Diablo 3

[TevashSzat]

Well, something is going to get announced.

Get over to blizzard.com and there is a splash screen which is similar to what happened right before Starcraft 2 is announced.

Right now it is not known whether Blizzard will be anouncing the already accepted WoW expansion the Wrath of the Lich King or a next gen MMO that it is making or Diablo III. I suspect it will be revealed anyways at the WWI in Paris

[shlin28]

or it could be another Warcraft strategy game or Starcraft: Ghost

WotLK won't be the one announced for sure, everyone's known about it since last year.

Check this webiste for more clues

http://www.blizzplanet.com/

[Whacker]

Sorry I didn't post to support my MMO statement. Spent some time looking for what I was basing that on, can't find them anymore. IIRC, there were a few articles on some of the better informed gaming sites pointing to some job openings at Blizzard that dealt with a "new MMO", or something to that effect. There was also the few rumblings about what Blizz was doing with Diablo next, so it made sense.

As for them NOT making it an MMO, why the hell not? Mind you MMO != MMORPG, Guild Wars is also an MMO. There's enough Blizzard fanboys out there and they have enough of a reputation that they could pull it off with D3 and WoW both being online only, and people will still snap it up like hotcakes.

[TevashSzat]

I think the odds of the game being Diablo III is very very high now with this announcement:

Linky

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

With this week's speculation over the Blizzard teasers, more and more reports in the media, and numerous tips coming direct us at IncGamers from reliable inside industry sources in the past 24 hours, we now have confirmation from inside sources to say that Diablo 3 WILL be announced on Saturday at WWI Paris 2008.

With that in mind, we would like to invite Diabloii.net readers to submit their questions for us to ask Blizzard.

This is extremely exciting for all of us here at Diabloii.net. For the past 10 years we have been supporting the Diablo community and to have something completely new to sink our teeth into is fantastic. We will be at the show on Saturday for the announcement and also the press conference which is directly after, so expect reports from the show floor live, interviews and much more.

[shlin28]

Hmm... Blizzard.com appears to be inaccessible at the moment

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Anyone seen the new splash page on blizzard.eu? The eyes could be from any of the 3 blizzard franchises...

[TevashSzat]

Very very very exciting new right now.

Apparently, at the opening ceremonies of the WWI at Paris about a few hours ago, Diablo III has been officially announced!!!!!

Edit:

There was a game demo like what they did for Starcraft II shown. The game is in 3d with an isometric view. A barbarian was shown using whirlwind and leap attack. There is a new class coming out which is called the witch-doctor that can summon minions/mind control his enemies among other things.


Edit:

Finally, here is a picture from a teaser video

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Check out the awesome video that has now replaced the splash screen

LOL, 3rd Edit in like 30 minutes

Link to official Diablo III page which is up on blizzard.com now

It contains a teaser as well as the gameplay video shown at the Paris WWI

[Fragony]

Screenshots http://media.pc.ign.com/media/714/714955/imgs_1.html

Looks like a gift to the weaker systems. Not too much wizardry, excellent.