The website is pretty wicked as well. Mmmm corpses and smashing. Release date please.
“Exciting new classes like the witch doctor bring new gameplay options to the table. Returning classes, like the barbarian, have been completely redone with new skills to give them a feel unique to Diablo III. New customization options will provide for an even greater level of character specialization than the previous Diablo games, allowing the player to create unique characters brimming with power.
Diablo III is powered by a new graphics engine that can display characters and hordes of monsters in lush, fully 3D environments. Powerful special-effects systems and Havok-powered physics allow the player to lay waste to the Hells’ minions in spectacular ways.
Also, Diablo III builds on the random environments of the previous Diablo games by introducing a host of new ways to create random scripted events throughout the game. This creates a dense and exciting world alive with quests, NPCs, dynamic encounters, and viciously challenging new monsters and bosses. Diablo III’s environments add a great deal of interactivity to the game, including destructible elements and environmental obstacles that can be turned against your enemies.
In addition, Diablo III will benefit from Battle.net upgrades that will provide some exciting new features for players. Cooperative online play remains a primary focus, with multiple enhancements being planned to make connecting with your friends easier and cooperative gameplay even more fun. We’ll have more details on all these aspects as well as other exciting new features at a later date.”
Yeah, what can I say, I see some random status update of yours to which a guy named Ryan replies, and 10 min later I end up here. Guess that’s how the internet works. Or maybe it is just my procrastination.
Anyway, I’m pretty excited about Diable III, but they announced that it was coming out after Starcraft II, which they have also have not set a release date for. My predictions, SCII November 2010, DIII December 2011. Pretty pessimistic, but with a cash cow like WoW, Blizzard doesn’t have much motivation to rush.
I’m not sure how into DIII you really are, but a lot of information is posted and will be posted as it is released at d3db.com. My favorite part of that website is their “Blue Tracker” which let’s you see all the official Blizzard replies to forum posters in which they usually leak more information.
Also not sure if you have been back to the official d3 website, but they announced and posted new information about another class, the wizard.
Yeah… I play too many games for a college student.
*Diablo
Sigh, no comment editing, and now my typo will be there for the world to read.