Eyes appear in Blizzard splash screen

by Justin McElroy { Jun 26th 2008 at 8:15AM }

We know we've promised ourselves over and over again that we'd stop falling for artificially generated "tricklehype" countdowns or in Blizzard's case, a weird, ice-covered splash screen that's been evolving over the past few days. But come on, man, it's Blizzard. If you can't get excited for a big secret from Blizzard we're not even sure you can call yourself a gamer. ... Also, it's a slow news week.

So, what's today's revelation? Eyes. The crack in the ice has widened and we can now pretty clearly see a set of eyes, or, more accurately, eye slits. Our buddies at WoW Insider have posted some speculation on who it could be (spoiler alert: they have no clue), but we're more interested in what you think: Who's hiding behind the ice? Diablo? Arthas? Baleog the Fierce?

Tags: blizzard, diablo-3

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

Andrew Corcoran @ Jun 26th 2008 8:25AM

Those are headlights. Blizzard's making a snowmobiling game.

Aaron @ Jun 26th 2008 8:42AM

Vold-a-mort. Blizzard is making a harrypotter mmo.

Hashbrown Hunter @ Jun 26th 2008 9:22AM

ZERGMOBILE!

Andrew Corcoran @ Jun 26th 2008 11:38AM

I get it, they're annoucing an Eagles reunion tour.

Dirty @ Jun 26th 2008 2:47PM

Its Shaq! Arthas tell me how my ass taste!

fredrik_dunder @ Jun 26th 2008 3:10PM

XELNAGA

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UltimateQ @ Jun 26th 2008 3:37PM

Its Kevin Spacey. Its a SPITTING IMAGE. If you squint just right, while sitting down on a fork that is up turned; you will definitely see that it is Kevin Spacey.

Someone Sneaky @ Jun 26th 2008 4:01PM

At this point I think people will be let down if it isn't a HUGE announcement.

Richard Mitchell @ Jun 26th 2008 8:25AM

It's the Vicious Chicken of Bristol!

Alex @ Jun 26th 2008 11:18AM

The Viscious Chicken which you can only NEARLY defeat.

xGeneral DEATHx @ Jun 26th 2008 8:26AM

Lich King expansion confirmed?

No?

Maybe?

svenhoek @ Jun 26th 2008 2:42PM

No confirmation on Wrath of the Lich King yet. Probably wont happen.

Noshino @ Jun 26th 2008 8:28AM

Its Artamis for sure!

FOXHOUND @ Jun 26th 2008 8:30AM

A totally new IP? :0

aReEeNeN @ Jun 26th 2008 8:38AM

I can't tell if those are Lich King eyes or Protoss eyes. My hopes are Protoss eyes, announcing WoS...Yeah...

jsutcliffe @ Jun 26th 2008 9:35AM

I vote Protoss.

Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ Jun 26th 2008 9:10AM

But they've only shown the Lich King as an armored knight.

xGeneral DEATHx @ Jun 26th 2008 9:18AM

An armored knight with glowing eyes.

Vidikron (FU) @ Jun 26th 2008 10:31AM

If this all for Lich King then Blizzard will have failed. We already know all about Lich King, why bother with all this nonsense for a mere release date?

juju187 @ Jun 26th 2008 8:38AM

diablo online cross platform ps3 pc 360...
i can see the boxart in the left eye

nxtiak @ Jun 26th 2008 8:39AM

Your mom.

Stevo @ Jun 26th 2008 8:48AM

I noted in a previous post with regard to the splash screen that the CSS File contains some interesting images;

http://us.media.blizzard.com/232309/master.css is the CSS file which can be found in the Splash Screen's source code.

Just adding then to what I already commented on in the previous post - another image has been added to the CSS, which means:

- Another peice of the puzzle, heres the current complete image, including all the other three previous images: http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9356/fourthimagecompletegp3.jpg . It would now appear that the complete image is made of 6 sub images, which are being slowly revealed in the CSS.

- With the images all having numbers, and those numbers could equate to letters, our current letters are: W, O, D and the new one P

- Each of the images have a prefix in the CSS code before they are specified - Thus far we have Tundra, Cavern, Icy, and the latest one is "Cold" (Bit of a theme here huh?)

Xoviet chiK @ Jun 26th 2008 9:00AM

Diablofans.com, among others, are also noting that the "Purple Creature" is a characterization of Michael Dashow's signature purple walrus. Michael Dashow was a character artist on Diablo II.

His site: http://www.michaeldashow.com/

Stevo @ Jun 26th 2008 9:05AM

Nice find Xoviet. Yeah looks like Diablo to me at this point - heres the link to those who want updates through Diablo Fans - http://www.diablofans.com/

Xoviet chiK @ Jun 26th 2008 9:13AM

http://www.blizzard.com/us/diablo2/wallpapers/wall21.html

Diablo 1.10 patch load screen as created by one mister Michael Dashow...

Zertoss @ Jun 26th 2008 9:19AM

The numbers so far match up with the numbers that show up all the time on Lost.

Lost Vikings confirmed?

aristokrat @ Jun 26th 2008 11:24AM

The letters corresponding to the numbers are going to say POWNED and the picture is going to reveal a Blizzard fanboy crying. June Fool's?

ben @ Jun 26th 2008 12:04PM

It has a pentagon of runes... There's only one Blizzard franchise with pentagons used in the artwork.

Ghen @ Jun 26th 2008 4:25PM

zertoss, good pick up =)

Hafk @ Jun 26th 2008 8:49AM

The crack in the eyes has widened and we can now pretty clearly see a set of eyes

So the eyes cracked, and now we see more eyes?

Whats with all the eyes, guys?

Marek Hryc @ Jun 26th 2008 8:53AM

What about those cirlces on the ice?
I see 4, they look like symbols of some kind.

Intentless @ Jun 26th 2008 8:55AM

I'm torn between Protoss eyes or Demon eyes.. (Diablo)... Not too many things have white glowing eyes in warcraft if a recall...

Intentless @ Jun 26th 2008 8:59AM

And it could just be the fanboy in me but those eyes are very very strongly similar to protoss eyes...

Intentless @ Jun 26th 2008 8:59AM

And it could just be the fanboy in me but those eyes are very very strongly similar to protoss eyes...

Andrew Corcoran @ Jun 26th 2008 9:10AM

It is the fanboy in you. But that's an impressive amount of insight to derive from 37 pixels.

ugg.tryptophan @ Jun 26th 2008 4:21PM

i hope its protoss

Matt @ Jun 26th 2008 9:06AM

Blackthorne 2 confirmed.

skeez @ Jun 26th 2008 9:07AM

Nobody noticed that the eyes are floating in SPACE?

I say Starcraft. A new race? MMO?

tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 26th 2008 10:09AM

A lot of WoW's enemies come from space. Who's to say it's not a famous enemy coming to Azeroth?

Varone @ Jun 26th 2008 9:12AM

I stared at it for a few minutes, and I saw a sail boat.

Varone @ Jun 26th 2008 9:16AM

Seriously though, Im guessing at either Diablo or something different and not a new game. The furthest right runic symbol is that of a Hel Rune from Diablo II. I don't recognise the others but if they are from other games, I am assuming its some new battle.net online service whereby all your blizzard game accounts are merged allowing you to chat outside games and compare each others gamercard-like profiles.

I want Diablo though.