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New Blizzard Announcement
New Blizzard Announcement
A new splash image is up at Blizzard.com and tradition tells us that this means a new game. Strong indications say that it's Diablo 3.
The latest updates can be found in the bottom of this news!
The announcement is most likely to be made this weekend at Blizzard's
World Wide Invitational in Paris, where GosuGamers will be on-the-spot.
Splash image day 1
The history of Diablo III rumours
Gaming Steve, claims that Diablo III was completed but "wasn't fun" and thus moved to the main head quarters where "the bigwigs in Irvine could better track and follow the development of [Diablo 3]".
Even if that would not be true, Blizzard stated that the team previously known as Blizzard North "will continue work on an unannounced project".
"I have recently been to Bratislava in Slovak Republic for recording sessions with local Radio Symphony Orchestra, where we just recorded music for Diablo 3"
That is, according to GameSpot, the exact same location and orchestra that recorded the official music for Diablo II's expansion back, four months before the pack was released.
The StarCraft II team consist of 40 people, the World of WarCraft team are 135 and "team 3" are 40 people. Team 3, most likely the team previously known as Blizzard North (who made Diablo I and II), are "working on something really awesome. I can’t give you any hints, but it’s totally awesome", Frank Pearce told GamaSutra.
There's a lot more of this kind of information but this should give you a brief overview of the Diablo III related rumours. Note that we have not covered the details or rumours about any other possible game, even though such rumours might exist.
Monday, 23, 18.11 CET:
The speculations continue as for whether or not this is Diablo III.
WorldofWar.net claims to have solved the splash screen by finding that the image contains artwork from Arthas' runeblade. They made the conclusion that it's not Diablo III because of this.
Nonetheless, the tradition says that a new splash screen is always a new game, not a beta, patch or anything else. The only exception to this rule was when the current Battle.net website was released.
The second expansion to World of WarCraft, called Wrath of the Lich King, and StarCraft II, has already been announced. That most likely rules out the possibility of this being a new game in either of those series. That leaves us with Diablo and WarCraft, unless a new series is to be introduced or a really old one revided (Lost Vikings, anyone?).
It does indeed look like Arthas' runeblade. At this point, another WarCraft game seems unlike and that leaves us with the guess that this is a diversion rather than anything else.
Diversion or not -- we'll see about that. If Blizzard are true to the tradition, next splash image should be published around early morning tomorrow (Tuesday).
Tuesday, 24, 09.47 CET:
New splash image added:
Splash image day 2
We've also seen a new piece of a piece of artwork. The first piece, found yesterday, looked like this:
Artwork piece 1
The new piece, published today, was this:
Artwork piece 2
Whether or not these images are related to the game title is unknown, but obviously Blizzard is aware of subtly dropping these images in the source code of their web page, intentionally wanting us to see them.
NumbSchiller proved true to his nick and posted some interesting speculations about the numbers that these images all have. First of all, a number found in the URL of these pictures is 232309. NumbSchiller pointed out that in the alphabet, these numbers represent W, W and I, adding another hint to what it already as good as confirmed, that the new game will be at WWI.He also noted that the pieces of "artwork" were also numbered to something representable by the alphabet; yesterday's piece was called 04.jpg (the letter D), and today's picture was called 15.jpg (the letter O), thus giving us the letter combination D and O, which are the first and last letters of the word Diablo, as WildLife pointed out.
Also, today's rune added to the splash image is a Hel Rune from Diablo II, showing that yesterday's rune from WarCraft indeed wasn't the final answer.
Helrune
Helrune enlarged
Tuesday, 24, 13:28 CET
Oh, if we didn't mention that already, Diablo3.com was purchased by Blizzard earlier this spring. The site, now known as DiabloFans.com, was a community site for Diablo. At the time, "Blizzard said it acquires domain names all of the time", IGN reports.
Some of you may draw parallels to StarCraft2.com being owned by Blizzard which made you believe SC2 was going to be released, but be advised that StarCraft2.com was purchased by Blizzard around 1998.
If Diablo 3 indeed has been in the making the last couple of years then it is surprising to see that the domain name would not be acquired until now. Then again, if Diablo 3 is to be released, the domain needed to be purchased sooner or later, assuming the current standard of one-game-one-domain is to be kept.
