Blizzard bulking up Diablo dev team
Company job postings call for art leads to work on unannounced PC title from the crew behind the first two Diablo games.

It's been more than four and a half years since the Diablo II: Lord of Destruction expansion pack came out, and that time has apparently done nothing to diminish fans' enthusiasm for an unannounced sequel to the action role-playing series.

Even now, the slightest hint of Diablo III's existence is enough to get the Internet buzzing. Whether it's the acknowledgement that Blizzard North employees were working on an unannounced project when the studio was shuttered last August, or the e-mail of a Czech musician claiming to have recorded music for the project, rumors of Diablo III persist, popping up every few months to rile the Blizzard faithful.

This month's riling comes straight from Blizzard itself, which has posted a number of intriguing entries on the jobs section of its Web site. The positions, which were posted yesterday, call for an art director and various leads to join "the team behind Diablo I and II" for "an unannounced PC project."

The job descriptions offer few clues as to the nature of the next project. The lead 3D environment artist position calls for a candidate with a solid grasp of form, color, and light who "has experience modeling and texturing a diverse visual range of characters and creatures." Blizzard's also looking for a lead 3D character artist with "experience modeling and texturing a diverse visual range of characters and creatures" and a lead 3D character animator who has "experience animating both human and non-humanoid characters." The lead 3D character animator position also calls for knowledge of inverse kinematics and other facets of 2D and 3D animation, suggesting that the game will have some detailed visuals. Each position calls for familiarity with 3ds Max, while the lead 3D character animator will also need to know Maya and Character Studio.

Online speculation immediately turned to thoughts of Diablo, a franchise Blizzard has previously acknowledged wanting to continue at some point. Currently the company's only announced projects are the long-in-development Starcraft: Ghost for consoles and the Burning Crusade expansion for World of Warcraft.

Blizzard representatives did not immediately return requests for comment.

By Brendan Sinclair
Posted Feb 2, 2006 4:16 pm PT


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Yeah! O meu maior vicio de sempre "RISES AGAIN"! :004:

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O unico jogo que acabei mais que 2 vezes.....e foram bem mais que 2.

Mas acho que começa a ser um pouco estupido que basta alguem espirrar na Blizzard que dizem logo que vem aí o Diablo 3. Dava jeito noticias mais concretas.

Bem, eles estão de facto à procura de uma equipa de arte e não só:

http://www.blizzard.com/jobopp/

Já arranjavam era uma equipa para o Starcraft 2
Isso é que era fruta

mas um diablo como deve ser ja era mm grande noticia!!

la se iam os momentos em q n sei q me apetece jogar :D

Isto pode realmente ser o Diablo3, mas com a rapidez que a Blizzard faz os jogos, aposto que esteja cá fora para... 2008.

Isto pode realmente ser o Diablo3, mas com a rapidez que a Blizzard faz os jogos, aposto que esteja cá fora para... 2008.

O que se calhar até faz sentido, lançarem um diablo 3 quando o wow já não estiver a render, para não se canibalizarem os dois.

O que se calhar até faz sentido, lançarem um diablo 3 quando o wow já não estiver a render, para não se canibalizarem os dois.

ainda fazem é um MMO no universo do diablo :joker:

O que se calhar até faz sentido, lançarem um diablo 3 quando o wow já não estiver a render, para não se canibalizarem os dois.

Blasfemia! Em 2008 o World of Warcraft ainda vai estar a caminho da terceira expansão!

NOoooooooooooooooooooo!

Starcraft2!!! NOW! PLEEEEEEEASE! :'(

Era compatível com WoW (tipos diferentes de jogadores... mas muitos deles íam jogar aos dois, de certeza :D), era a continuação do melhor RTS alguma vez criado, o sonho molhado de gamers em todo o mundo :D

Please Blizzard, give us Starcraft2!

(Pra quem acabou a expansão... o que acharam da história? É impressão minha ou akilo prometia ainda muito mais, pra um futuro jogo? :D)

pa juntar a este topico, aqui ha uns tempos li qq coisa sobre um musico q tinha trabalhado no d2 dier q andaram a gravar musica para um d3...

