This is a translation from german submited by Calyx and ov3erlord:
Their new article offers what can be interpreted as hints: One is a link to a YouTube video showing a real life soccer game. The YouTube video is titled: Ring of Fire. The second clue is an image of Wolfgang Petry (a German singer). To non-German folks this means really ... NADA (nothing).PC Action: For long time the rumor kitchen has simmered. There have been indications again and again, that in the next weeks or months, the successor to the brillant diablo 2 should be announced. Several Internet portals, such as Diablofans.com and n4g.com, report over alleged references to a Diablo 3-announcement at a Gaming site by the name of pcactio..., oh, f*ck! Those are we!
But something is missing here...
So they say, that the 11x11 Pixel Picture from yesterday would be an impression from the Diablo-Follow-Up. The Problem : We are not allowed to say something about it. Not deny, nor say that the rumors are true, or even say anything. Hmm, how many more days are there to our next issue?
What do you think? what can it be? -- View the Source.
Our DiabloFans.com folks however started connecting the puzzle pieces -- that is kinda a stretch about a stretch, but here we go:
According to niceguyeddie the soccer game video titled Ring of Fire, might refer to Diablo's ring of fire when you fight him. (Watch the YouTube video referenced by PC Action)
According to Gromir, on the other hand, the Wolfgang Petry image refers to a karaoke song which lyrics say: ""Wahn - sinn. Warum schickst du mich in die ..." The second part to the lyric which is not included in the image is: " HÖLLE HÖLLE HÖLLE!"
In English: "Insa - nity. Why do you sent me to... HELL, HELL, HELL!"
http://www.blizzplanet.com/content/diablo3/wolfgang-petry.jpg
As reported this morning on the previous news, PC Action replied my email:
The bad news? The next PC Action issue comes out on June 19 (according to Gromir). It is hard to think they would talk about Diablo 3, before the Blizzard Worldwide Invitationals (June 29) ... and that is IF there is going to really be a game announcement ... and IF it is a Diablo game.PC Action: Unfortunately we are not allowed to talk about any details at the moment concerning this game
-- Lukasz Ciszewski
Ahh ... don't we hate and love and HATE teasers? Damn you, PC Action!
Note: Take in mind, PC Action might be teasing and messing (kidding) with Diablo fans, and that the game they refer to might be something entirely different from another company. Just a possibility.
UPDATE June 6: PC Action added a new small image showing fire. The image file is titled pic_d3_2.jpg --- These guys really want the teasing ball rolling. Either this game is Doom 4, Diablo 3, or a Hellgate: London expansion. There are other games recently announced such as Duke Nukem Forever (PC Action is currently showing screenshots of that game on another article today).
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Honestly... if I was a Blizzard rep knowing that the unannounced project was anything but the Diablo franchise I would probably shit a brick seeing all the hype on these forums, they would be too scared to announce it.
They WILL alienate/lose a lot of fans if they don't annouce it this year, people will get tired and sick of waiting and get frustrated and upset... not wise for Blizzard to do that.
It's already happening, for me!
If they never intented to annouce D3, they should just left Diablo3.com alone, instead of aquiring it!
so true...
Second option is that it will be a completely new game series.
Last (and least) a Diablo 2 expansion pack . No, I'm not stupid.
June 1st was the day they officially owned it - he won't tell us when it will redirect to something of Blizzard, though. - In 16 days we will have most likely figured it out though.
I'll second that. Good call.
"almost got me again"
Another clue! Quick, decipher it.
almost got him that time. =)
just say yes or no.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE BETWEEN THE ACTUAL TIMING OF DIVERSION OF THIS DOMAIN IN CONNECTION TO ANY DIABLO INSTALMENT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ANNOUNCED LATER THIS MONTH?
However, the original question a few pages back was: When will the domain name be hand over to Blizzard?
I replied soon. But I can't comment when.
Now the comment was that the owner of the domain (Mockery) never says anything.
I refuted that saying that Mockery was who revealed on May 1 what everyone on the net now knows. He will be who also reveals the date it is officially handed over -- as in: when he no longer has access to the domain name admin panel and it is registered as owned by Blizzard Entertainment.
When? Only Mockery will announce that. Keep an eye on the news section in upcoming weeks or days.
Yeah if that were the case I would cream myself on the spot