Yes, We Know Diablo III Is Under Development For Consoles

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January 11, 2012 at 9:10 am

Thanks, everyone, for pointing out that Diablo III has been confirmed to be in development for consoles via a Twtter post by Blizzard community manager Bashiok, even though we already knew that.

I’m not quite sure what all the fuss is about here. Blizzard has been candid about the fact that they had a team working on porting Diablo III to consoles for months now. During BlizzCon 2012 it was mentioned multiple times, most notably by the game’s lead console designer, Josh Mosquiera. Having a lead console designer is generally a dead giveaway that something console-related is up.

It does bear mentioning that until Blizzard officially announces console versions for retail release, Mosquiera and team are still actively exploring the feasibility of Diablo III on consoles. That is their project.

Still, more confirmation that something could potentially happen is always nice. Thanks to everyone that sent this in!

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Crypted

January 11, 2012 at 9:12 am

i approve.

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1. wheres_
  
  January 11, 2012 at 1:18 pm
  
  Starcraft 64, nuff said.
  
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  1. Link
    
    January 11, 2012 at 5:19 pm
    
    LOL!!!!
    
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  2. DeeDee
    
    June 4, 2012 at 10:05 pm
    
    I actually have really good memories of Starcraft 64…
    
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Matthew K

January 11, 2012 at 9:27 am

Wait, it’s January 11th. There’s already been a Blizzcon 2012?

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Trjn

January 11, 2012 at 9:30 am

How do you replicate the true Diablo experience on a console?

Most of what I remember is just “clickclickclick”, consoles don’t do “clickclickclick”.

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1. Hubble
  
  January 11, 2012 at 9:34 am
  
  However it was replicated for Torchlight, that was on consoles irrc.
  
  Still would prefer a mouse for D3 though.
  
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  1. TheLastQuestion
    
    January 11, 2012 at 3:17 pm
    
    I played Torchlight first on the Xbox live Arcade. At first, I hated the PC control setup. It just felt… clunky. But now that I’ve sunk a good 13 hours into the PC version of Torchlight (yes, I liked it so much I bought it twice), I LOVE the PC interface and control method.
    
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2. Pixel the Ferret Viking
  
  January 11, 2012 at 10:19 am
  
  Diablo 1 existed on PSX… okay it wasn’t perfect* but allowed 2 10 year old boys to sink many sleepless nights into it, with their faces glued to a 14′ television…
  
  *it was clunky and ungainly
  
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  1. Trjn
    
    January 11, 2012 at 10:32 am
    
    Don’t bring logic into it, before I had access to the beta I just closed my eyes, let my imagination wander and my mouse finger click spam like it owed me money.
    
    Methinks some people missed the joke about Diablo being a game about clickspamming.
    
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    1. Pixel the Ferret Viking
      
      January 11, 2012 at 10:52 am
      
      well it’s so true though…. ever been to a LAN where you’re playing Diablo and/or Diablo 2? the clicking is DEAFENING
      
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      1. Trjn
        
        January 11, 2012 at 11:14 am
        
        The best part is that in Diablo 2 (I never thought to try it in Diablo 1 but it might work there too) click and hold will do the trick 90% of the time.
        
        Need to move North? Click someone North of your character and hold the mouse button down.
        
        Need to spam a skill? Shift + click and keep that mouse button as close to the desk as you can!
        
        Yet it just doesn’t feel right…
      2. Pixel the Ferret Viking
        
        January 11, 2012 at 12:59 pm
        
        i can confirm that holding the left mouse button while moving indeed works in Diablo, however i don’t think the attack does, or maybe it’s that he slashes really slowly if you hold it, opposed to mashing it… i can’t remember now 😛
        
        but i agree, that unless i feel as though my index finger has been in a workout session after playing it, it’s not proper diablo… except, if you play it on PSX, then it’s your thumb that hurts, and that’s just as good 😛
      3. Trjn
        
        January 11, 2012 at 1:48 pm
        
        You should attack at max attack speed when you hold down the mouse button on an enemy (or shift + click with attack selected).
3. El Kapitan
  
  January 11, 2012 at 10:20 am
  
  Diablo 1 was released on the PSOne. I played it on PC, but apparently it was ok.
  
