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And it is official! Activision Blizzard’s new game announcement is no other than Diablo III!

Follow up:

What’s new?

• Class: Witch Doctor - A healer, a Pet Master, and a Mind Controller. Type: Intelligence; necromancy specialty (casts a wall of zombies for example) (comment: new uber class?)
• Each Class has a Male and Female version
• Feature: Random Adventure
• Epic Heroes
• Large Scale Combat
• New Battle.Net
• Healthglobe System - heals the group in the area
• Party - 4-5 members
• 1 Drop per Player

What it still is:

• Isometric View, same as Diablo II
• Class: Barbarian

Let’s see what else, will update as information becomes available.

Update 2008-June-28 7:00pm (ACT [Asean Common Time])
Diablo III Product Site Up: http://blizzard.com/diablo3/.

Update 2008-June-28 8:50pm (ACT [Asean Common Time])
The storyline: It will revolve around effects of the Tyrael’s destruction of the Worldstone. Hell breaks loose and Heaven joins in.

Two decades have passed since the demonic denizens, Diablo, Mephisto, and Ball, wandered the world of Sanctuary in a vicious rampage to shackle humanity into unholy slavery. Yet for those who battled the Prime Evils directly, the memory fades slowly and the wounds of the soul still burn.

When Deckard Cain returns to the ruins of Tristram’s Cathedral seeking clues to new stirrings of evil, a comet from the heavens strikes the very ground where Diablo once entered the world. The comet carries a dark omen in its fiery being and it calls the heroes of Sanctuary to defend the mortal world against the rising powers of the Burning Hells - and even the failing luminaries of the High Heavens itself.

Update 2008-June-28 9:55pm (ACT [Asean Common Time])

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The question now is, when will it come out?
In my opinion, once it is Blizzard-quality ready and with a good timing, it will be available. For example, many World of Warcraft players are already shouting “Goodbye WoW, hello D3!” Unlike StarCraft II, a sci-fi genre, D3 and WoW are both fantasy-genre. One-time sales can not compete with Monthly payments business-wise.

BUT, exactly how many WoW players will terminate their monthly subscription to play Diablo III? Maybe it’s not enough to make Activision Blizzard worry about it, sooo…. D3 could be early as long as it is Blizzard-quality.

Diablo fans, time to rejoice!!

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Info via: Xfire’s Command Center
Also thanks to: xeros17 and other great Xfire Gamers/Chatters (we all had good discussions from D3 and beyond ~_^)