Blizzard Splash Screen Update for June 28 -- still inconclusive

by Ross Miller { Jun 28th 2008 at 3:00PM }

This may be the final day where we bravely speculate on the still-hidden mysteries of Blizzard's splash page. The ice has completely melted overnight to reveal ... well ... we're still trying to decipher that one.The eye slits are definitely not star clusters anymore, perhaps it has something to do with candles. We also now have a cryptic letter puzzle to solve. O Blizzard, why do you tease us so!

Update: In all seriousness, our friends at WoW Insider have made their case for why the splash page still holds some mysteries.

Tags: blizzard, diablo, diablo-3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

jcd @ Jun 28th 2008 3:04PM

Now to wait a couple of years before they release it...

And btw, I wonder how many joystiqers are too young to have played the other two?

Vault @ Jun 28th 2008 3:43PM

I know! It's the release of Diablo's Adventures in the World of Starcraft: Lich King Edition!

WhoMe @ Jun 28th 2008 3:50PM

This "joke" is epic fail.

Seriously, it's not even remotely funny and does not warrant yet another D3 post.

Joystiq can be pretty snarky at times. But this, lame.

emmzee @ Jun 28th 2008 3:11PM

Your retarded.

Huey2k2 @ Jun 28th 2008 3:19PM

"Your retarded."

Oh the irony.

Also who are you speaking to?

jayeffaar @ Jun 30th 2008 10:48AM

His retarded what?

Dylan @ Jun 28th 2008 4:27PM

His retarded comment, that's what I'm thinking.

meledeo @ Jun 28th 2008 6:26PM

a friend of mine has a t-shirt that says "your retarded". He probably got it at hot topic or some crap.

Jouten @ Jun 28th 2008 8:17PM

And in case you are wondering what the hell they mean by that, they mean...It's not 'your retarded' but 'you're retarded'.

=P

jayeffaar @ Jun 29th 2008 2:00PM

Anybody who needed that explained... their retarded.

emmzee @ Jun 29th 2008 2:10PM

I was wondering how many fish I could catch with that one. :) The T-shirt meledeo refers to can be found here, and probably other places too:
http://www.bustedtees.com/yourretarded

VictorInvictus @ Jun 28th 2008 3:14PM

Definitely Starcraft related, I think. ;)

caserb @ Jun 28th 2008 3:21PM

Nah, you can totally tell its for a Lost Vikings MMO. Diablo is Norse for "Bearer of Swords" which basically means Viking. And obviously, its the third one in the series. I think "And The Heavens" refers to the fact that its going to be Massively Multiplayer, so it'll include thousands of people, i.e. "The Heavens."

My cousin's mailman's grandma works in the gamer's industry, so I totally know.

:3

ben @ Jun 28th 2008 3:23PM

They didn't even try to transition from the ice to diablo. They just completely started with a new image.

E.D. @ Jun 28th 2008 4:47PM

Yeah, I found that odd as well... the eye were getting brighter and then suddenly BAM it turns red and we have a full-fledged demon face with no ice or stars... wha?

At any rate, it's Diablo 3, so I forgive them.

LordKelvin @ Jun 28th 2008 4:50PM

That's the beauty of it. While fanboys were all debating about what it could possibly be, how the eyes looked like Protoss eyes, how the ice itself was a reference to WotLK, and so on, Blizzard just went and slapped them all in the face by doing this. :)

007craft @ Jun 28th 2008 5:56PM

it just goes to show you that the image is just a bunch of BS. They could of shown a clear image of kerrigan from starcraft 2 and then announce diablo 3. It will teach us not to care next year, thats for sure.

I ask blizzard why they thought creating a puzzle with no solution was going to impress people?

eldee @ Jun 28th 2008 8:29PM

methinks somebody spent too much time trying to decode it and is a little butt-hurt.

Dan @ Jun 28th 2008 3:23PM

I'm lost.... wasn't the splash update apparant when Joystiq reported the announcement of Diablo 3? Maybe the post was meant before all that like around what....5:00 AM or something?

jayeffaar @ Jun 28th 2008 3:25PM

...or maybe they're making a joke?

Dan @ Jun 28th 2008 3:26PM

I guess.... still shouldve been before all the other posts...

Neebs @ Jun 28th 2008 3:26PM

thatsthejoke.jpg

Vcize @ Jun 28th 2008 3:29PM

I think he means it would've made more sense to use the joke for the announcement of the Diablo 3 reveal, rather than announcing Diablo 3 and then making a separate post AFTERWARDS to make the joke when we're already flooded with Diablo 3 articles.

Dan @ Jun 28th 2008 3:44PM

Exactly what I was trying to get across, Thank you.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

NvM @ Jul 2nd 2008 1:33AM

I can't wait to see all the disappointed Diablo fans when it turns out just to be a Lich king promo.

Bouille @ Jun 28th 2008 4:16PM

FUCKEN YES HOMOS! HALO 3 IS SUX DIABLO 3 IS LEET!

ApolloIV @ Jun 28th 2008 4:59PM

This deserves a

Lol wut?

Bouille @ Jun 28th 2008 5:50PM

yea who is this prick anyway?

aristokrat @ Jun 28th 2008 3:33PM

Hey Blizzard, Unreal called. They want their logo back. Did you put it somewhere?

Sora267 @ Jun 28th 2008 8:32PM

Except Unreal is the game and Epic is the company.

aristokrat @ Jun 28th 2008 9:04PM

Maybe I was talking about the engine?

*hides in corner*

Touché, sir.

LaughingTarget @ Jun 28th 2008 3:46PM

It's the return of Vanilla Ice in Blizzard's Ice Ice Baby 2: Colder than Vanilla.

Dan @ Jun 28th 2008 3:46PM

Exactly what I was trying to say. Thank you.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Cyber @ Jun 28th 2008 4:37PM

Actually is:

".. and the heavens.... "

... and below...

"... shall tremble"

Where is the mistery?

Ben @ Jun 28th 2008 5:33PM

It's clearly an anti-Obama attack ad.

Blizzard is against hope and change and the future.

Haggard @ Jun 28th 2008 9:24PM

I read that as anti-Osama.. being tired makes you a Republican apparently ^^

Hotrod @ Jun 28th 2008 6:21PM

So will D3 be coming out for the PS3/360?

Psaakyrn @ Jun 28th 2008 9:18PM

No, it's coming out for the Wii and DS.

/sarcasm

Haggard @ Jun 28th 2008 9:25PM

The threads on the gametrailers forum seem to suggest it's PC exclusive, but then so was Far Cry 2 for a while.

zombienutz @ Jun 28th 2008 6:27PM

This is the best birthday present ever...

Jack N @ Jun 28th 2008 10:29PM

2-3 years of waiting here we come. Guess it'll be Wrath, SC2, and D3 releases for the next 2-3 years to boast company profits. Wonder when they'll get a new IP.

T-Bag @ Jun 28th 2008 11:04PM

http://i31.tinypic.com/9gkncn.jpg

https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/ehman/web/1214703212561.gif

'nuff said.

mocax @ Jun 28th 2008 11:50PM

I think the splash page designer was told to "reveal by melting rocks"
He may have interpreted melting to mean "ice"

When the day came, "tomorrow, we're unveiling Diablo 3!"

web designer goes, "..... o_o' "