Tracey John of TechLand writes:
"Techland asked Blizzard's executive vice president of game design Rob Pardo why the heck it's taking so long.
"We always announce all of our games too early," Pardo said, referring to when Diablo III was unveiled at Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational in 2008. "We realize that and go, 'You know what? Next time we're not going to do that.' And then we always fail at that. But I'd rather fail at that than fail at making the game great. I think it's safe to say that, yeah, (Diablo III) is not going to be out next year.""
Who says a dud game can't have a video game comeback?
Cyberpunk and No Man's Sky have to be up there. We're lucky and cursed, equally, to have games that can be updated now. For folks old enough to remember the Sega/SNES into PS1 and even 2 eras, if a game came out that was half baked (*cough*Angel of Darkness*cough*) that was it, no redemption. At the same time, having the option for updates shouldn't be an excuse for half assing games.
I remember when the Nintendo Seal of Approval meant something.
All those games had to release without bugs.
Diablo III still works on modern PlayStation and Xbox consoles, and remains hugely playable a decade after initial release.
Diablo III: Season 28 brings with it the Altar of Rites, an altar full of unlockable bonuses and potions that will require the gathering of tons of resources. One of things needed is the Staff of Herding, which also unlocks the famous Cow Level known as Whimsyshire. Here's how to craft that staff, for those that either have forgotten, or have never completed it.
Blizz announces their games like 3-5 years before release. Its a really dumb strategy.
I am excited about D3, but... How outdated will the graphics be when it releases?? I wish they would announce 1 year b4 scheduled release.
It will probably come out in 2011
How professional. I sure do hope that Blizzard can keep the Diablo feeling in this game.
Its funny, Diablo 3 is like the game that never comes.
Sucks the wait for one of my most anticipated games is sooooo long, but with truck loads of great games coming in 2010, I can forgive blizz for not getting us D3 in 2010. Now if they can't get SC2 out in 2010 then something is very wrong. :P