:D

Oh não, o vício vai voltar :002:

Oh não, o vício vai voltar :002:

pior serão os ratos estragados... aos milhões por tudo o mundo

CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CRASH

Rato pra isto vai com um de bola :D

Rato pra isto vai com um de bola :D
Sim, principalmente para quem jogar HC, o rato leva tanta porradinha quando o boneco RIPPA que não da pa usar um muito caro :p

Há uns anos, a jogar em Hardcore, estava com uma Feiticeira em nível 66. Apareceu um pop-up no Windows, o Diablo minimizou (era aquele bug estupido daquela cena do messenger do windows que depois a Microsoft lançou um fix), quando voltei ao Diablo tinha a personagem morta...

Ia chorando pá! Fiquei desmoralizado durante uma semana. Apetecia-me partir o computador e matar o Bill Gates! :D

eu já cheguei a jogar ao ponto de ficar com o dedo dermente...depois descobri que o rato estava tão danificado que estava apanhando pequenos choques sempre que jogava :joker:

http://www.gamingsteve.com/archives/2006/02/rumor_diablo_ii.php
It looks like the Diablo III rumor mill has started up once again with a seemingly innocent post on the jobs section of the Blizzard web site. A few days ago they posted a job for an art director and various leads to join "the team behind Diablo I and II" for "an unannounced PC project." I have been getting some inquires since then if Blizzard is indeed working on Diablo III and when is it going to come out?

Well, before I answer let me mention a few things. First, I don't want to get any of my friends at Blizzard in trouble, so from instead of mentioning "Diablo III" let's call this theoretical game "Beelzebub 3" and instead of "Blizzard" let's call them "Snowstorm". Second, my information is quality stuff, but it is a little old, so take that with a gain of salt. Third, err, well, there is no third, so let's get into what I know!

Let's the obvious out of way, "Snowstorm" is indeed working on "Beelzebub 3". Not only are they working on it, but they have been working on this game for no less than the past four years. In fact, "Snowstorm North" nearly completed the game several years ago, but what they developed just "wasn't fun" and been quietly reworked. This was actually one of the key reasons why Snowstorm North was closed and everyone was relocated to Irvine-based Snowstorm, so that the bigwigs in Irvine could better track and follow the development of Beelzebub 3.

As for what to expect in to see in Beelzebub 3, believe it or not but those rumors that were floating around a few months ago about the game were fairly accurate (by the way, I have no idea who started these rumors or where they came from). According to the rumors:

"Diablo 3 takes place in heaven. Hell is trying to take it over and it is AWESOME looking … Imagine the brightness of heaven being taken over by the darkness of hell … Imagine WoW but in a Diablo world in amount of size and playability … Also, guild housing is available in this game for those of you who know about it."

This information was pretty dead-on. It is true that Beelzebub 3 will be done in true 3D and it did indeed look freaking awesome. It is also true that Beelzebub 3 features a story between the conflicts of Heaven and Hell and contains a very cool feature where every single item in the game can change between a "light" version and a "dark" version. However this was also one of the problems with the original version of the game. Other than the ability for any item to visually change from light to dark it didn't affect the actual stats of the item or change the gameplay in any way. So the game has gone through a total rework to inject some "fun" into the gameplay and to make it feel like the Beelzebubs of old.

The core gameplay Beelzebub 3 will play pretty much like Beelzebub 1 and 2, but the game world will be much larger and provide a much deeper experience -- many more items, more levels when you go through the game for first time, more skills, more of everything. In addition, the multiplayer aspect will be greatly enhanced from the past installments and don't be surprised to see more than a couple of WoW-based concepts to leak over into the Beelzebub 3 universe ... such as two opposing factions (Alliance and Horde = Heaven and Hell), enhanced guild functionality, and maybe even mounts?!

As for when Beelzebub 3 will released, that one is easy to answer ... when it's done. Snowstorm is in no rush to finish this game and will release it only after they feel it's perfect. And after the fiasco of StarCraft: Ghost -- which has been announced for years and is currently going through its second round of redesign and reprogramming -- Snowstorm is in no rush to announce Beelzebub 3. Don't except an announcement until the game is near completion.

