Blizzard Confirms New Product Next Month!
"It took a good day of calls and emails, but Blizzard just got back to us about the rumor floating around that Starcraft 2 will be announced next month during their World Wide Invitation in Seoul, South Korea.
According to a Korean website, StarCraft 2 is being developed in 3D with a new race and lots of changes for existing units. The site went on to say that additional details would be revealed during Blizzard's WWI on May 19th in Seoul.
When reached for comment today this was Blizzard's official response:
We do intend to announce a new product at the Worldwide Invitational next month in Korea, and we appreciate the enthusiasm and interest in getting an advance look at what that will be, but players will have to wait until May 19th to find out more. Also, we have a very strong connection with the characters and settings of StarCraft, and we do plan to revisit that universe at some point in the future, but we don't have anything new to announce in that regard at present.
So that's a yes on a StarCraft 2, eventually, and a yes to a product announcement next month. The only question now is are they one in the same. " -Brian Crecente, from Kotaku.
So what do you guys think? A lot of people still believe it's gonna be Starcraft (which would be fine too because, honestly, who wouldn't love to see that game revisited just as much as Diablo?) but after a statement like that, I'm thinking it's gonna either be an announcement for Diablo 3 or a completely new Blizzard title. If it's not a Diablo or Starcraft game, I'm putting my money on TacoCraft.
Alright, let the speculation begin! May 19th simply cannot come soon enough.
-RoG-
Theoreticaly Blizzard will only announce a new release at a Convention, Blizzon, or E3. (not many oppertunitys)
Im saying, when their ready to release the info their going to do it ASAP at one of these events.
I wouldnt be to hastey to make that connection considering this.
Im talking about all the starcraft gossip =) Not to take anything away from thoes fans.
how do we know it is official?
would be awsome if it is, but mmm
anyway, we just gotta wait and find out
damn this company and its secretive tactics! lol
Also, this is completly off the subject...but Diablo3 is being made for Playstation3 and Computer i think!
Although it is true that Blizzard has been at the table with Microsoft before for a console game.. Unless you have some evidence that, "I think" is actually, "I wish."
I have high hopes myself that this will be for Diablo 3. Without being able to name or confirm my sources, I can speculate that I might have seen what appear to be concept drawings for Diablo 3 on MIRC about 4 months ago.
If my reading comprehension serves me correctly, that is suggesting that Diablo3 could be an MMO, and possibly on a console... if this is true I am going to be very put out.
I'd be happy if it was released on both pc and "next-gen" consoles. That would basically mean that players will be allowed to play single player. That could rule out MMORPG, sticking to true Diablo style. Then again, wasn't there a Final Fantasy released on consoles that was online only? Fuck, I don't know anymore.
I really hope this to be announced game is Diablo 3. I've never played Starcraft, nor have I ever wanted to. Damn you Blizzard, just make us fucking happy already!
Its true that a console version of D3 would not be as good as PC game, but if they team up with microsoft to make it, it could very well be a "Windows Live" title, meaning it will be for both PC and Console, and the two could interact.
that is the stupidest sh*t ive ever read. blizzard only works for profit. they dont care how badly a small population like the one that posts on this forum want diablo. That is why they headed WoW in the direction it is at now. Obviously, there are more younger and more stupid players, than there are experienced veterans. most likekly they will release a starcraft, and if a diablo 3 gets released , dont expect it to be something like baldur's gate 2 , or something based on advanced D&D. Also I have a strong and hostile feeling that it with be a pay per month type of bullcrap...
there would be the odd similarity to BG in a new diablo game, but i think it would have more in common with WOW, than any game from Bioware Corp.
exactly, and that is the problem itself. I dont want another world of warcraft, if i wanted a game like that i could just play silkroad or something similar for free. What im looking for in the next diablo is something almost exactly the same as the original diablo. The evil and darkness of the first game is something that I have not seen matched in any other game. The storyline was flawess and drew me in. There have been many times when i have played games and said to myself, "give me a break..." , but that has never happened in diablo. A good RPG extends beyond an immense world with items, quests, and amazing graphics. That was Diablo. Diablo 2 seemed to carry many of the traits of its ancestor but I did not enjoy it as much as the original. (It might have been due to the huge emphasis placed on farming in D2, but i must admit, i did enjoy it for a bit). After seeing the abomination that is WoW, I can only wonder what wretched failures Blizzard is keeping from us.
But I am not denieing the possibility of a great game. If diablo 3 comes out i will certainly play it, even if it sucks, but I dont think it is a smart thing to have so much faith in a company that has decieve us already...
quite right, that what i liked about the Diablo series and the BG series, great Single player game that happened to have multiplayer, and was free. Hell i still play Diablo, and BG I, i dont care that they are what 10 years old now.
Hell yeah, Diablo was so dark, eerie, creey and gothic and claustrophobic, d2 was mostly huge open fields, deserts and snow covered tundra. but still a good game, i hope d3, drawns more from d1 in terms of stage design.
sure as hell was.
if diablo 3 was a remake of diablo I, but in 3d, i would like it more than anything new and experimental. Someone should remake diablo 1 in 3d, just like total annihilation was remade in 3d as "ta spring"
total annihilation ---> ta spring ---> supreme commander
diablo ---> diablo 3d remake ---> diablo 3