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Honestly.. I actually don't want them to continue it, I want this to be the end. Literally just no more, I get sick of franchises just going and going because of the fan's love of the game when really they are just dragging out more and more story, WoW is a perfect example of this among other game's in the modern day such as the CoD franchise.. It just need's to stop.

This need's to be closure for me and the end of an era.

I'd be happier to see a completely new Blizzard franchise which is what they're working on now, I'd imagine they'll start thinking of an expansion for D3 in about 2 year's time.

They more than likely already have the first D3 expansion(s) planned in some form, as far back as early 2010.

From a 2008 interview, Mr. Morhaime suggested yearly expansions might happen. A seen in that above Product Slate, it looked like they envisioned 1.5~ year gaps between launch, X1, and X2. SC II and WoW also have similar time tables between their expansions as well according to that.

I don't think Blizzard will ever be able to do sequels of products like a "Diablo III" or "Diablo IV" on an annual basis, but we might be able to do expansions to those games close to annually.

I like the Diablo world, and am interested to see how the story plays out in III and the inevitable expansion(s), but their next-gen MMO 'Titan' seems like it may be very interesting from what little has been said about it.
(Mentions of 'post-apocalyptic, historical, sci-fi, all of those combined!', and someone on the project mentioned: (I guess I'll throw this stuff in spoiler tags, for those that want to be completely surprised about the game if they are true)

"shifting tectonic plates, raising Atlantis, and reviving Teotihuacan. Damn I love my job." That same employee also mentioned: "Imagining, creating, and writing the universe for Blizzard's new MMO (working title: Titan) from the ground up -- the history, philosophy, heroes, and villains. In addition to the core construction of the game's story, I wrote flavor pieces for the main characters and important events to lend depth and immersion for our team. Much of my time involved meeting with the art and animation team to ensure their work wove into the narrative."

All of those little bits of info he talked about have since been deleted/edited out, which is why he made that joking comment to Rob Pardo I presume)

No BlizzCon this year, and Blizzard has said they will not be at E3, but apparently will be at Gamescom. Hopefully some more concrete Titan info comes out this year. The rumors range from a FPS/TPS to a 'Second Life' clone with RMT, with 'story' theories involving

a 'Quantum Leap' type thing with 'two lives' (one in the future, one in the past) to just plain time traveling.