Artwork piece 2
Wednesday, 25, 12:21 CET
A couple of hours ago the ice broke open a little bit more, as expected. There's also no great surprise that today's "rune" is the mark of the Protoss, giving us one from each of the major series of Blizzard.
Here's today's splash:
Splash image day 3
Today's rune
Updated image of the artworks:
Artwork piece 3
Thursday, 26, 13:05 CET:
The ice is opening more and more, and some say they can see a face in the stars. It could just be big snow flakes. Another rune has been added in the bottom right.
Splash image day 4
And the penguin-lookalike has gotten an update too, where the name of the image is cold:
Artwork piece 4
Friday, 27, 09.58 CET:
Well, oh, well, isn't that interesting.
The penguin is complete:
Spash for Day 5
We've cleared this news post or all the old images and changed them to links if you still want to see them.
Tomorrow just after 13.00 (1PM) we will know who's looking at us. GosuGamers will be on-the-spot giving you live updates. We'll be posting whatever new information we get into this news and as soon as the new game is announced, we'll add a new headline on the front page so make sure to comment in that news post instead!
I (Mazor) will be leaving this afternoon and
VildaMalin (StarCraft section leader) is just about to leave for her flight down to Paris as well. If you have any questions to Blizzard about the new game, do start a forum thread and submit all of them there, and we'll make sure to try to forward them.
Saturday, 28, 09.57 CET:
We're at the event! VildaMalin and I are waiting at the opening ceremony that should begin in about two hours. We've got a WiFi connection here so we'll definitely try to give live updates assuming the net is not overloaded.
I can give you an interesting update: In the goody bag everyone receives at WWI, you get a 'Diablo Journal' each, a black little book with Diablo on the front. No suprise there, eh? :)
The splash image has changed, where the runes are more lit up and the face in the void is much clearer.
Saturday, 28, 11:28 CET:
Not much left now. We're sitting here at the main stage, third row from the front, waiting for the annoucement. We have internet connection still, so looks like we'll remain online.
We're guessing it's going to be announced at 12.00 since the stream begins 15 minutes before.
Make sure to check the stream that begins in 15 minutes.
After this there will be a press conference in which we'll attend, giving you Q&A's from the press to the Blizzard Staff.
Expect more updates shortly!
Saturday, 28, 11:38 CET:
Now that we're just waiting, let me describe what I see so far. We're at the 'main stage' where perhaps a thousand people can sit. I honestly don't know, really hard to estimate, but a lot of people. Several have to sit at the tournament stages where the opening ceremony is broadcasted to.
We're in the press area with lots of international press. I heard there's some 300 press invited. We have a little corner here for at the third and fourth row from the front, with us, SCLegacy, TeamLiquid and StarCraft.org represented. We also met guys from SC2 ESP, WGT and other sites.
The main stage has four really, really big screens, and loud music is being played with some Blizzard art running in the backgrounds.
We begin in 4 minutes! :)
K live updating now, its is beginning with lots of nice art flashing by.
It's awesome so far! All the screens projecting different things, real cinematic experience.
It's a lookback of all the games now, Diablo I just flashed by. Now we see SC2.
Here's Kerrigan and here comes Arthas of WC3.
Short introduction is over, two people entering stage. They'll be doing it in English and French simultaneously, taking turns in talking. Good for me who update live :D
We're being welcomed, "make some noise".
Someone Frederik Menou was just presented on the stage, thanking the players and the fans for being here. He's talking about the European offices of Blizzard and mentions that WoW was released in 4 European countries etc. Actually this might not be so interesting for you guys, hehe.
WWI was just declared open.
Some special guests are being presented.
Lots of the executives of Blizzard were just presented and applaused: Rob Pardo, Mike Morhaime, Leo Howard (?), etc.
Progamers are being welcomed on stage.
Savior comes first, I see Mondragon and Dreiven, all the StarCraft players are there.
I see Savior, Stork, Sea[Shield], Mondragon, Dreiven (said he was from Ukraine, he looked mad and then they changed to Poland :D), Idra and one of the Koreans in between. Haha you guys know the gamers better than I do, I'm just a code monkey these days. lol :D
Here comes WC3 progamers.
