The IncGamers.com Diablo 3 network site, Diii.net compiles several comments made by Blizzard from different sources which summarize their plans:
Kotaku writes: "Microsoft isn't the only one swinging the account crushing banhammer just before the holiday rush. Blizzard has suspended an impressive 350,000 Battle.net accounts identified as using "third-party hacks" in both StarCraft and Diablo II."
Did you follow the coverage from BlizzCon? Apparently Diii.net did, as they have listed a full hundred of Diablo 3 articles, previews, interviews, videos, video interviews and news items from the last week or so.
Pushing Play has gathered some evidence that seems to point to Diablo 3 making an appearance on a console near you.
A rumour about Diablo III being released before StarCraft II recently appeared. IncGamers are calling BS through developer information.
GamesIndustry.biz reports that the US PC chart was once again dominated by releases from Blizzard and Electronic Arts as The Sims 2 Apartment Life expansion pack made it to the top of the list for the week ending August 30.
Blizzard have released WoW, Starcraft and Diablo mobile phone Ringtones and Wallpapers, available to purchase directly from them!
The ticket drawings of 1500 tickets is now concluded, and the lucky people who were drawn can now buy up to two tickets each for BlizzCon (the mathematically gifted can count that 1500 x 2 = 3000 promised tickets). For tickets not bought where people only buy one, or where people forget to check their mail, more names will be drawn from the same pool. No word on exactly when though, not even in the BlizzCon FAQ...
GamesIndustry.biz writes: "The Sims 2 Double Deluxe was top of the US PC chart for the week ending August 2, according to the latest data from NPD.
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WorthPlaying writes: "Celebrating its Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft global player communities, Blizzard announced that tickets for its third BlizzCon gaming convention will go on sale August 11, while the event itself will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA on Oct. 10 and 11."
Found on the Unofficial Diablo 3 Site Diii.net (also known as Diabloii.net to Diablo fans) have noticed something quite big going on inside the current home of the Lord of Terror; Diablo boards on Blizzard's Battle.net.
Pocket Books and Blizzard Entertainment bring fans of the Diablo universe a special gift in the form of the Diablo Archive, a book of 758 pages that compiles in a single tome a reprint of four of the novels released a few years ago: Legacy of Blood, The Black Road, The Kingdom of Shadow, and the rare-to-find Demonsbane.
Blizzard has unveiled only morsels of what to expect from its upcoming Action/RPG Diablo III through its new website. Already game-fans are protesting the inequities of an incomplete game they've never played in an online petition with over 30,000 signatures.
The Day 4 splash teaser has shown the ice almost completely melted down, and now a shadowy figure awaits with a evil stare.
As gamers around the world have noticed, there has been a lot of "high quality rumours" running around on what game Blizzard will announce at WWI this year, reported on numerous sites, as well as N4G as well. Many are "sure" about Diablo 3, and most voices saying that a StarCraft MMO or new IP will come have been squelched.
The Blizzard Splash Screen they are showing this week before WWI contains the obvious "ice" image, with strange runes. What some people don't know is that in the page's code, there are hidden images, and they seem to be pointing straight at an ex-Blizzard artist (or perhaps not so "ex" any more).
Eric Brighteyes of Diabloii.net alerted all Blizzard fans that Xfire have posted details of their coverage of the upcoming WWI event to be held in Paris later this month. Not that startling in itself but they do mention:
Diabloii.net, one of the oldest and the biggest Diablo fansite out there, has naturally taken on the mantle for Diablo 3. Looking at all the fansites, it seems a new Diablo 3 buzz wave is on it's way, and according to Alexa, the Diablo community is reaching the size it had back in 2002! If there ever was a good time for Blizzard to announce Diablo 3, it's now.
Blizzard has just announced that they sold out all the tickets for the World Wide Invitational in Paris this year.