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Quote from "PhrozenDragon" »

But you fail to realise how a company works.

First, they have to analyze what market their games are turned towards. In Korea, where the event is held, Starcraft is their most successful game, with Diablo having much less of a following there compared to in the U.S

Second is publicity. When they throw an event, it needs to present something worthwhile and have everyone on edge. Everything that goes on there will be relayed to all fan-sites and magazines in the world. Announcing Diablo 3 will cause only mild interest from most people, while announcing Starcraft 2 will create an uproar of enthusiasm and interest.

Third is the intelligence of a company. Blizzard didn't just yesterday figure out that they wanted to go to Korea. They also did not just realise yesterday that "Hey, our game is done. When can we announce it?" Announcements like these are planned way ahead of time, they know when and where everything is going to happen. If D3 was the next product to be done, they wouldn't have headed to Korea.

Fourth, regarding the trademark activity in Diablo. The only thing that suggests is that D3 (or anything related to Diablo) is close to being unvelied, however that does not in any way prevent SC2 from also being announced, and neither does it mean that D3 has to be announced at first opportunity.

Quote from "Lucrin" »

Alright well first my opinion of the 3 announcments for this yea are as follows:

1: Diablo 3
2: Starcraft 2
3: I know you hate to think it but Blizz intends to release one expansion per year for WoW now so, I am gonna have to say they will announce the next expansion.

Now to the quote. As a matter of fact I do have links to back this stuff up. Unfortunately all the posts for jobs for the Diablo Team were filled and taken from the site so i can't link them but you can look at old news archives on this site and find posts about them. As for trademarks however this was the most recent trademark in the diablo name which if you look at the Date of Status was very recently.
http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=78770575
Now why would blizzard take out a new trademark in the Diablo name if they wern't working on something? The starcraft domain can wait they own it now so its theirs until they want to use it, which would make a nice cover up or distraction from the diablo trademark activity to make people second guess themselves. A trademark however expires so you don't get one until you are about ready for it. Thus I believe that Diablo 3 will come before Starcraft 2.

Ok well I personally think it will be Diablo 3 because of all the staff that has been hired to work on it and because there has been much tradmark activity in the diablo name over the last couple months.

Quote from "FingolfinGR" »

its 20 days till we know something specific. we waited long enough without having a clue when they'll announce something, lets wait up and see.

I do expect a Starcraft game though, even though i dont like it. Even simply cause its gonna be in Korea is reason enough to make u believe it.

Quote from "muttonchops" »

I know what they said. I wouldn't respond to something I have no idea about. But Doppel said it best. They said it would be announced later, basically. That later date being 20 days from now. Logically, a Diablo 3 game would seem unlikely, as that would mean that they have released (at least) 2 game sequels for every other game, leaving Starcraft completely neglected.

Muttonchopstradamus says that they will announce an entirely new franchise, or they will announce Starcraft 2.

Quote from name="biff exploder" »

aaahhhhh diablo 1... i've never seen any other game so evil and dark, and i have to say that alot of that evil feeling was because of the game soundtrack, wich for me is the best soundtrack ever in a game.

give me D3 with all the glory of D1 and i will be the happyest creature alive.

Quote from "stigg" »

Well guys I think it is going to be D3... Reason being they completely dumped Ghost...Why would they jump to another Starcraft game right off the bat??? Wouldn't you be burnt out on working on that game if you did a bunch of work and then you decide to throw it out? I know Starcraft has a "Shit-ton" of fans...and I am 1 but......Diablo3 seems alot more likely at this point...You have alot of people leaving WoW even though they are still gaining customers I think they are loosing alot their senior players at a very high rate...Don't get me wrong WoW is a beautiful game but the expansion brought alot of different things like probably the biggest being 25 man raid instances and it cause a "Fuck-ton" of guilds to break up...So....Almost every hardcore player that plays WoW has played Diablo...So...This brings me to the big decision...hmmmm Starcraft~~9.5 Million or Diablo~~15 Million I think...Which fans would you rather comfort??? I know Starcraft is due for a new release but Diablo has wayyyy more fans and I would think that they need to comfort them very soon because WoW isn't doing it for most of us anymore...I think our best hint is "I am not writing for a dead game"....and usually when they release a book or a movie you have a game:) Soo lets hope its D3 baby!!!!

Quote from "Millitia" »

he said Regard at present, meaning he will lose his job if he mentions it. that statement would only make me think its going to be starcraft.

Quote from "PhrozenDragon" »

Then please show me the sentence where it says: "We will NOT be announcing SC2 in May."

Quote from name="Elfen Lied" »

God ive been waiting for this for so long.

god i hope it isnt something WC related.