Here's ToD, FoV, Moon, Shy, Grubby, Lyn, XlorD, SaSe.
All the World of WarCraft teams are being presented. Wow, they're so many. I thought it was CS for a moment, hehe, then I realized where we are :)
The teams are Pandemic Black (?). MoB and fnatic, EG, SK-Gaming. Think I missed some. Oh, well.
Aha, that was WoW from the US, here comes the WoW teams from Europe.
Is this confusing? You're on GosuGamers, following the opening ceremony of the WWI.
Now the Asian WoW teams are being presented. I forgot to note the names of the European teams.
Raistlin reports that the stream has begun working now.
Some chattering on the screen now, I think they're done with the presentations etc, hopefully we're going to the annoucement!
Oh, CEO and Co-Founder of Blizzard; Mike Morhaime.
He's thanking all the players, all the fans. I think we were just on the stream, btw. Mike still holding his speech, he speaks of the WWI history, the gaming scene of Europe, etc.
Mike now speaks of games. I think we're announcing... oh, no, he's showing some look backs from the SC2 announcement on a video now.
Announcement probably right after this video.
Note: We'll be posting all about the new game in a separate news. Please make sure to comment in that one instead, once the game is out. I'll drop the link here and close this comment page, in order to keep it organized for you to follow.
Now the video is over, Mike is talking, taking long time because he knows everyone is on their toes... :D
He speaks of WWI and what the event has to offer.
OK, "One more thing we have to do". HERE IT COMES.
Diablo music playing on guitar. D3 being announced. Switching news to this one:
LINK: DIABLO 3 HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED
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| Date: | 5 months ago (Updated: 5 months ago) | |
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if i remember correctly all three lords were
killed in D2 and all the soulstones too...i'm
thinking maybe after the world stone has been
destroyed Tyrael became Evil :-s:-ss :-sss I WANNA
F!@KING SEE D3 :(((((((((((((((...or again the 3
souls entered in the main character from D2 and
now he's the bad guy :-s ...like in the
promotional offers 3 in 1 :-/
damn i h8t blizzard :-L and maybe penguin cause of blizzard north (even if penguins live as far as i know in the souther hemisphere )
damn i h8t blizzard :-L and maybe penguin cause of blizzard north (even if penguins live as far as i know in the souther hemisphere )
yes, penguins do only live in the southern
hemosphere...but maybe blizzard doesn't know
that?
or maybe just evil purple penguins live in the northern hemosphere?
or maybe just evil purple penguins live in the northern hemosphere?
man its d3 announce and WOTLK release!! :>
<3
<3
imho the pentagram says it all. and the soulstone
in front of the head... hmm... i smell D3 near
i would love d3 right now
but looks like artanis seriously
In diablo 2 only mephistos and diablos soulstone
were destoyed . Not baals?
all 3 were destroyed. baals was the very big one
that tyrael crashed
no that was the world stone.
The picture is arthas... so let's just get wc4
@_@
"Note that each of these words so far have
been used to name areas in Diablo 2:
Act 1: The Cold Plains
Act 3: Spider Cavern, Act 5: Drifter Cavern
Act 5: Frozen Tundra
Act 5: Icy Cellar"
d3 is coming :)
Act 1: The Cold Plains
Act 3: Spider Cavern, Act 5: Drifter Cavern
Act 5: Frozen Tundra
Act 5: Icy Cellar"
d3 is coming :)
its something to do with WOTLK not D3 like most
people think it is.
maybe penguincraft and his expansion, penguincraft
the frozen esquimals :D
world of diablo:broodwar ? maybe ^^
Lich King vs Diablo and Pingu
it looks like an archon to me :)
Well if they don't announce diablo 3, i will dust
off the old stone hidden in my wardrobe and put in
my fckin forehead and crush the shit out of
blizzard. Good luck guys. Then the world will come
to the END !
I meant the WORLD OF WARCRAFT of course....
