you may have heard about a gate to Diablo’s Burning Hells opening in Cologne are completely unfounded. Seriously, nothing is happening at Rudolfplatz from the evening of August 16 — especially nothing to do with demonic invasions.
Official Blizzard Quote: