Diablo III is on its way

After years of waiting and tormenting rumors, the dark and demonic world of Diablo returns!

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If you've never played a Diablo game before, the premise is simple: it's essentially a big gory slot machine. You fight through swarms of demons and monsters, compulsively picking up dropped items and gold. Diablo's simplicity was always its greatest strength, and Diablo III wisely sticks to its hugely popular point-and-click formula.

Diablo III is set in a fully 3d world, a series first, which enables several new gameplay features. Physics now play a major role, so fireballs and hammer swings send zombies flying into walls and each other. You can also smash down walls and traps to wipe out dozens of enemies at a time. Overall, though, the look of Diablo III is familiar: dark, grim, and brooding, with a high camera angle to accommodate the teeming hordes of enemies. And what hordes they are. We saw dozens of undead descend on a Barbarian, dropping from ledges and crawling up walls to reach him. The Barbarian smashed through them with a huge mallet, picking up loot and experience as he went. Item collection has always played a pivotal role in Diablo games, and Diablo III's streamlined inventory screen makes swapping weapons easier. Healing is easy, too; some enemies drop red health orbs that instantly heal you. No more fumbling for the potion hotkeys!

So far, Blizzard has only released information on two character classes (out of five total). Barbarians are a carryover from Diablo II, and excel at smashing through enemies with brute force and big, scary-looking weapons. The Witchdoctor, on the other hand, raises zombie dogs and other minions to do his bidding. An improved version of Diablo II's Necromancer, the Witchdoctor also throws zesty fireballs and locust swarms to dissolve nearby enemies. The gameplay featured in Blizzard's early videos looks very satisfying and addictive, but it's far too soon to get worked into a lather over a game that is, in all likelihood, years away.

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xcheez18x

it wont be released anytime soon.i doubt that blizzard is going to put out a game to compete with world of warcraft right now.

Tellumendil

It will still take at least a year, maybe two until it comes out. I hope this game won't require a ridiculously expensive and powerful machine to run. Like Crysis did back then. This is the one game that might make me finally upgrade my computer. There just are too few games I play on PC and mine has become very obsolete.

artsaber

By the time this game comes out, no one will remember what Diablo is/was besides some random game in the $9 clearance rack at K-Mart. Most people already don't remeber or care... even though I played the HELL out of it, these are the facts.

leiderhausen

You underestimate Art. This game looks pretty far along and I bet it is out by Christmas.

Phil_Harrison

Exactly Fartsaber...just like by the time the PS3 comes out with Home and Gran Turismo with car damage, the new XBOX720 will be out which will completely blow away the PS3. Most people wont remember or care about the PS3...even though you played the HELL out of it, these are the facts.

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