It turns out Joystiq readers are very smart soothsayers (not that the entire internet didn't see it coming, either through wishful thinking or horribly Photoshopped images "leaked from Blizzard's servers"). When the mysterious week-long splash page started, we asked you to
predict the announcement expected at the Worldwide Invitational. Here were your top three answers:
- Diablo 3, and it's about time! (43.8%)
- Wrath of the Lich King release date (19.2%)
- Starcraft 2 release date (8.9%)
Congratulations to everyone who guessed right. And as for everyone else ... hey, what are you complaining about? You still got
Diablo 3!
{ Jun 28th 2008 at 11:30AM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
jerry @ Jun 28th 2008 11:39AM
woot
Laggy @ Jun 28th 2008 11:40AM
The new Cabella's Big Game hunter was announced today but where's its post? Joystiq I am ashamed.
Roto13 @ Jun 28th 2008 11:44AM
I wake up to 6 Diablo III articles in my RSS reader? Are you trying to make me sick of hearing about this game the day it's announced?
J.Goodwin @ Jun 28th 2008 11:45AM
Ok.
Enough. We don't need the entire front page covered with Diablo 3 crap. I'm sure there's an AOL/Time Warner blog devoted to it.
Lord Bowser @ Jun 28th 2008 11:51AM
+1 for both you and Roto
Angusailde @ Jun 28th 2008 11:52AM
Of course they were. If you keep guessing Diablo 3 on every mysterious Blizzard announcement, you're bound to be right given enough time.
KB @ Jun 28th 2008 11:59AM
Im glad Diablo 3 is finally on its way but they made the 1 mistake I expected... it looks like world of warcraft and that kinda pisses me off as a hardcore Diablo fan.
A Pissed-off English Gamer @ Jun 28th 2008 12:27PM
It looks nothing like WoW. You're crazy.
serotoninzero @ Jun 28th 2008 5:20PM
How.. exactly does it look like WoW? I don't think it looks... at... all... like it.
Jack N @ Jun 28th 2008 10:32PM
It looks like the old Diablo revamped to me more than WoW. The classic good and loot drop on floor. Clickable walls and chest! Everything screams Diablo
Ihavepants @ Jun 28th 2008 10:36PM
I don't get all these comments saying it does not look like Warcraft, while in many ways it does.
The comparison we are making to it is the relatively simple "cartoonish" models and flat low resolution textures.
Diablo was always pre-rendered sprites for everything but at least everything was well rounded and natural looking. Diablo 3, Starcraft 2 and Warcraft have pointed corners in their character and world models.
Having said all that I still think that Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 look very good IN MOTION, it's just that their still screenshot counterparts do not do justice to the animation. I will buy this game and it looks great, but to me and a lot of the fans of the original 2 games... the style could do with leaning a bit more into the dark-gritty world we know and love.
Ihavepants @ Jun 28th 2008 11:21PM
This is what KB is talking aboot,
Obie @ Jun 28th 2008 12:02PM
Sooooo 67% percent were WRONG? lolz
Juxe @ Jun 28th 2008 12:11PM
Correction: 53% were wrong
Obie @ Jun 28th 2008 12:12PM
Morning math = Epic fail :(
Guy @ Jun 28th 2008 12:15PM
Corrention #2: 56.2% were wrong.
Man you guys are bad a maths.
Lord Bowser @ Jun 28th 2008 12:26PM
You should have played the sarcasm excuse. You'd already used all caps so there was a chance you could have got away with it.
TK @ Jun 28th 2008 12:14PM
Anyone else having trouble downloading the highres gameplay footage?
Intentless @ Jun 28th 2008 12:32PM
Yeah i could DL the intro vid and art vid just fine... The gameplay won't DL at all... Now I need to get them transferred to my Zune for portable awesome...
snarfoogle @ Jun 28th 2008 1:24PM
yeah blizzard downloader sucks. just stream it.
KEFIOX @ Jun 28th 2008 12:25PM
Well I can honestly say that I am glad to be wrong for once in my life. My only complaint now is that I have to wait for it's release now and who knows how long that'll be?
snarfoogle @ Jun 28th 2008 1:24PM
Seconded. I'm happy to eat my words, because I don't give a (are these comments moderated?) about WotLK.
007craft @ Jun 28th 2008 12:34PM
I dont get diablo? What would you compare it to? I never played #2 but afterw atching some gamepaly footage of #3 (youtube has some just added a few hours back) I t looks like your just going through a dungeon doing different moves to kill useless enemies. Sorta like boulders gate or something. So why is the game so special? myabe i should download diablo 2, and see if thats any good.
sinergy @ Jun 28th 2008 1:28PM
It's called Battle.net.
