Do you think Diablo 3 will be announced at Blizzcon 07? (Poll)

[CorCentral]

BLIZZCON? 2007 ANNOUNCED

Blizzard Entertainment® gaming convention to welcome players from around the world on August 3-4
IRVINE, Calif. ? April 12, 2007 ? Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced plans for its second BlizzCon? gaming convention. BlizzCon is a celebration of the Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® franchises and the players who have helped make them so popular around the world. This year's event will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on August 3 and 4, and will feature various activities for attendees to take part in.

"We were gratified by the response to our first BlizzCon in 2005 and have been looking for an opportunity to hold a follow-up event ever since," stated Mike Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment®. "With BlizzCon 2007, we plan to deliver another entertaining and informative experience for the attendees, and we look forward to meeting all of them again this year."

BlizzCon will be open to gamers age 4 and older and will offer a wide variety of activities to help all attendees get the most out of the two?day event. In addition to serving as a gathering place for the different Blizzard gaming communities, attendees will be able to enjoy:

BLIZZCON web page

I know if any announcement's going to be made it will be in 2-3 days, I'm just wanting D3 NOW! :evil:

The thread starter at this forum (Umaro) is at Blizzcon. Watching for any announcement.
EDIT: Diablo3.com link

Frank Pierce has just announced the next expansion:
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
- Level 80 cap
- Northrend
- You can kill Arthas
- New battlegrounds
- Inscription profession
- Siege weapons
- Death Knight Hero class

Blizzcon Blog

 

[Aikouka]

I don't think so. I was also planning to go and take a week off in sunny California, but a PC upgrade is a more long-lasting thing, so I chose that instead . I will miss being a cool person running around with a murloc suit in WoW though .

But about announcements, you can almost guarantee that more people are at BlizzCon for WoW than anything else (even StarCraft II), so I'd assume there'd be a WoW announcement of some sort as there are tons of rumors abound about a new expansion and such.

 

[amish]

WoW and starcraft 2. somebody may ask about diablo and get the canned response of, "we'll need to think about it."

 

[doggyfromplanetwoof]

Even if so, most of the original developers are no longer with Blizzard North. Good story, but gameplay will not be the same.

If anything, I hope for a new type of game, maybe a FPS. Blizzard as a company will be dumb to keep releasing Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo games. Expand you product, increase your sales even more.

I voted, Who Cares!

 

[QuantumPion]

There is a story on slashdot about the name for the WoW expansion being supposedly leaked, but I can't read it at work. So my guess on the blizzcon announcement would be this new WoW expansion.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: QuantumPion
There is a story on slashdot about the name for the WoW expansion being supposedly leaked, but I can't read it at work. So my guess on the blizzcon announcement would be this new WoW expansion.

Ask and ye shall receive:

Originally posted at: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6175938.html
It's become standard practice for massively multiplayer online games to release expansion packs to update their core offerings sometime down the road. Since launching in late 2004, Blizzard has placated its 9 million-strong audience with a single expansion, The Burning Crusade, which was snatched up by the human hordes at a record-setting pace in January. Though the two-year development time undoubtedly helped Blizzard's expansion achieve critical praise near-equal to its progenitor, fans of the series have been antsy about how long they'll have to wait for the game's next expansion.

It appears the next add-on may be closer than many may have thought. As the Entertainment Software Rating Board is occasionally wont to do, German software ratings board Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK to its friends) appears to have tipped Blizzard's hand by revealing not only the name of Blizzard's next expansion, but when gamers can expect to see it as well.

Spotted by German community site Gamona, a listing for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King appeared on USK yesterday, accompanied by the tag "GC-demo," implying Blizzard will be showing Wrath of the Lich King at this year's Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany. Responding to a request for comment, a Blizzard representative stated, "We have not yet announced any details with regard to future expansions of World of Warcraft."

The listing lends further credence to rumors circulating this week that the next WOW expansion will travel north to the frigid region of Northrend. According to a report on WOW Insider, an anonymous tipster sent world that the Video Games Live orchestra, slated to perform the final concert at this year's BlizzCon, will play three pieces titled "Northrend 1," "Northrend 2," and "Northrend 3." Warcraft aficionados will be quick to note that Northrend is where the Warcraft III hero Arthas Menethil made his stand against the dreadlord Mal'Ganis, only to be corrupted by the powerful yet chaotic Frostmourne sword due to the meddling of Kel'Thuzad.

