After a quick look at the floor plan, you'll notice three different color-coded "Hands-on Gaming" sections. Based on their colors, it seems like there's one for Starcraft 2, one for Wrath of the Lich King, and one for Diablo III."We’ve just released the final schedule and floor plan for BlizzCon. The schedule lists the locations and times for the major events that will take place during the convention, such as hands-on gaming, tournaments, contests, and of course the developer panels where Blizzard’s game designers talk about the many aspects of making a great game. The floor plan will give you more information on the exact locations of this year’s points of interest such as the stores, hands-on gaming stations, and more.
Check out the schedule of events and the interactive floor plan now!"
That being said, there is still no official confirmation as to whether or not a demo of the game will be playable as Bashiok explains to us:
Definitely looking forward to checking out the Retro Arcade as well. Here's hoping The Lost Vikings is included!"We're very excited to be offering additional hall space and hands-on gaming areas, including our Retro Arcade. The games available at each area will be listed in the show schedule handed out at the time of badge pick up." -Bashiok
And take a look at that schedule of events. I'm definitely looking forward to the Diablo III Gameplay, Diablo III Lore & Art, and Diablo III Class Design panels along with some other general Blizzard ones... how about you guys?
Maybeee that's a bit optimistic but i'd say early-mid 09
I mean they have barely even spoken out on most crucial game mechanics and have been saying that they "haven't resolved this issue yet" or "haven't gotten around to creating those". So I'm here asking myself, how the hell would they put up a playable demo at this point with so much substance lacking.....
I mean I ain't trying to be the pessimist of the group and "see the glass half empty" but it just sounds too "fast" for Blizzard. But I'm praying to God that I'm dead wrong and Blizz do come up with a playable demo for the masses! haha
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Yes, it has.
No one is giving me an idea, that's why I said *Quote* "I hope". Meaning it's what i wish that would happen, not at all having any relation to what Blizz is actually planning. "Obviously"
:confused:
Riddle me this, if D3 was playable at BlizzCon 2009, would it afterwards be released as a full fledged demo available for download? Or would it exclusively be held at BlizzCon for a 2 day beta testing....?
*Hopefully the afore mentioned*
http://www.mikehuang.com/blog/2008/06/diablo-iii-announced.html
from the above:
"When I left Blizzard in '03, Blizzard North had done quite a bit of pre-production work on Diablo III..."
Looks like Mike's version seems to contradict your contention.
thx for the hot spot
To those of you who are going, see if you can video some of your gameplay. They probably won't allow it, but I'm sure they won't take away cell phones
So you don't consider concepting and design to be part of the development process?
Moreover, you don't think that anything like development on the title was happening in the over 4 years between the release of "LoD" and the closure of the studio? But it began immediately upon the closure of this office?
These are all very interesting theories.
Man... just hope we wont have to wait 6 or 7 years until it comes out!!!!!!
So you are acknowledging that your statement was wrong, and the game most likely WAS in development before 2005 - in fact, as the Huang post seems to show, it was in development before 2003?
I'm sure those concept artists and designers would be a little surprised to learn that they aren't developers, and hence incapable of something that could be considered 'development'.
Where are you getting these facts, anyways? From an annonymously user-edited wikipedia page?