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  1. El Kapitan
    
    January 11, 2012 at 10:21 am
    
    *shakes fist* You win this time Pixel…
    
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    1. Pixel the Ferret Viking
      
      January 11, 2012 at 10:23 am
      
      damn that was a quick draw 😛 bahahaha
      
      next time Kapitan ol’ sport
      
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GFresh

January 11, 2012 at 9:34 am

Why have such an aggressive tone to the title and bulk of the article then thank everyone at the end? if you’re thankful state from the start would be more polite…

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1. Tristan Damen
  
  January 11, 2012 at 10:24 am
  
  Agreed. Take a chill pill, Fahey.
  
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2. PT
  
  January 11, 2012 at 12:24 pm
  
  Uh, he is, in the very first line.
  
  “Thanks, everyone, for pointing out that Diablo III has been confirmed to be in development for consoles…”
  
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Crowbar

January 11, 2012 at 9:38 am

Recently announced Diablo 4 (also in development for consoles and PC) will be a cover based shooter, with team death match and capture the flag.

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1. Pixel the Ferret Viking
  
  January 11, 2012 at 10:29 am
  
  ooohhh low blow…
  
  i’ll be honest though… i laughed
  
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  1. Lillee
    
    January 11, 2012 at 1:53 pm
    
    Ancient Warefare II: Dark Lord Ops
    
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2. Teamrangrang
  
  January 11, 2012 at 6:37 pm
  
  is this the Crowwie I think it is? @_@
  
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  1. Oni
    
    January 11, 2012 at 6:38 pm
    
    ^
    
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Batguy

January 11, 2012 at 9:53 am

I’m hoping that the PS3 version takes its lead from Portal 2 and allows co-op play with a PC. Then my wife and I can play it together, like we did way too much back in the day with Diablo II.

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McGarnical

January 11, 2012 at 10:07 am

What’s with the snark? RockPaperShotgun has that market cornered.

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gunni3

January 11, 2012 at 10:07 am

I think isometric action RPG’s do quite well on console.. look as Bastion.. It also doesn’t require the high 3D capabilities as other games.

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Reign

January 11, 2012 at 10:25 am

Diablo 1 was on the PS1 people, no need to get your panties in a twist…

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1. NotAbbott
  
  January 11, 2012 at 10:30 am
  
  Superior version too 🙂
  
  I kid, I kid. But its co-op was a sublime experience at the time.
  
  Also, as others have noted, who took the jam out of your donuts Fahey?
  
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Lillee

January 11, 2012 at 11:40 am

“working on porting Diablo III to consoles” So long as it’s not the other way around, I don’t care what people do with their 5yr old tech

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Hurr

January 11, 2012 at 12:04 pm

Most of these comments reek of elitist pc-ism. It’s ok for how ever many thousand of pc users to sign petitions to get a console game (dark souls) ported to pc, but when the reverse is actually happening (and has worked in the past, diablo 1 on psx was good stuff) you all lash out like babbys. Master race my arse.

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Josh

January 11, 2012 at 12:10 pm

Most of the comments here reek of PC elitism. It’s perfectly sweet for how ever many thousand PC users to sign a petition to get a console game ported over (dark souls) but when the reverse happens (and has worked with the series before, diablo on psx was good stuff) you all puff your chests out. Come on now fellas.

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1. Pixel the Ferret Viking
  
  January 11, 2012 at 12:16 pm
  
  erhm, most of us are saying “oh good”,
  i for one have quite enjoyed the original diablo on PSX and it’s nice to see consoles are getting some love from Blizzard
  
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  1. Pixel the Ferret Viking
    
    January 11, 2012 at 3:16 pm
    
    okay i take that back, elitism is rolling in, never mind me
    
    *goes back into my hole*
    
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2. Lillee
  
  January 11, 2012 at 2:01 pm
  
  I don’t understand those who staunchly defend consoles, I mean seriously, Blizzard make their games so you don’t need cutting edge PC hardware to run (Starcraft II for instance runs on a very modest PC spec). So unless you are saying you don’t know what a COMPUTER is or have no access to a PC of any sort, I don’t get what the issue is.
  
