Diablo 3

Richard A. Knaak will be on IRC today. He’ll be discussing the new Diablo book trilogy. Here’s the info:

Monday, October 23
5pm EST / 2pm PST / 11GMT+1(France)

server: irc.wowirc.com
channel: #wowradio

According to Medievaldragon, Knaak will touch on the origin of Sanctuary and men as well as Lilith, the new boss in the Pandemonium event.

I encourage you to tune in. Although I doubt Knaak will go so far as to announce that Diablo 3’s coming in 2007, there are indications that a Diablo 3 plotline is part of the trilogy.

Update: Knaak confirmed Diablo 3 is in the work. In his words, he wan’t “writing for a dead world … but a world with dead.”

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I was going through a Diablo 3 thread when I saw one of the posts dubbing Diablo 3 as Dungeons of Diablo.

Obviously, it follow World of Warcraft (WoW), so in a way it’s not that original. When you think about it though, Diablo (the original) was exclusively a dungeon adventure. Diablo II introduced a lot of open spaces. I’m not sure I like them that much.

The desert looks NOTHING like the original Diablo. I don’t remember a single horror movie that takes place in a desert with the sun baking you. The jungles of Act III and the frigid highlands of Act V were OK compared to the desert.

So I quite like the name Dungeons of Diablo. Especially, if that makes Blizzard do more dungeons and improve on the whole doomed feel of the original Diablo.

Well, Diablo IS back, however, it’s still in book form for now. Blizzard announced a trilogy, aptly named The Sin War. Richard A. Knaak is behind the project.

Blizzard are the masters of hype, always keeping us on our toes.

In Birthright, the first book of the new Diablo trilogy, The Sin War, the eternal conflict between the angelic forces of the High Heavens and the demonic hordes of the Burning Hells has spilled over into Sanctuary — the world of men. Now, Sanctuary’s destiny, and that of every mortal soul, lies in the balance.

A must-read for gamers and fiction fans alike, The Sin War trilogy, written by New York Times bestselling author Richard A. Knaak, lays out the basic foundation for the lore of the Diablo universe. The second novel in the trilogy, The Sin War, Book Two: Scales of the Serpent, is forthcoming from Blizzard and Pocket Books.

If you ask me, it doesn’t get clearer than that. The books are a warm up to an Diablo 3 announcement, trailer, and everything we’ve been waiting for. Just remember to keep your fingers crossed! 2007 is just a few months away.

Update: Richard A. Knaak will have an open IRC discussion on the 23rd about the Diablo trilogy. Some say the books are intended to provide Diablo 3 with a plotline.

Update: a new Starcraft book will be out in May which is hopefully good news for Starcraft fans waiting for Starcraft 2.

Vivendi is Blizzard’s parent company. So I assume they know what they’re talking about when they said that. Here’s more:

In a recent presentation on Wall Street, Vivendi Universal claimed that all Blizzard franchises were set to become MMO games. Specifically, Starcraft and Diablo. Vivendi also claimed that they will be making an MMO for $50M out of one or the other of the properties, with the neglected soon following. Sounds great!

If I were Vivendi’s CEO, I won’t telling lies about 50 million being spent on development. The funny bit is (although I did expect it) that Blizzard are denying it. I guess Vivendi and Blizzard don’t talk much these days!

At the same time, if you read Paul Sams interview with IGN you definitely get the impression that it’s not only MMOs that Blizzard will be making. Who do you believe?

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