Blizzard Establishes "Team 3"
Gamasutra reports that Frank Pearce of Blizzard Entertainment has just confirmed that the company is working hard on another new title... and it's not World of Warcraft or Starcraft II. 40 people are working on Starcraft II and 40 people are working on this secret Team 3 project, so it's definitely another big one. According to Pearce, "Team 3 is working on something really awesome. I can’t give you any hints, but it’s totally awesome."
With Blizzcon '07 coming up this August 3-4, people have high hopes that this mystery game will be unveiled.
Hmmm, Team 3... Diablo 3... could it be? Join our discussion!
Shit, the WoW forum isn't even flooded with children speaking of the new WoW expansion.
For something as huge as Diablo you would think there would be questionable leaked info way before Blizzcon, which would at least build excitement.
Yes, things do look grim.. but i still have some hope.
WoW fans are ungrateful little bastards... they just got their beloved WoW 3 years ago and are now gonna get a new expansion this year, and a new expansion next year, and the year after that, and after that, and after that, and after that.....
We die hard Diablo fans haven't even gotten an announcement and its been 6 years since D2 Lod came out.
HA! Tell that to the prick x3 .09 bugged sorcs that fire hydra's town camping screaming NUBZ! USUXX!
I will never forget.
I whole heartedly agree on the WoW fans, at least you're optimistic which in turn makes me slightly optimistic. yay!
Call me a loser once it isn't announced, but I just don't think Blizzard can keep doing this to us.
Or maybe Knaak thought we would be intelligent enough to not assume that the relationship of team 3 and Diablo 3 would be connected just because of "3." If they are one and the same it would just be a coincidence. It really isn't any hint, plus the next Diablo title may not be called "Daiblo 3" but something like "World of Sanctuary."
Just trying to put down the hollow link between team 3 and Diablo III.
Oh, and a question for you Acid:
When we type in the guild name is it xSICKx? so, for me: xSICKx_LittleBoy
While there hasn't been much mainstream hype/buzz whatever flooding the internet I still think it's possible Blizzcon rolls around and Blizzard announces Diablo III. Jaws would drop, im sure of it and maybe that's just what they want. =)
And Acid, guaranteing something can land you in deep shi*.
It is made up based on a blurb from the Sin Wars is my understanding. There is absolutely no evidence that Diablo 3 is going to be an MMO or that they plan on making a Diablo MMO.
The fact that they are totally revamping battlenet suggests to me that Diablo 3 would be a Battlenet game.
I don't think the argument that there've been no prior leaks about Diablo's next game holds any water.
Also, the Diablo franchise is the oldest pure franchise that hasn't seen its next iteration. What I mean is that Warcraft made a genre switch so I don't necessarily count WoW as part of the lineage of WC3 in that it is not an RTS.
SC got its facelift and those fans are going apeshit.
Diablo needs to see its day. I honestly don't think Blizzard is a stupid company - there has been buzz, albeit no confirmed leaks, but buzz nonetheless on all the major game sites leading up to Blizzcon. Diablo is on the tip of everyone's tongue. Blue has to see this, and if they hadn't planned on unleashing this project sometime in the near future (read: year to year and a half) they know they'll lose their Diablo fanbase.
I'm expecting at least an un-narrated trailor to close the convention this weekend.
www.diablochaos.com
Ok ok I know the whole "links to Blizz" home page nonsense is hardly an indication. But WTF. Honestly, Diablo Chaos?
We're onto something....
Oh, and that was the first one I thought of ... subsequent diablo + word combos didn't work. Try it yourself.