  IF you want to use your 5yr old console to play games, be our guest, I for one won’t lose any sleep.
  
  But if you make games with UI’s that are maddeningly hard to use to cater for consoles instead of making use of the other 100 keyboard buttons and that recent invention called a Mouse, then that’s when we get mad! (Best example: Fallout III New Vegas, UNPLAYABLE on PC)
  
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drewskeOne

January 11, 2012 at 1:21 pm

THE FUCK ARE YOU THINKING BLIZZARD ?!

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Robbo2332

January 11, 2012 at 3:04 pm

Screw the consololololols and give us a PC release date already thanks.

I wish Blizzard never made WoW and Valve never made steam. We have to wait FOREVER for them to make new games because there’s no real incentive when you can make hundreds of millions doing nothing.

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1. TheLastQuestion
  
  January 11, 2012 at 3:23 pm
  
  Biggest MMO ever made. 1 new expansion every 18 months. 3-4 patches per expansion. Plus development of other games (Diablo III, Starcraft II expansions) plaus Battle.net expansions (including an Australian arm specifically to support our network). Yeah, you’re right. No work at all. Those slackers.
  
  Then there’s VALVE. What a bunch of arrogant pricks. Not only do they single-handedly change the structure of the PC gaming market and push it back into relevance, but they dare to defy us, the paying customer, by not working on Half-Life Ep3. Nevermind Portal 2. What a silly little game. No one even played that, right?
  
  Lazy slackers. All of them.
  
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  1. Robbo2332
    
    January 11, 2012 at 3:48 pm
    
    Biggest MMO ever? In number of people playing or content? The last two wow expansions have been lack luster (cata more so). The production values have not been even close to TBC. It’s been obvious that since the end of TBC blizzards A team have been working on Titan/D3. SC2 is SC1 with new graphics, big deal.
    
    Steam is well and good now but was a frustrating train wreck when it was shoved down everyone’s throat in 03/04. It sucked for at least a couple of years. Portal was a fun freebie, after playing portal 2 all I could think was “money grab” the game although fun and witty was not worth $50US. Don’t get me started on L4D2.
    
    New AAA games please, tired of side projects like DOTA 2 and expansions to make WoW even more generic (talents.. again) and bland (pandaz).
    
    Jesus Christ.
    
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    1. Pixel the Ferret Viking
      
      January 11, 2012 at 3:56 pm
      
      pretty sure Jesus Christ did not have a hand in this at all… just saying
      
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    2. TheLastQuestion
      
      January 11, 2012 at 4:18 pm
      
      Hahahahahaha wow. Oh man. That’s hilarious. That chip on your shoulder must be getting pretty heavy man. It’s huge.
      
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    3. TUALMASOK
      
      January 11, 2012 at 6:11 pm
      
      Wow, a hyper-idiot. Haven’t seen one of those in a while.
      
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Zed

January 11, 2012 at 4:23 pm

Do not want. The entire preface of having a console version is that complexity is limited, they make do with what they have. You can do tons with a keyboard, but only a minimal amount with a little joystick.

Mark my words, it’s going to negatively affect the complexity and depth of the PC version by having this in development, a whole new question will be thrown into the development cycle that will completely ruin it: “Is this change/implementation okay for consoles?” If not, the idea’s or innovations are going to get shitcanned, I guarantee.

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Edd-Hobart

January 12, 2012 at 12:47 am

SCREW CONSOLES. THEY HAVE GENUINELY RUINED GAMING.

Oh I’m sorry, could Halo have NOT been done better on PC?

EXACTLY.
It is the end of times to mix this. It can not work. AT ALL.
PC GAMING IS THE MASTER RACE.

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Bait

January 12, 2012 at 1:07 am

Seeing as this was clearly ported TO console, I’m fine with it. Unless they delay PC launch.

@Consolers qqing about PC elitism, let me kindly port to every shitty console -> PC port ever. And Epic “we still care about the PC” Games.

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Yes, We Know Diablo III Is Under Development For Consoles

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