Blizzard Officially Owns Diablo3.com

[Joneagle_X]

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While
we've known this has been in the works for quite a while, it's now
official. Blizzard has taken control of the Diablo3.com domain name.
While this is purely speculation and could "possibly" be attributed to
Blizzard "protecting its interests" a development like this so shortly
before a large conference like WWI certainly has raised my eyebrow.

In
any case, I've been speculating about Diablo 3's (or another Diablo
franchise) unveiling at WWI in June. This is clearly another indication
of that possibility. A great day fro Diablo fans!

This is all according to a news post on Diablofans.com,
the previous owners of Diablo3.com a well established Diablo fansite.
They claim that Diablo3.com will continue redirecting to their site for
a few more months or "until they're ready to use it for something more
worthwhile." I think as far as something more worthwhile, we might know
about that on June 28th.

[BirdofPrey]

Hmm

Well they didn't buy Starcraft2.com until around the time WC3 was released and work began on SC2 so that might mean D3 is only just getting started.

[Seradin]

heh, well at any rate its still probably going to happen.

though im not much of a diablo fan any blizzard game is well, a blizzard game.

[CyberPitz]

I love me some Diablo, so this is great news for me. I can see myself wasting many a days on this.

[Darktemplar_L]

Interesting, even though I don't play Diablo. It is always exciting when a well-known game's sequel is announced.

[BirdofPrey]

Right now all the site does is redirect to Diablofans.com

[Wlck742]

We should make a Warcraft4.com so when they decide to make it they'll buy it from us.

[Chris Benoit]

Keep in mind that Google owns
EssentialMommy.com,
GooglePorn.com,
GooglePoo.com,
TheSecretofBurritos.com,
and many more (http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=280) URLs. I doubt any of those are going to become services any time soon.

We should make a Warcraft4.com so when they decide to make it they'll buy it from us.

That's been taken since 2001.

[Seradin]

Starcraft3.com!!

[taviow]

Excellent news!
D3 might be in the works :eek:

[CyberPitz]

Starcraft3.com!!
They probably have it about finished, just waiting for SCII to stay out for a while. They probably have SCII done as well, just pretending to alpha test it.

[BloodHawk]

Hurray for Diablo 3!
Hurray for necromancers!

There are lots of people who buy domain names waiting for someone else who actually wants to use it. Doesn't really seem right to me. That's enterprise I guess.

lol, my friend had a boss when he worked at EBgames that bought up a ton of everquest 2 related domain names when it was announced. He never was able to sell a single one of them. I guess no one ever told him about WoW.

[SOGEKING]

Blizzard is hiring for their new game : Diablo 3

Brood War came ten years ago, and Diablo 2 just after this game

[VodkaChill]

Hehe Samir, that ''just after this game'' is like 2 years. Sc '98, Diablo 2 '00.

But I hope they will be able to create as unique experience as D2 was when it came out :)
Diablo is dead and the soul shard shattered... Baby D will suceed to Big D?

[Meee]

With that soul shard thing shattered they might've just "reset" the world to a state before the events of both diablo games (Similar to FF1)
With the ending of Diablo 2 LoD Blizzard gave themselves a lot of freedom regarding sequel's plot

[Itsmyship]

You know, I always thought Diablo was more suited to mamorpagahs (MMORPGs) than Warcraft ever was. Granted, I hope it isn't. I hate mamorpagahs with a solid passion

[Hodl pu]

Blizzards not dumb, They wouldn't release another MMORPG of the same content, otherwise it'll just be a stick within a pile of sticks (not mud, because, some people would notice the stick). No one would be interested. When D3 is put forth, it will probably have the same aspects of D2 with more multiplayer interaction, but not enough to be a real MMO.

[TheWorker]

I dont understand whats up with all the MMORPGs? Why would Blizzard make World of Diablo and World of Starcraft? It makes no sence. Sure it would be - interesting... but from a realist point of view not doable and definetly not worth doing. I like the way things are now. Starcraft/Warcraft RTS, WoW MMORPG and Diablo RPG.

[Hodl pu]

and you have to admit, "World of Diablo" is a pretty stupid name :P

[Major Willy]

Realm of Diablo.

[Meee]

They should've made Diablo an MMORPG and left Warcraft with RTS/RPG mix to begin with

[Ximnipot69]

If they do a MMORPG out of Diablo then I'd like for them to make it more like the first game, darker and scarier. World of Sanctuary might be an ok name for it.

[BirdofPrey]

Why not cut off the World of part and just call the game Sanctuary

[freedom23]

i thought that they didnt confiremed saying any starcraft mmorpg... was it stated somewhere??

[Itsmyship]

Or we could always call it Diablo: let's go to hell!

[SOGEKING]

D2 came just after BW.

So D3 will come just after SC2.

That's why Blizzard is hiring so many people.

[Unstable]

... or; due to them needing more people tending to wow and the imminent release of sc2, rather than d3.

[Operational]

I've had a lot of fun with Diablo 1&2 in the past - I'm hoping this is a good sign that Diablo 3 is the next thing that comes out of Blizzard, aside from SC2 and WoW expansions of course.

[Unstable]

I guess we'll all see in due time.

As long as it doesn't turn out to be something similar to hellgate or mythos, I'll stay content, knowing that the probability is that we'll see d3 some time at least.

[Operational]

I doubt D3 will stray far from the gameplay mechanics of the first two, unlike Hellgate.

[taviow]

Diablo III is going to be announced eventually.
There is no reason at all not to make it.

[Hodl pu]

IF anything, you'll probably be able to camera rotate or zoom in. Not much of a difference (which is the way I like it).

[i2new@aol.com]

a graphic change would be sweet as hell HodI pu. i dont like how all the chars looked the same. seeing the same barbs, mages, druids, pallys, ect all look the same was 100% lame.

[Hodl pu]

I meant the players game play view would probably be the same. But of course there will be graphic changes, otherwise it isn't a sequal, haha. But yeah, maybe in D3 we can pick genders and customize our characters :).

[i2new@aol.com]

yes, i would also pray to god diablo could retain its gritty serious look as well. we dont need cartoonish D3 at looks like a bad knock off of W.o.W

[johnnyxp64]

1-diablo3 No longer forwarding to diablofans.com
2-diablo3.com has the nice 3 inside
3-diablo2 recent ladder reset
4-diablo2 resent patch no-cd
5-paris late june will be Hot

if those are not enought for you to understant that Blizzard WILL announce diablo3 clasic (NO MMO tnx God)
what else do you need? :)

i am just damn curius to see and download the Diablo3 Announcement Cinematic! oh boy....i am gona cry!

[ijffdrie]

if it comes, it will come on the next WWI