Mr.ESC @ Jun 28th 2008 1:36PM
Diablo II was made of Win, I don’t think I could compare it to any other games since many games tried to copy Diablo in the first place. I believe Diablo II should be on the list of best games of all time, even for today standards is still quite good. Play it, you won’t regret it.
Diablo III looks good but I’m going to miss the potion bar. Diablo games were epic and many developers tried and failed to recreate the same experience, this one doesn’t looks as original. They make a lot of reference to Diablo II; I hope is not a fan game. Diablo games were awesome for its originality.
To be honest I would like Diablo III to be a MMO.
Ihavepants @ Jun 28th 2008 10:48PM
Oh wow, you just compared Baldur's Gate to Diablo and said that they were the same...
Correct- Diablo is a mostly mindless click fest that is very fun and addictive.
Incorrect- Saying that Baldur's Gate is anything like that. Baldur's Gate was tactical, one move against some of the harder fights could win or lose it for you. And the game was not focussed on combat anyway.
Rick @ Jun 28th 2008 12:44PM
Never played a Diablo game, never will. Flame on, d-bags.
Mr.ESC @ Jun 28th 2008 1:37PM
Sorry Dr.Troll but your evil plans have been ruined once more by Captain Report button.
Rick @ Jun 28th 2008 1:51PM
OOOOOOOOOOOH TEH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
IMA SCURRED!!!!!!!!!!
rTwelve [xbl:chilblane] @ Jun 28th 2008 1:54PM
I haven't played a Diablo game and probably never will but as a Starcraft fanatic I'm very happy for the other fans in the "family."
Vidikron (FU) @ Jun 28th 2008 11:15PM
A quote from Rick:
"I don't even play the damn game and even I can tell it's artwork for Lich King. Just check all the promotional art for it against this image. It's pretty obvious you dolts."
Ha!
Rick @ Jun 29th 2008 1:08AM
Yeah, I was wrong about your dumb game. This is really going to ruin my day. Boo hoo for me. You sure put me in my place, internetz gawd.
Vidikron (FU) @ Jun 29th 2008 3:24AM
How do you know it's a dumb game if you've never played it? It's one thing if you've tried it an didn't like it, but why the hate for a game you've never played? It doesn't seem to make much sense.
Rick @ Jun 29th 2008 12:32PM
I didn't have to play Limbo of the Lost to know it was a terrible game.
Float yer boat however you like, dude. But when there's this much hype, expect a bit of snarky ribbing. Grow a thicker skin.
Mr.ESC @ Jun 28th 2008 12:55PM
M.Bison (Vega) Just found out as well.
His response was very positive.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oy8TR_jSo7Y&feature=related
Mr.ESC @ Jun 28th 2008 1:00PM
YES,YES!
Diablo III shall be made of Win and Epic.Don't let me down Blizzard.
BigD145 @ Jun 28th 2008 1:39PM
Give us back our potions.
mike shea @ Jun 28th 2008 2:40PM
They HAVE to have potions.
You need it for Epic Boss Battles
I think they just took away enemies dropping it so the game can go on faster.
But for big bosses? you need to stack up on 20 of them
its a D2 Code
John @ Jun 28th 2008 7:11PM
Well I hope they allow a higher res than 640x480 this time.
Seriously, Diablo gets boring after about 10 minutes.
Vidikron (FU) @ Jun 29th 2008 3:27AM
Actually, 800x600 was the max on Diablo II.
BananaBoat @ Jun 28th 2008 8:35PM
Diablo II was the largest single time sink in the history of video games (maybe with the exception of damned pokemon....I just had to catch them all). I'm a bit bummed that they are going the strictly non-cutting-edge-graphics route, but other than that, I'll be very happy when this thing comes out.
Also, as an aside, I love all the people that are now like "Screw you guys, I knew it'd be Diablo III all along" when there were A: No clues B: Nothing suggesting it would be D3 over more Starcraft news or Wrath of the Lich King and C: they're douches.
Silks of the Victor 2.0 here I come!!!
Donald @ Jun 28th 2008 10:38PM
"And as for everyone else ... hey, what are you complaining about? You still got Diablo 3!"
It's a nice consolation, but I'm not kidding when I say that I was really looking forward to a Rock 'n Roll Racing update.