Watch Diablo 3 teaser and gameplay footage

46 Comments by Christopher Grant Jun 28th 2008 9:29AM
Filed under: Mac, PC

We've got a handful of Diablo 3 videos here for you to get your eyeballs all over. First up, above, is the cinematic teaser. What does that mean? Lots of CG, film-school approved camera angles, and dramatic voiceover work. Great for some folks but if what you really want is gameplay footage, we've got a nearly twenty minute clip of that after the break, which should help even things out. Still feel it's unbalanced? Well, there's also got a third video showing off some of the game's concept art, so it's not gameplay footage or CG! Something for everyone, that's what we always say.

Tags: Blizzard, Diablo, Diablo-3

(Page 1) Reader Comments

Gage: Jun 28th 2008; 9:37AM

OMG =] excitement level went sky rocket

DonWii: Jun 28th 2008; 9:38AM

It's the beeeeeeest daaaaay eeeeeevaaah!!!

Gage: Jun 28th 2008; 9:41AM

woot =] so excited

Boffo the Sock: Jun 28th 2008; 9:42AM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ngu_Z-oAY70

Nate Whidden: Jun 28th 2008; 9:47AM

amazing

ChaOS: Jun 28th 2008; 9:47AM

Can't wait to get my hands on this... Any word on a release date?

lessthan12parsecs: Jun 28th 2008; 9:56AM

WANT NOW PLS!!!

Just when I was over my addiction to World of Warcrack, Blizzard comes along and pushes more sweet, sweet rock on us.

Veko: Jun 28th 2008; 9:56AM

Hell yes!

Spore was just knocked down to number two on my list of most anticipated games.

meist3r: Jun 28th 2008; 10:02AM

The CG in those cutscenes reminded me of Lord of the Rings a lot. Then I realized that this is a freaking videogame ... OMG. Diablo 3 looks brilliant. I'm not sure about one thing though. They say they have implemented a sort of health item system. But does that replace potions altogether? Can't imagine that.

This will be a blast to play. Hope they'll be able to ship soon.

AwesomeTown: Jun 28th 2008; 10:03AM

Looks Awesome. Sounds Awesome. This is the kind of RPG action I've been waiting for.

DiggyStyle: Jun 28th 2008; 10:04AM

This. Is. Amazing. I thought I would never see the day....

I plan to see this release sometime between late 2009 - mid 2010, but it will probably be 2012 or so.

I hope I am way off though and it comes out 1 year from today!

JetPogi: Jun 28th 2008; 10:04AM

now if marvel could just slap thor's face on that barbarian it would really make a good game. Diablo 3 and SC2 what more could you ask for? oh yeah a new Warcraft pls...but for now consider stoked.

bluestriker: Jun 28th 2008; 10:12AM

Bad. Ass.

Efren: Jun 28th 2008; 10:14AM

WOw.. I was not a fan of the first diablo games.. but I must say the gameplay video for diablo 3 looks incredible.

eldee: Jun 28th 2008; 10:17AM

I'm so glad blizzard realizes that not everybody likes MMO's. They could've made Diablo 3 a money printer just like WoW, but they stuck to the format (and will probably still end up making a truckload of cash on it). Today is a great day!

Supino: Jun 28th 2008; 10:19AM

This looks awesome! Cannot wait. 2010 release?

ww3ace: Jun 28th 2008; 10:30AM

did anyone else notice the Halo 3 intro in there?

t_m: Jun 28th 2008; 10:34AM

Is that a Balrog?

Ihavepants: Jun 28th 2008; 9:29PM

Attempt to fail harder plox.

theturtle363: Jun 28th 2008; 10:52AM

Was that Jennifer Hale as the narrator? Or was it the same person who did Jaina in WC3?

t_m: Jun 28th 2008; 10:53AM

I must say i never played Diablo 1 or 2, but the gameplay looks really dull.

The engine, characters and lighting look really nice (and the animation isn't bad, if a little disjointed), but gameplay wise it already looks really repetitive... I guess it must be one of those games you have to play to appreciate.

tmacairjordan87: Jun 28th 2008; 12:11PM

I thought the same thing but I remembered that I play dynasty warriors. When I watch videos of a new DW game I say wow same thing all the time, but when I play it I can somehow play it for hours without getting bored.

