THANK YOU GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ZOMG!! Best gaming news EVER!!!
OMFG!!! :D

klainmaingr

What a transition (the splash)... from blue to red? They were totally trying to throw people off.

surft

So, do we think Blizzard will introduce the generic 'choose good or evil' gameplay type or not? Given that on the splash page there's the obvious 'good' and 'evil' contrast between the top and bottom halves of the page.
This is just speculation based on that one image.
The official Diablo III page feels like it's been DDOSed due to the level of demand. Hopefully the teaser cinematic will load soon for me and clear this up...

SlayerOfMuffins

Man, I was so hoping it would be this. It's about damn time they made a new Diablo.

Wubbytoes

Well I whole heartedley eat all my words, and I'me pretty glad no one took my bet. :D

LemmingX

BUT ZOMG it's obviously protess still rite?

the eyes are the same as any other generic artists drawing, slits for eyes is obviously something reserved for only protess. I knew after the link it for diabloii & the artists site.

Lamers claiming "the eyes aren't right" have obviously never drawn in their life. You can not draw an evil (generic) looking character without drawing the same type of eyes.

Too much evidence to say it was diablo. come on!
- a site gets bought out
- an unofficial site says so
- an artists site gets cited
- the other games were already announced
- who cares about release dates...how is that big news?
- blizz said everyone would be happy with the news.
- blizz already announced they were working on a new IP.

geves

the final splash page isn't so bad. the image IS there NOW. [farm4.static.flickr.com]

dacresni

Haha the full feature site has imploded...

Like they didn't expect that?

I, for one, am going to change myself, and then take a nap...

JerrD74: RIP George Carlin

That somehow felt a bit of an anti-climax

MentalNote

@Murderdolls: Try Diablo 2 out with some friends...It's good fun!

I'm planning on doing now actually. Yeah! Woooo!

excaliburps

For some reason i was expecting a better reaction. All this teasing got me hyped for D3 even though I was not into the previous Diablo games.

Dubdoob

Diablo III forums up in US WoW forums. SOmeone with a character there go make an "I came" thread for me.

SlayerOfMuffins

I love being a part of a big game announcement but I never played the other Diablo games so I feel left out and not excited lol

Maybe Diablo 4.

Murderdolls

Battle.net must be free...or else i wont buy it! IT's already enough stupid crap WoW to be paid.. so i just played the free trials, and i can say, pay for a stupid CD and pay monthly it's F****** retardo! Bah... so plx blizzard, careful there!

bubble-bee

@Lyrai: NO! The theorem was made up for LOST. It is a fictional book that doesn't exist, part of the fiction of the series.

Seriously. Stop it.

Mike Fahey

OMG...
*foams*
*passes out*

Shinryoma

get ready for this : [eu.blizzard.com]

the link is up, still not working!! hold onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

*changes pants again*

astidcrisse

And so, the internet exploded and all the world leaders had to adhere to Blizzard's demands.

Kaizuden

I involuntarily released semen into my boxers. Yeah, it was that good.

Thugmunk

Now with speculation about what game Blizzard was going to announce out of the way, time for new speculations on what type of game is it going to be. :D

Xurreal

What's this? Giving fans a game they want?! Kudos to blizzard.

Hopefully Square-Enix can learn a thing or two and remake Final Fantasy VII like the majority of the company's fans have been trying to demand for so long.

Once again, kudos to Blizzard.

sariah

OMFG... im dying from SHOCK!

NOT... I knew this since like... 7 months ago.

IronMan

Now this reminds me, I need to relog into b.net USWest and refresh/play my Classic D2 characters before they're deleted.

Wish I bothered keeping characters from 7 years ago, I kind of miss the old Azurewrath that's now LoD-only.

Plan303e

noooooo

new IP, Blizzard. NEW IP. BAD. You have more money than God, you can afford to take a risk on a new property.

Kegwen

Want To Buy Ingame Screens! Is it isometric camera? Over the shoulder? World of Warcraft like "free" camera? Are there race-class combinations or just the archtypes like previous games? Will Battle.net be free?

SO MANY QUESTIONS, HEAD EXPLODING.

WingsOfDaidalos

@excaliburps: Oh wait the splash page just had a change to Diablo 3. My bad...

excaliburps

That artwork looks pretty... Welcome back old times.

bubble-bee

@Lyrai: Hate to double post, Lyrai, but you may be thinking of The Valenzetti Equation. The core numbers, 4, 8 , so forth, are factors in this Equation, and said equation was created in the 1960's by some scientists looking to predict the end of the world and hopefully change it.