But there is some good news; that "leak" on the Snowstorm jobs page was no accident. If they are starting to leak information about Beelzebub 3 then they are starting to get closer to a final release. Of course for Snowstorm something "getting close" can mean two years from now.

Hopefully that will hold everyone over for the short term. Hopefully Beelzebub 3 will be announced at the next E3, I'll try to find out more before then and give everyone the dirt as I get it.

GRANDE POST! :D

Lindo! Já fiquei aqui a espumar da boca! :D

Sempre achei que havia algo de estranho quando acabaram com a Blizzard North, os responsáveis por fazer o Diablo 1 e 2 (apesar de parte da equipa ter saído logo depois do Diablo 1). O Bill Ropper e os restantes sairam e formaram a Flag.

Isto a ser verdade, vai acabar com a minha vida social (pela terceira vez! :D).

Realmente o Starcraft Ghost tem sido uma desilusão, anunciado e nunca mais saiu, tem sido consecutivamente adiado e tem tudo para ser um grande jogo.

Venha ele (que entretanto me vou divertindo com o WOW e o WC3! :D).

True 3D :s

Espero que estes tipos nao ponham isto deixem a vista em "bird like" :s
Nao sei se aquilo ia ficar la grande coisa em 3rd person :s , diablo é suposto ser um jogo de movimentos rapidos, quase frenetico, coisa que o 3rd person view nao pode oferecer.

Orochimaru, não concordo. O estilo de jogo pode ser o mesmo, mas em 3D. Com o poder das gráficas de hoje em dia é muito possível teres quase o mesmo estilo dos gráficos do 2 mas bem melhores, isto é, mais bonitos e totalmente 3D. Se der para escolher o mesmo tipo de vista, não estou a ver o problema. Quando sairem uns screens, logo se verá.

Eu disse que pela onda da Blizzard, o mais certo era o jogo só sair daqui a 2 anos, o autor do último texto tem a mesma opinião.

Sim , 3d tudo bm, so nao quero 3rd person view, plz :sad:

eu n queria era q fosse mmorpg e a pagantes como o wow... queria a velha formula do diablo2, talvez com mais players por jogo (uns 16 por ex)

ah, e quero q de pa customizar o boneco!! sexo, altura, fucinheira, tudo!! :D

Parece-me bem, parece-me bem :D
Cheira-me que vai haver muiiiiiiiiiito vicio da minha parte quando sair :D

Bolas.. so aceitam candidatos de Orange County :(

Optimo jogo o D2 o D3 deve ser brutal!

Quanto ao 3D deve ser do genero do Titan quest, bem feito o 3D n estraga o jogo :)

http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2006/033/reviews/928126_20060203_screen003.jpg

eu ainda jogo diablo 2 lod online haha. ( encontrei um SOJ ha duas semanas hihi)

eu as vezes da-me uma corrente de ar e tb lhe pego durante uns dias :D

eh triste como hoje em dia c tt poderio grafico n conseguem fazer um jogo c a pinta e a pica q da o d2... :(

Com esta conversa toda já fiquei com vontade voltar de jogar Diablo2, é só deixar acabar os exames para regressar ao click click click. :)

Diablo3.es & de


More domain name fun. Ricard sends word that on 24th March Blizzard registered the diablo3.es (Spain) domain. They recently also aquired the diablo3.de domain from a third party. Before announcement of the title they'll want to gather up as many domains and that includes pre-owned ones as is the case with the German one. Whether the announcement is imminenet (E3 in May) or a little way off (Blizzcon in October) we're not sure but betting on either is safe.

You can check out the Spanish domain reg here (https://shop.arsys.es/whois.php?dominio=diablo3.es&ds=1143981171&f=44e7c810f7c2d70fccf7fe9c1e21419f), you'll need to type in the code printed above the form box to gain entry to show the page.


Parece que já se estão a mexer :x2:



ps: O link comigo nao funcionava com o ff :)