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"On my game shelf I still have the original manuals from both Diablo games. Made back in the days when PC games came in big boxes with thick instruction books, they proudly proclaim that you can “Compete FREE over the internet”. The first Diablo appeared in 1996, when dial-up modems were astonishing technological marvels, and playing over that new-fangled internet was genuinely a new experience for many gamers. It defined its own genre of cooperative hack & slash gaming, and millions of pla..."
Games have has secrets and easter eggs in them since the Atari was popular. One of the better known secrets is the Konami code. Goozernation takes a look back and some of the more popular secrets in video games in the last two decades
Blizzard today announced that their popular match-making service, Battle.net, will be receiving a major face lift sometime in the future, likely corresponding with the Starcraft II release.
"Explore a fully-realized Sanctuary the living, breathing gothic fantasy world of Diablo III rendered in gorgeous 3D.
Battle the unholy forces of the Burning Hells with all-new character classes like the otherworldly Witch Doctor, or with re-imagined warriors from Diablos past: such as the fierce Barbarian.
Rain Hell on your enemies wielding the interactive environment as a weapon: lay cunning traps, turn destructible objects against your foes, and use environmental obstacles to you..."
As many of you know, there were rumors running that Blizzard was going to announce the making of Diablo 3 next month, but Blizzard has shot the rumor down: "We definitely appreciate that the community has a lot of interest in seeing the Diablo series continue, and we certainly share that desire," a Blizzard representative told Shacknews when reached for comment.
"For now, though, our focus remains on StarCraft II and Wrath of the Lich King. I'm afraid I don't have any new plans to announce...
Nine days ago, I posted an article telling you about a mysterious counter on diablo3.com which launched numerous rumours... well 9 days have passed, and it's finally the 1st of May.... what was the counter for? It was for the change from diablo3.com to diablofans.com. But why was it (rightly) stated that people would talk about this... the reason being that the original site has been sold to none otherthan Blizzard. Could this mean that Diablo 3 is coming soon? Chances are yes.
A counter on Diablo3.com launched numerous rumours and theories as to what it was counting down to. With so much speculation going on, Staff at Diablo3 decided to clear things out with regards to what the counter is NOT pointing too... However considering how they initially put the counter saying "half the internet is going to link to us" I don't see why they'd tell us that it's nothing to do with Diablo 3... unless it's something quite big nonetheless.
...But what can this counter actuall...
"The announcement of the Blizzard Worldwide Invitationals 2007 held in South Korea, and its one-week splash page teaser got many Diablo fans hyped up. When Starcraft 2 was announced, Diablo fans hopes went down the drain. I have seen reactions at different Diablo forums, including the official forums, where fans have lost all hope for Diablo III.
I would say to those fans, it is not over until the fat lady sings. Diablo is coming
there is no doubt of that. The signs of its coming is all ..."
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