BlinkinPark182

Hope it will come with great online... and of course, story line.

bubble-bee

Woot we know its coming get ready to play it in the summer of 2012

Laquer

Diablo 3 fans, make a wave to blizzard. :)

bubble-bee

omg. best news all week :D

Kuro

FAHEY, I JUST SHIT MY PANTS

crunks

wtf is that penguin?!!!!!

turkish101

Whaddya know they were right!

Hobbes

So basically Blizzard is just trying to take over the world at this point, right?

Chagrin

This
is
the
best
news
EVER

Blacktrim

Maybe the splash page has nothing to do with Diablo 3's announcement? Or maybe the fake progression pics were true and they said "fuck it! Stupid fanboys and their spoilers!" and then proceeded with this instead.

excaliburps

at last

kissgz

Why did I get flashbacks to Japan Time?

BlinkinPark182

Someone mentioned in an earlier thread that the "lost numbers" predate Lost. They're part of a theorum, I think. Something about armageddon.

But yeah, they were before Lost.

Lyrai

Wow, so all the Diablo III people were right. I think?

Plan303e

Has anyone else noticed that the WoW logo on the main WoW page is starting to freeze over?

Bye Bye Draenei!

yukonrye

@turkish101:

It's the new Deckard Cain.

Bigfoot

I'll bet purple penguins like to eat red herrings.

MeanMF

@Vanguarde: Where did you read we'd have to pay?

Manator (Follow me and die!)

Kinda sucks we will have to pay to play online with Diablo 3.

8(

Vanguarde

Can we go back to reading about actual gaming news instead of splash pages now? By golly I miss that.

Kainy

the penguins signify blizzard's commitment to linux

h-town

Honestly, didn't see that coming.

Wolfers

Diablo? :(

I want to see Blizzard create a new IP that totally rocks the world....

Alaron

The Blizz' is back, BITCHES!!

Placentasaurus

@Blacktrim: I recall StarCraft 2 announcement being the
BEST
NEWS
EVER
Oh well. En Garde!

pikachumariachi

Concerning the Lost numbers, maybe it's not so much about what they mean for Diablo, but what Diablo means for them. Maybe Blizzard knows where the show is ultimately going*, knowwhatImean, knowwhatImean, hint-hint, nudge-nudge, say no more?

Or maybe Blizzard are just really big fans and simply used said numbers to intensify crazy speculation.

P.S. And yes, to reiterate others for clarification, THE VALENZETTI EQUATION IS TOTALLY FICTIONAL AND CREATED AS PART OF THE "LOST" MYTHOLOGY. Personally, I still think a lot of the numbers are baseball-related, as the most recent connection was Charles Widmore holding up the auction marker for bidder "755" (Hank Aaron's home run record).

*--It's not like they haven't been dropping hints for, oh, the past four seasons.

jollydwarf

How disappointing. Not that they announced Diablo III, mind you, but this is sort of like Cloverfield. All of that hype and conspiracy for the splash pages and then a final splash page which looked nothing like the one that came before it.

Oh well, it's still a Diablo III announcement, so I'm going to shut the hell up now.

AJMarra

Remind me to start investing in XL pants futures before the next Blizzcon, because I'm pretty sure a bunch of gamers need new ones.

Slatz_Grobnik

w00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000t!

woogychuck

ooo nice. I liked D2 was so close to beating it till my disc was damaged....

and from the screen shots from the site it looks like it'll be in the same style!

That Girl Hates You

Someone just likes lost and likes penguins that look suspiciously sinister?

Talleh

are there any high res version of that diablo pic at the top for a desktop ?

Quazimojo

woooooooooo BEST NEWS EVER!!!!!

Bootl3g

Whoopdee dookin' doo. Its another Click-My-Way-Through-Baddies game. Tell me when Blizzard doesn't make a sequel. That'll be more impressive.

Salen

So wtf was up with the protoss hints?

I'm still hoping for a protoss fleet to appear in this game

Ultrasinc

witch DOCTOR!1

kopow

thats toootly going to be a starcraft 2 cheat

R1co281

There is no penguin level

R1co281

Lost Vikings will come anyway.

I can't think of a good name...

ITS ON THE MENU NOW!! THANX BLIZZZ

pantera21

It's time to do a happy dance. :D

Wildstride