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I read on the D2.Net site about Blizzard buying domains. I'm thinking that if they do announce the game, it won't be released until 2009-2010. Any takers?

P.S. - Due to the post date of April 2nd, it's always possible that D2.Net got taken in by an April fool's joke.

i really don't know about D3 really being made, i just cant see it, i hope its sooner than 09 or 10.

What kind of domains? It's more likely that whatever Blizzard was buying, it was buying for Star Craft 2.

Ev0 Fir3 2008 wrote:i really don't know about D3 really being made, i just cant see it, i hope its sooner than 09 or 10.

Actually, I would rather wait even to 2010 or longer to get a good game than get crappy game sooner, which need to be payched several times before being playable.

I personally think that the importance and profile of the D2 game died when the creators moved and created Flagship...hence why I am not "holding my breath" so to speak for D3 to come out in a hurry if at all.....too much money to be made in the precious WoW for there to be any thoughts about a D3....and besides they (Blizzard) will be spending at least the next 3 years getting Starcraft 2 up and running and with any expansions they decide to release also...

afaik, domains are always taken in case someone else takes them...

.. and d3 stuff were taken after d2 as far as i remember. what exactly do you mean by domains?

themaelstorm wrote:afaik, domains are always taken in case someone else takes them...

.. and d3 stuff were taken after d2 as far as i remember. what exactly do you mean by domains?

Probably webspace. A domain isn't diablo3.com, a domain would be more or less blizzard.com/domain, basically a section of the pie that has no filling yet.

And yes, I just compared the internet to pie.

So blizzard buying domain space and saying they want to hire people with similar qualifications to the ones who worked on Diablo 2, that's still speculation in making diablo 3.

I actually predict with all the news items, announcements, and other stuff they've done on their site with games and what not, I give them about a 60% probability to make the game. Wild speculation refined as much as possible, and even as low as it is, 60% are some good odds.

Vidar wrote:I personally think that the importance and profile of the D2 game died when the creators moved and created Flagship...hence why I am not "holding my breath" so to speak for D3 to come out in a hurry if at all.....too much money to be made in the precious WoW for there to be any thoughts about a D3....and besides they (Blizzard) will be spending at least the next 3 years getting Starcraft 2 up and running and with any expansions they decide to release also...

The fact that they are working on Starcraft 2 should prove that just because they can make a lot of money from WoW, doesn't mean that they won't work on other projects.

Siberys wrote:Probably webspace. A domain isn't diablo3.com, a domain would be more or less blizzard.com/domain, basically a section of the pie that has no filling yet.

And yes, I just compared the internet to pie.

So blizzard buying domain space and saying they want to hire people with similar qualifications to the ones who worked on Diablo 2, that's still speculation in making diablo 3.

I actually predict with all the news items, announcements, and other stuff they've done on their site with games and what not, I give them about a 60% probability to make the game. Wild speculation refined as much as possible, and even as low as it is, 60% are some good odds.

I think, given enough time, their only options will be D3 or WoW2.

Caden wrote:The fact that they are working on Starcraft 2 should prove that just because they can make a lot of money from WoW, doesn't mean that they won't work on other projects.

But still, making tonnes of money from WoW and taking so long to even announce D3 doesn't bode well with me. With the amount of money Blizzard has, they could probably persuade the old Diablo devs at Flagship to rejoin them.

Blizzard release dates

Blizzard has always had 3 or 4 delays in their releasing of all their games because they try to fix every little problem before they release so they don't have to release any patches, and even then they still end up releaing like 5 of them in the first 2 months.

Salidin54 wrote:Blizzard has always had 3 or 4 delays in their releasing of all their games because they try to fix every little problem before they release so they don't have to release any patches, and even then they still end up releaing like 5 of them in the first 2 months.

Not really. They released Diablo 1, 2, lord of destruction, warcraft 1, 2, starcraft, and broodwar as is, and then went for patches.

Besides, patches aren't a bad thing. If they have to come out with patches because they see a lot of room for improvement or see places that need fixing and they DON'T charge, I'm all for the wait.

I'm not saying payches are bad, I'm saying that Blizzard has been hessitant in the past to release patches for unknown reasons.

Salidin54 wrote:I'm not saying payches are bad, I'm saying that Blizzard has been hessitant in the past to release patches for unknown reasons.

Really? Because I've never seen that out of them at all. In fact, out of any respectable game company (Bioware, blizzard, obsidian, vivendi, atari, activision) I'd rely on blizzard the most as they've had by far the fewest patch delays out of all those companies I listed.

hmmm, isn't it the three prime evils in Diablo are killed? Who will be the prime evil this time?

jenna010986 wrote:hmmm, isn't it the three prime evils in Diablo are killed? Who will be the prime evil this time?

Mammon would be the best candidate. Mammon is the devils son, and Diablo = the Devil. Mammon is also the kind of person who bides his time until the right moment to strike, making the three brothers death the most opportune time of all.