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...
Ooo... A RTS/FPS would be awesome! Being to play the individual character to, say, level them up. Even in the middle of a battle , to be able to zoom in and take direct control over a unit. Alot of different ways you could go with this...
This makes me wonder at what all could be done with the next Diablo...:confused:
Hmm, I just found a news I posted September 2007. .... see how Chris Sigaty plays innocent?
Gamasutra: I'm still wondering…is Blizzard going to make a single player, kind of third person experience? Because it seems that you could easily build something out of World of Warcraft single player, or something like that. You don’t have to say anything, I was just wondering.
[long silence]
Chris Sigaty: Crickets…
[laughter]
Frank Pearce: The challenge we always have, not just within the World of Warcraft team like I mentioned earlier, but organization wide, is that there's no shortage of great ideas, right? It's just utilizing the ideas we have the resources to achieve.
Potentially recyclable art assets... Starcraft: Ghost $$$.
Those WCiii icons in World of Warcraft is the wowze.
Barney:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZ1n5C69cU
What I meant, that Barney would be proud, his famous song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNMxqBqj-5k
You watch Barney? I think we're in trouble.....
Another Surfergirl update.
Again, disclaimer remains: this is not gospel. It's industry insider speculation. It may be incorrect, but I do hold firm that SG is a pretty solid source overall.
If it's correct it is, indeed, congruent with the idea of a WWI announcement. If they are playing the anniversary tip as well, then I think we're all in for a treat.
Otherwise, Blizzard will just bone us like they have in the past. Whoa, was that some pessimism creeping into my voice? How dare me. :rolleyes:
I prefer to call it "realism", and you have every right to be so, since former speculations about the release of a third Diablo or even a patch or expansion have often (always, in the case of a DIII) proven entirely false concepts. But this time, eh, well, let's just hope it's decent.
Hillary says, "Everyone loves me! Duuhhiiee!!!!"
On another note, I got forwarded to a Diablo Team contact around 8pm. I will update if something may be shared. Asked about the patch, BlizzCast 3 and a "possible" standalone Q&A. =)
Nothing is final. Just keeping you in the loop as things progress. Also 25% of the donation goal has been reached. Things look good so far. One of my contacts is back in town, and I asked .... I am still waiting on updates about my flight ticket and hotel accomodations. At least it's now in motion. Once I get my tickets I can use some of the donation fund to acquire a passport.
The job interview this past saturday went "meh". Will keep looking. If anyone here got a job for me in New York City, hey throw me a PM.
keep us updated ^^
I did a search on Mr. Rogers thinking to make a smart ass comment about him being a Vietnam sniper with tattoos up and down his arms. But that was just a myth! He always was a nice old man! I guess you learn something new everyday... :confused:
Hillary says, "I'm falling behind in the polls? It MUST be the medias fault! They are a bunch of meanies!"
*tear*
Rogers refused to read a 10 minute script, and talked all by himself. Made the funding happen in under 7 minutes of talk.