To me, Diablo 3 looks like that type of game that I could easily waste hours on even though I really am just hackin and slashin.

juju187: Jun 28th 2008; 11:42AM

very nice, but why doesnt blizz come back to console gaming...

Ralod: Jun 28th 2008; 6:08PM

Come back? 1 game and 2 ports basically means they never were a console developer. Confirmed at the WWI today, they are pc and Mac developers, consoles are not in their future.

hotnutz: Jun 28th 2008; 10:18PM

god I hope they don't ever go down the road of console gaming. Playing mindless and dumbed down games on consoles is fun to waste a few hours but please leave us some more intelligent and more strategic gaming on the PC.

Solar: Jun 28th 2008; 12:05PM

There aren't any seeders for their gameplay video torrent. :(

Batto_man: Jun 28th 2008; 12:27PM

I hope there will be another hidden Cow level?

Parasite_Evil: Jun 28th 2008; 12:57PM

YES. OMFG YES.
*fap* *fap* *fap* *fap* *fap* *fap* *fap* *fap* *fap*

ronald.raygun: Jun 28th 2008; 1:18PM

oy gamevideos takes forever, i load the video take a nap then watch half the video and then take another nap to watch the other half.

aristokrat: Jun 28th 2008; 3:00PM

Looks like I might have to stick by my previous assertion and not get this game because they released the video to GameVideos. How sad. GameVideos is the like the RealPlayer of the 2000's.

SabreCat: Jun 28th 2008; 5:12PM

It's up on Gametrailers now, much faster.

Advent: Jun 28th 2008; 1:41PM

Another hack slash crawler? yay.....I would rather have Rock n' Roll Racing II, or Lost Vikings...

WorMzy: Jun 28th 2008; 2:20PM

Yawn. Looks like a mediocre RPG from 4 years ago. I think that people are just getting excited because it's Blizzard.

Rob: Jun 28th 2008; 3:07PM

You had me at Diablo.

Chris: Jun 28th 2008; 3:08PM

This looks way too much like WoW. I wish they had kept the graphical style of the original game. Why did they get rid of potions, dumb decision? This game looks dumb. Hopefully it's free to play, otherwise I'll stick with D2:LoD.

Mutagenaric: Jun 28th 2008; 4:20PM

This looks nothing like WoW, except that it now is not sprite-based. So, by that same reasoning, Halo, BioShock, and MGS4 are, in fact, just like World of Warcraft. Stylistically, it resembles the other Diablos very much.

Potions have not been destroyed, from what I can see. They just have a healing item that can be used mid-battle for instant health; I imagine potions would remain for additional healing and other effects.

I can't imagine it not being free-to-play, considering that a single-player experience is possible, according to the FAQs.

It looks epic, I especially enjoyed that bit where the demon-monster bit one of the characters in half. One question: is the necromancer being replaced by the witch-doctor, then? Only, they seem to have similar capabilities, and with only 5 classes I imagine Blizzard would want to avoid overlap as much as possible.

Ihavepants: Jun 28th 2008; 10:52PM

*Copy Pasta from other topic*

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; 11:17PM

Basically what I'm saying can mostly be summed up by this

Ihavepants: Jun 28th 2008; 11:25PM

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii129/Frederickichardson/1214697732924.jpg

ronald.raygun: Jun 28th 2008; 5:15PM

now release diablo 1 or 2 for the nintendo DS to hold me over and i'll be happy as a clam. (yes im going to keep talking about diablo on the DS for as long as i live)

Ihavepants: Jun 28th 2008; 9:30PM

That would be a good plan and I would play it... until my wrist started hurting... which wouldn't take long.

Would be fun while it lasted I suppose.

343 Guilty Fart: Jun 28th 2008; 5:28PM

Wow, the female vocals sound like the same singer from Battlestar Galactica soundtrack.

ZapDash: Jun 28th 2008; 9:30PM

I've never even played Diablo and that trailer gave me chills. Very good promo.

Smitty: Jun 29th 2008; 12:00PM

It has been a long eight years (and no doubt a long year to go).

Chadd: Jun 30th 2008; 7:33AM

While it does look nice, I'm really not getting what all the excitement is about. Looks like a standard hack and slash. I really like the comment in the gameplay video about this "new kind of dropped item that restores health". They present it like it's some amazing advancement for video games rather than something that's been pretty standard for years.

Oh well, to each their own.