Diablo 3's next expansion is named "Reaper of Souls"?
It looks like the teaser for the next Diablo 3 expansion just went live and everything points to the new expansion being named "Reaper of Souls".
According to the official website "Reaper of Souls" is a trademark and linked to Diablo 3, with Gamescom coming up next week it wouldn't be surprising to see the expansion for Diablo 3 announced there.
Hopefully it's not only a "story" teaser and they'll have some gameplay news to show as well
You got it, the Grim Reaper.
Also presuming this is Malthiel.
Or it could be pointing to the fact that Adria "reaped" the souls of the 7 evils? Your idea ddoes make sense though and I'm sure they'll tie in Mathael somewhere. All I can say is I'm FUCKING STOKED!
On another note I bet you we'll get a cinematic teaser but nothing too big; Blizzcon 13 will see Playable demo and most likely a huge gameplay presentation, as well as associated talks about story and development. I wonder where we'll be going in sanctuary, the picture doesn't really reveal too much other than it definiteley has something to do with a winged creature, which could be Mathael, or it could be tathamet although I'd bet they're saving Tath for the final expansion.
I quiver in anticipation...
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So Overneathe, still sceptical about the expansion announcement at Gamescom? See you on 21st August!
Fixed your fonts.
Because the cover doesn't dictate anything. In Blizzard games covers have been a good guy, a bad guy, a random guy.... anything really. Just needs to have something to do with the game and look good.
Blizzcon won't get watered down. It's a meeting of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo fans first and foremost. Traditional events, contests and activities may suffer if more time would be allocated to announcements and details.
Now, there are downsides of announcing at large events, like Gamescom. Many other, third-party games may be announced, so Blizzard might not get full attention afterall. That is a PR risk, but Gamescom is traditionally not rich in announcements, not a blockbuster-bomb like E3, at least. It's more like a very large VG fan meeting like PAX, or similar to ComicCon. They'll have their attention, I'm sure.
America! FUCK YEAH!!!
You can give your opinion on whatever you want however you like, but BlizzCon is simply not overrated and a D3 announcement is.... I don't even know why I bother. You wont change your mind. Good day!