With the WOW expansion now quite visible on the horizon, a new wrinkle has been added to the much-speculated beta-key giveaway at this year's BlizzCon. For more news from Blizzard and Wrath of the Lich King, check back later this week for GameSpot's coverage of BlizzCon as well as later this month for updates from the Leipzig Games Convention.

[UPDATE] It would appear Blizzard was none too happy to have its thunder stolen. Updating its listings today, USK has pulled the entry for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King from its database.

 

[QuantumPion]

I knew it, rawr!

 

[Xavier434]

I don't know, but I am getting on a plane tomorrow to go find out


I do know that there is supposed to be announcements of two unreleased titles. One is supposed to be a brand new series and the other is a continuation. So my guess is that it is the WoW expansion and something else. I would be so incredibly happy if Diablo 3 was announced though.

 

[lupi]

meh, maybe if I sold my 8 chars and couple thousand gold to buy a new account on a PVP EST server I'd care about wow again.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

d3 please please pleaspelaspelapselaspelapsleapsleapselapsel

diablo 1 and 2 are one of my fav pc game

 

[lupi]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369
d3 please please pleaspelaspelapselaspelapsleapsleapselapsel

diablo 1 and 2 are one of my fav pc game

Not a chance, at least not till SC2 is about to head out the door.

 

[Genx87]

SC2 and WoW expansion will be the topics of the day I am sure.

 

[Chronoshock]

There's already been a lot of speculation on the WoW forums regarding the new expansion. The rumored title is wrath of the something (I forget don't feel like looking it up), but www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath doesn't lead to a 404 but a forbidden message instead. So while I wish it'd be D3, it's probably just another WoW expansion At least HGL is coming out soon

 

[Acanthus]

Itll be the new wow expansion.

Diablo 3 is an MMO to be released when WoW is EOL.

 

[Kur]

Originally posted by: Chronoshock
There's already been a lot of speculation on the WoW forums regarding the new expansion. The rumored title is wrath of the something (I forget don't feel like looking it up), but www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath doesn't lead to a 404 but a forbidden message instead. So while I wish it'd be D3, it's probably just another WoW expansion At least HGL is coming out soon

Northrend

I'll be going, I'll post back once they announce it!

Not a chance, at least not till SC2 is about to head out the door.

There is a 3rd development team working on another project, about 30 people or so, I wouldn't count them out just yet.

 

[tuteja1986]

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Anyways I see hellgate lond and i think Diablo

So i can't wait for that game

 

[Molondo]

The secret project can't be the expansion for wow. They said they made a new team dedicated to this project. They also mentioned that they have a team dedicated to Warcraft and one for starcraft. We could very well see a new project in the works.

 

[BD2003]

Blizzard never announces a new game before theyve finished their current game. No chance in hell.

 

[tuteja1986]

Originally posted by: Molondo
The secret project can't be the expansion for wow. They said they made a new team dedicated to this project. They also mentioned that they have a team dedicated to Warcraft and one for starcraft. We could very well see a new project in the works.

They also said that they were thinking of another MMO

I am hopping its an sifi one because i am sick of the fantasy theme.

 

[Adn4n]

Many of the developers alongside Bill Roper left and formed their own studio. They're making a Diablo-themed game called Hellgate:London you know...

 

[lupi]

Originally posted by: tuteja1986


They also said that they were thinking of another MMO

I am hopping its an sifi one because i am sick of the fantasy theme.

Something that did not stick to melee combat would be nice.

 

[Cheex]

I sure hope so!!!

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Itll be the new wow expansion.

Diablo 3 is an MMO to be released when WoW is EOL.

My thoughts as well.

 

[invidia]

High chance they will announce another WoW expansion. Every WoW fansite has "leaked" information on Wrath of the Lich King. It's suppose to be the northrend xpac. It's more believable than another diablo. Otherwise there will be more speculation and rumors on it.


Everything is focused on the Northrend expansion

http://www.mmo-champion.com
http://www.worldofraids.com

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: lupi
meh, maybe if I sold my 8 chars and couple thousand gold to buy a new account on a PVP EST server I'd care about wow again.

Where were you 3 months ago when I had my chars on a PVP EST server and would've sold .