Blizzard unleashes five new Diablo III screenshots

Because his head is back making him look bald. (He isn't.)

Don't worry, he won't look like Kratos as soon as this guy finds a socketed tunic.

lol, "Oooo! Flawless Topaz!" *sockets tunic*

No. Theres no way starcraft and Diablo are coming out in the same year.

Well then, is starcraft (the first part) coming out this year?

Yes, yes it is.

Highly doubtful.

Starcraft 2 is only in alpha, so going by Blizzard's typical schedule, I'd expect it next year.

And with yearly stand-alone expansions, that'll put Diablo 3 and the conclusion to Starcraft 2 out in 2012, just as the Mayans foretold.

Incidentally, the Mayans are the 4th race. I have insider information.

haha yea yea...seriously though;

i dont get why devs hate darker more subdued colour schemes these days.


this doesnt look bad, but diablo2 looked miles better in terms of atmosphere

Going on past Blizzard history, this game will run on any PC made in the last 12 years.

Time to bust out the ol' 386

386?? I was planning on running it on my old 8088.

retard comment of the day..Everyone knows Blizzard makes games for the "PC Challenged" and MAC losers alike. Don't worry your panties console boy, everyone's invited to the party, no extra hardware needed to play.

It's not going to.

Blizzards first console game will be Starcraft: Ghost, whenever they get back to working on it.

If we're lucky, never. Blizzard makes PC games, and that's why they're such great games, there's only one platform for them to worry about.

I think at one point they said it was possible. But seeing the great success of Starcraft: Ghost on the consoles, I doubt it'll ever happen.

I just want a damned release date.

The only way this will hit consoles is if you attack your 360 with the case.

Seems that console sales are just too big for companies to ignore - lots of money to be made there.

And equating quality with how many platforms you develop for... ummm ever heard of Valve?

Lario,

First off, Valve makes the PC platform the lead, and then ports to 360, which is basically identical. Valve doesn't bother with Sony's Arch, it's too tedious and dev'd assbackwards, which is typical Japonophile fashion. Blizzards games are made around the mouse and keyboard, so until MS and Sony get their head out of their ass and allow for it, it isn't happening.

Valve and Blizzard are the best of the best(Don't forget Relic either, DoW 2 is gonna be GoTY from what it's looking like in 2009, at the very least on PC) on PC becuase they place SO MUCH emphasis on making the best games possible on the least amount of platforms. CoD1 and United Offensive(Exp. Pack) are STILL Infinity Ward's best work, then CoD4, which was multiplatform, BUT, was WAY WAY WAY too short in content, and the mulitplatform was one of the factors, it's in many of their interviews.

Infinity Ward was an amazing PC only developer(like they all seem to be at one point) and is why they make such great games. It wasn't until CoD2 that the 360 launched from, but since that was Multiplat, it wasn't nearly as good, and if you ask any PC gamer that played CoD1 + UO, they'll tell you the same. The quality and quantity is second to none by comparison. Still, amazing games, but limited. I wish IW would stick to PC and 360, and farm out the PS3 like Valve, but the sales form the PS3 were pretty good, around 4 mil I think, still less then the PC though..

Great, Blizz is going to read your comment and now we won't see this game for another 3 years.

Jerk.

Good point.

Blizzard, I think this screen shot is dandy and the game appears ready for release.

Put more points in DEX.

Dammit, that was for Prof. Lario's thread. Hit the wrong Replay link.

Guess I'm the one that needs more DEX.

Blizzard should just use Steam.

And there was a perfectly legitimate reason why they POSTPONED Starcraft:Ghost, the consoles it would have released on would have been last gen, and they didn't believe it would do very well because of that. They don't have this problem with PC's because the platform remains relatively stable no matter how many lifetimes it takes for them to develop a game.

Depending on how long this generation of consoles will last I will place a bet down that Ghost will come back, mainly because noone will ever remember I said it and try to take my precious moneys :P