Diablo III Coming in "The Next Few Years"

[John Funk]

Its times like these that make me glad I stopped caring about anything Blizzard does ever since they decided it was totally cool to let us wait more than a decade for the sequel to Starcraft, and then, since we'd, you know, waited over a decade, we wouldn't mind buying the sequel 3 times instead of just the once (at full price each time or I will eat my non-existent hat!).

Screw Blizzard and their games, screw them I say! There is only so much crap I can take from a developer before I stop cutting them any slack on account of the goodwill their previous games generated - Blizzard reached that and has long since kept going.

*Ahem*

VG247: Will they be priced as expansions? [http://www.vg247.com/2009/08/17/interview-vg247-vs-blizzards-rob-pardo/]

Rob Pardo: Yeah. They?ll be priced appropriately to the content. Right now the plans are to do something along the lines of full single-player campaign and some additional features on the multiplayer side, but obviously using the same engine. That to me is an expansion price point. If we decided to put in three new races, and a bunch of new technology and features, maybe that would be a standalone product. But right now I think we?re looking at being much more like an expansion feature-set.


Might want to buy a hat in preparation

 

[Grampy_bone]

How long before they announce Diablo 3 will come in 14 separate full-price installments, one for each chapter in the game, and that the game won't support "primitive" mouse technology?

 

[ZeoAssassin]

the next few years?!?!?! no that's not right

..it will be out "soon"

anyway next Blizz-con the final D3 class will be announced and during the year after that more videos and game play will be shown and then it will finally launch..."soon"

 

[Kenjitsuka]

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARH!!!!

I love WoW, but Diablo III I want to play way more!
The movies released showe stuff ingame is already done and working fine!!!!
4 years?

Time for hari kiri indeed :'(

 

[A Weary Exile]

Bwuh? Wasn't there just an article about it in the last Game Informer? Would they really be pre-viewing it that early?

OP: Never played Diablo, but I hear that it's pretty good. Too much like WoW for my tastes I'd think, after all it is made by the same people.

 

[Fortesque]

hmm... Well I have Torchlight until then. If only you could play multi-player Torchlight.

 

[Artemorus]

at least it looks good

 

[The Lost Big Boss]

I am going to be dead by the time this game comes out...

 

[Zer_]

Somehow I think people will have lost interest by then. Yeah, it's Diablo, but this game is taking as long as Duke Nukem Forever.

No, no it's not. Duke Nukem Forever was in development since the days of Unreal. It was in development for a good 12 years or more. Diablo 3 isn't even half that. World of WarCraft took 5 years to develop. No, Diablo 3 shouldn't even be mentioned alongside DNF.

 

[Syntax Error]

And it's going to be the same as II, I bet.

I'm not too sure about that.
Diablo 2 was vastly different and improved from Diablo 1.
Major changes there.

We'll just have to see, I suppose.

As for the delay, this just gives me more time to actually get a gaming rig! Hooray!

Diablo III was announced two years ago. Looked great. Diablo III will be released on 2014. It will look (relative to other games at that time) like shit. Unless them guys at Blizzard updates their engines.

 

[-Drifter-]

Somehow I think people will have lost interest by then. Yeah, it's Diablo, but this game is taking as long as Duke Nukem Forever.

No, no it's not. Duke Nukem Forever was in development since the days of Unreal. It was in development for a good 12 years or more. Diablo 3 isn't even half that. World of WarCraft took 5 years to develop. No, Diablo 3 shouldn't even be mentioned alongside DNF.

I was exagerating. Calm down.

 

[Glass_House]

Nice job blizzard. How about you don't announce games AT ALL until they are at least close to completion. Seriously, when I first heard about D3 I played through D2 again. Now I just want to light it on fire.

 

[samsonguy920]

And it's going to be the same as II, I bet.

Just with better graphics. That will probably contribute to lag when played over Battle.net. When you are playing with your buddies who are in the same house and/or room.

 

[robman1130]

*throws pc out window*

 

[Agrael]

My guess would be mid 2011 - and I don't mind. Blizzard always makes a good job when producing games.

Can't wait for Starcraft 2, and I wish Diablo 3 came out fast too.

We'll see.

(P.S. Duke Nukem will NEVER be released)

 

[FluffyNeurosis]

I might not care by then?

 

[theultimateend]

I'll just play Torchlight while I wait .

 

[Scumpernickle]

Feh, if Dec 21, 2012 is the day the word ends, and Diablo isn't out yet, someone is going to pay. But luckily I'd still have Starcraft!

 

[Caligulove]

Gah, damnit Blizzard.

Keep on delaying... but I can never hate them. Even if I could try to

 

[Angerwing]

It's better that they don't rush it. I much prefer a well finished product released late, then a buggy, boring, unpolished game released early.