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Hey, the sooner they can give us loads of info the better. If anything, I think this is maybe better since it will almost force them to tell us more. Thanks minsc&boo for finding this.

thanks..I expect a release date at blizzcon..

Its when, december??

They better double the amount of new and exciting announcements to make up for it! *shakes fist*

Anyway, I suppose one could argue it technically would have been the US's turn to have the WWI, so I see no reason not to simply merge the two this year.

Well, the loss of WWI 2009 really sucks for us as we'd probably have gotten to see a new build of D3 and finally get some more information. You also have to consider that Blizzard isn't taking part in E3 or TGS (They also only had a speaking part at GDC 2009) either so they are putting all of their eggs in the Blizzcon bag. So, besides the basic trickle of information we get we'll have to wait until August 21-22 for Blizzcon 2009 to see something. I personally find this pretty unacceptable, but I have no say-so in the company or development cycle so my opinion means diddly.

The only reason there is no WWI 2009 is because it was scheduled to be in Shanghai this year and Blizzard recently hss had a lot of problems with the Chinese Government and The9. That is why NetEase is the new Publisher of WoW and all Blizzard products in China now.

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Well, the loss of WWI 2009 really sucks for us as we'd probably have gotten to see a new build of D3 and finally get some more information. You also have to consider that Blizzard isn't taking part in E3 or TGS (They also only had a speaking part at GDC 2009) either so they are putting all of their eggs in the Blizzcon bag. So, besides the basic trickle of information we get we'll have to wait until August 21-22 for Blizzcon 2009 to see something. I personally find this pretty unacceptable, but I have no say-so in the company or development cycle so my opinion means diddly.

Well, seeing as the last Blizzcon was packed within days of ticket sales, and they even offered more afterward and they were gone instantly, I don't think they have much to worry about. People kill to get in to their events. They have the hearts and minds of many, many fans in just their three current franchises. I'm willing to bet that they're going to announce one of their two undisclosed titles at the Blizzcon this year.

The only reason there is no WWI 2009 is because it was scheduled to be in Shanghai this year and Blizzard recently hss had a lot of problems with the Chinese Government and The9. That is why NetEase is the new Publisher of WoW and all Blizzard products in China now.

That's a gross thing to hear Oh well, you can't fight big government.

I'm definitely disappointed that there won't be a WWI 2009. Was hoping to attend it and hopefully meet up with some of the other Diablo fans from around the globe. But yeah, BlizzCon is definitely going to be great!

Sucks enormously. The only time they give out meaningful information is at these big shows. Having to wait once every year to hear anything is balls.

I somehow doubt they're going to unveil both classes at Blizzcon.

Well this news is lame....4 more months of nothing all for 'hope' that they show more at this Blizzcon then the previous ones.

Well, that's if you would like to naively assume that this Blizzcon will be just like any other with the WWI not happening this year, in which case I'd wager you're completely off your rocker. There's no way in the world that they would ever pass up the chance to exploit a WWI that would be

combined with Blizzcon

So, you're getting the WWI and the Blizzcon at the same time. Twice the goodness, albeit shorter lived. It isn't "just" the Blizzcon, it's a bigger Blizzcon fused with the WWI

Well, I wouldn't want them both announced in the same year, since we probably still have a year or two to go after this one, anyway

just release sc2 and diablo3 already!!!!!!!!!!!
blizzard is doing this just to make money :_(

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I'm hoping they throw us a bone before that though.

Yeah, we've been nibbling at the same tiny bits of information for far too long now. I don't understand why Blizzard unleashed torrents of information after the games' announcements, shortly followed by great updates, and then everything just kind of died. It's like they suddenly stopped caring about the fans. Maybe all of that hubbub about art direction for the games made them decide to stop giving us samples of the unfinished work?

i want some more info on things like new unique features they added like new crafting, new items, how portals work, skill trees and things of the such. those things matter the most. and i would like to see one more cool dark place that we haven't seen.

The new classes are definately on the top of my list of things I wanna know about D3. However, Snowfreak is right that there are some important game features we haven't heard a lot about(Talisman, crafting, etc). I'm really just dying to get another video full of some new content like the announcement video.

As for release date, "When it's done....."

Id say the realease date is a ways off and I'd rather not hear that it's coming in 2011 so I can still hope for 2010!!

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Perhaps they will reveal a class soon (before BlizzCon) as a compensation for the cancelled WWI.

Not happening, never happened, never will happen. They announce stuff like classes and acts at shows because:

1. Get some of that sweet $$$ from OCD fans who go to their show

2. They want other outlets (magazines, Gamespot, IGN, 1up) to make a huge splash of advertising for them for free. Their target for marketing isn't OCD people like us, they'll already get our money. They target Joe Slow who only played Diablo 2 for a month or, maybe, two.

Ah, and the Talisman is just probably where we'll store our lucky charms.

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just release sc2 and diablo3 already!!!!!!!!!!!
blizzard is doing this just to make money :_(

um... thats kinda the point of running a business...

This also cements that Starcraft 2 ain't coming out till the final quarter of this year.

Here's what i say...less interview talk more game developing let them lock themselves in some basement and compose the master pieces that they always come up with :). 15 minute interview = 15 minute game development.