Diablo 3 News Watch
The goal of this thread is to put the rapidly growing amount of news and rumors that are building up around Diablo 3 possibly being announced at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational.
Re: Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational
Last year Blizzard announced Starcraft 2, this year many rumours are floating around that a Diablo 3 announcement is going to take place.
It would make sense to use this event to announce what millions of fans have been waiting for.
Also, i would like to point out that June 29th is the Diablo 2 release date anniversary. What a perfect day to announce the next Diablo.
Re: Blizzard Job openings
There is a large assortment of job postings for some "Top Secret" game. Many of the postings begin with this "The team behind Diablo I and II is looking for a". It's obvious that they are working on another game, and hopefully the team behind Diablo I and II are working on III lol.
New job postings as of 3/14 - 4/5 of the job listings that day were Diablo related.
New Position - Lead 3D Level Designer
The team behind Diablo I and II is looking for a skilled lead 3D level designer with experience building levels using Maya or other similar 3D level building tools. The ideal candidate has experience creating levels in a senior or lead role on a shipped game. We would also like for this candidate to have excellent analytical understanding of competitive online play with various Blizzard Entertainment games and mods (real-time strategy, World of Warcraft, Defense of the Ancients, etc.). The lead level designer needs to be able to create fun and interesting environments that look and play great while managing and mentoring a team of additional level designers. For more information, check out the posting.
New Position - Senior 3D Level Designer
The team behind Diablo I and II is looking for a skilled senior 3D level designer with experience building levels using Maya or other similar 3D level-building tools. The ideal candidate has created levels on a shipped game. We would also like for this candidate to have excellent analytical understanding of competitive online play with various Blizzard Entertainment games and mods (real-time strategy, World of Warcraft, Defense of the Ancients, etc.). The senior level designer needs to be able to create fun and interesting environments that look and play great while mentoring the junior members of the level design team. For more information, check out the posting.
New Position - 3D Level Designer
The team behind Diablo I and II is looking for a skilled 3D level designer with experience building levels using Maya or other similar 3D level-building tools. The ideal candidate has created and distributed levels in the fan/mod community, or has industry experience on a shipped game. We would also like for this candidate to have excellent analytical understanding of competitive online play with various Blizzard Entertainment games and mods (real-time strategy, World of Warcraft, Defense of the Ancients, etc.). For more information, check out the posting.
New Position - Associate 3D Level Designer
The team behind Diablo I and II is looking for a skilled associate 3D level designer with experience building levels using Maya or other similar 3D level building tools. The ideal candidate has created and distributed levels in the fan/mod community, or has industry experience on a shipped game. We would also like for this candidate to have excellent analytical understanding of competitive online play with various Blizzard Entertainment games and mods (real-time strategy, World of Warcraft, Defense of the Ancients, etc.). For more information, check out the posting.
More to come...
Lol, yes, because we all know our local government is so efficient. And yes, free would be nice, but I'm very skeptical about it. With a massive increase in graphics and if the game became very popular, they'd need money to maintain their servers.
Edit: Anyone know how long Blizzard has owned diablo3.co.uk? Cus it takes you to the Arreat Summit...
all i know it that its been like that for 6 months
And Spaz., flaming someone and then posting "Have fun :)" at the end does not make it a friendly or non-flaming post, please don't do that, he wasn't flaming you, he was just saying that your spelling was messed up. Also, he said nothing about post counts:
I do not see the words "post count" in there anywhere. He was probably basing it on the join date.
I'm sure he didn't get into the position he is in by sitting on his ass all day. I do appreciate that he is willing to share his excitement with forums such as this one, and give us all better theories and reasoning behind some of Blizzard's choices.
I have open contact with the novel writers, and the community managers. You would be surprised how often I communicate with the CMs. My interviews get posted in the front page of the official site. One is going to be posted soon by Public Relations (Epic Weapons' Frostmourne).
By the time I go to WWI, I would have been already staff member of this community -- Umaro contacted me last night. I know when. At WWI I will meet the CMs in person, they wish to. Fansites will have a special dinner meeting with developers. I will have press badge to have internet access from WWI to update live this community site news.
And most importantly, I plan to synchronize with members of this community that are going to WWI, so that I can upload their own images and journals to the front page.
I want to walk in your shoes just for one day...
Man, meet the CM's and have dinner with the Devs, now there's going to be some interesting stuff talked about imo.
I do have this "feeling" that something Diablo related will pop up at the WWI. Its just under the surface, but its there!(don't think im crazy, usually im right, even when it comes to whos on the other end of the telephone before i pick it up)
What kind of changes would the Diablo3.com site undergo if/when you become a staff member? Anything major?
That...was uncalled for... Maybe you need to read my posts before replying?
(Side note: I've been playing for years and have never heard of you...)
they wouldnt buy the forum... since its using a name they already own... id assume they would just take it...
and mideval how much are tickets if there are any left... lolz
It's a delicate issue really.
There was a site that was dedicated to some guy's pet that was named after some wrestler (Can't remember if it was a cat or a dog.) and the WWE (I think that's what them wrestlers are called) wanted the site and went to court over it and lost. Who knows. Maybe Blizzard doesn't have rights, does anyone have any knowledge of past legal cases such as this that could be taken into consideration?
damn, somethings going down.
Oh fuck no.
Don't tell me they're going to pull that some bullshit asian companies do, i.e. cash shop shit.
Because if so, they've effectively ruined the online component. :mad:
Though, I'm pretty sure HellGate had unlockable areas ... but still ... gay gay.
The paid-subscription allows you to create a guild, extra-bank slots, access to hard-mode with better loot.
Wikipedia:
There are two types of multiplayer accounts: free and subscription accounts. Subscribers have access to ongoing content updates, expected to be released every two or three months.[citation needed] The initial content updates will include more monsters, more weapons, additional item sets and special quests for ultimate items.
Additionally, subscribers have access to a Hardcore mode, special PvP arenas and a PvP ladder (once implemented), the ability to bypass server queues, a shared storage space with room for 40 items instead of 20, the ability to create guilds, the ability to achieve officer status in guilds, and 24-hour customer support.[14] Subscribers and non-subscribers will be able to interact in all ways in the game. Non-subscribers can join guilds, but not create them.[15] The level cap is set to 50 and up to 24 character slots are available for all players.
On another matter, I find strange how there is 3D interface in single player where you can see Raynor's full body interacting with the computers inside the Battlecruiser's bridge and engineering room. Makes you wonder if Starcraft 2 is a RTS/MMO hybrid.
Technically, they could. I mean you could play Starcraft RTS, or choose to play 3D Characters in battleground a la Starcraft: Ghost Multiplayer ... that would be cool.