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233
/2084/diablopenguinnt3.jpg
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9 050/vikingcompassby2.jpg Lost vikings
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9 050/vikingcompassby2.jpg Lost vikings
Well here is a link that i just saw on
TL.net...interesting but probably fake
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148 /8034/faithv23tk1.jpg
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148 /8034/faithv23tk1.jpg
@420 this would be awesome :D
It's Diablo 3 100%
Here are my thoughts on the splash images thus
far. Based on how the picture looks, you'd think
it would have something to do with Wrath of the
Lich King, what with all the ice and the cold
stare of the eyes, etc. But really, it wouldn't
make much sense for Blizzard to announce anything
with this much tanasity regarding Wrath of the
Lich King, so I think all the ice is meant to
mislead you, and that this is indeed going to be
an annoucement about a new Blizzard game,
hopefully Diablo 3. I mean, why on earth would
Blizzard have Diablo 2 represented on the official
World Wide Invitational Site if they weren't
planning on releasing something new for the Diablo
series? I'm thinking tomorrow the ice is going to
melt away or something. *FINGERS CROSSED*
As for the Penguin? Well this could be part of the trickery Blizzard is obviously employing with the splash images, as the creature is clearly World of Warcraft related, which is obvious due to the cartoony nature of the drawing itself.
I sure as shit hope this isn't related to anything that has to do with WoW.
As for the Penguin? Well this could be part of the trickery Blizzard is obviously employing with the splash images, as the creature is clearly World of Warcraft related, which is obvious due to the cartoony nature of the drawing itself.
I sure as shit hope this isn't related to anything that has to do with WoW.
#423 diablo has more to do with wow than you
think, also those 2 have most in common from all
blizzard games
It's not a penguin, it looks more like a vulture.
Check the collar. Typical vulture collar. And it
has feathery wings and talons. And on top of that
a typical vulture beak. However, I have never seen
a fat purple vulture with a lookalike body of a
penguin.
so you admit its more like an evil penguin ?
If penguins have vulture beaks, collars and
talons, yes.
World of Stacraft? Anyone?
this is no first hand info but i heard diablo III
might come out with SC2
Baal´s soul has entered a penguin, making it
look t3h 3wUL and purple.
ZOMFG I FOUND THE FINAL IMAGE http://img295.imageshack.us/img295
/4277/ice11ti3.jpg
XD
http://img65.imageshack.us/my.php?
image=faithv23tk1wk8.jpg The final images.
Legit
woah #420 looks interesting....
imo there will be sc2 wotlk and d3 released in a
same time or within short period of time .. with
new bnet maybe also
thats why its all connected i think .. the splashscreen, the WWI picture etc..
thats why its all connected i think .. the splashscreen, the WWI picture etc..
new Blizzard game
The penguin throne
this is gonna be their masterpiece xD
The penguin throne
this is gonna be their masterpiece xD
hmmmm how many FINGERS have EVIL PENGUIN ??!
3!!! :)
a new game i think :)
people forget there could always be a diablo
prequel, that explains how it could be diablo even
if all 3 soulstones were destroyed
hey guys, www.blizzard.com is down :)
:o
sooooon!!
:o
sooooon!!
Hm, check it out it's till up, same pic...
http://www.wowinsider.com/photos/j
une-2008-splash-screen-speculation/886485/
I found some of these theorys funny and some very interesting.
Like the theory of that all runes combined form a Pentagram.
I found some of these theorys funny and some very interesting.
Like the theory of that all runes combined form a Pentagram.
that is a zergling
and the face , if you enlarge the image looks like a protoss face or something
and the face , if you enlarge the image looks like a protoss face or something
its arthas :o
I really think it looks like a horn is poping up
in the bottom left area of the hole.
new screen is up
It could be lich king or Xel naga...
btw look at the blinked smiley on top right of pic ;)
I hope that it will be expansion to sc 2 :D with 4-th race.
Penguin looks odd and i think its joke :p
btw look at the blinked smiley on top right of pic ;)
I hope that it will be expansion to sc 2 :D with 4-th race.
Penguin looks odd and i think its joke :p
I think it (the penguin) most likely symbolizes
something new that we haven't seen yet. Either a
whole new game or sc2 comes out 4 months from now
with a new race or something. Still hoping it
could be D3 to though
guys, check the tower on the bottom right... it
has chains on it
its the f***ing frozen throne...
nooooooooooooooooooooo
its the f***ing frozen throne...
nooooooooooooooooooooo
not much of a help todays spash -.-
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