We sort of knew this was the case, but in a Gamasutra news article, Blizzard’s Frank Pierce (vice president of product development) has confirmed that there is a third Blizzard development team who are working on a completely new game.
When pressed for details regarding the new project, Pearce was cagey. “Team 3 is working on something really awesome. I can’t give you any hints, but it’s totally awesome.”
We’re guessing Diablo III, which would make sense as Blizzard had already started the game development some time ago before Blizzard North was broken up. We know that development was scrapped following the departure of of the Diablo team from Blizzard to form Flagship Studios but we understand the Blizzard team started afresh. Will BlizzCon bring news of this new title? Here’s hoping! Thanks to nobbie for the news tip.
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This is great news, but let’s hope it’s Diablo III indeed, otherwise I’ll be disappointed again. I knew they were working on it at some point, but I feared the work has stopped since a bunch of employees (including the mighty Bill Roper) left to found Flagship Studios. Don’t get me wrong, Hellgate London looks very promising, but Diablo and Diablo II are still my old time favorite games, and a third edition is something I definately want to see.
Let’s hope it’s any good, though, I don’t really know what to make of the game. Just because I don’t know how Diablo II can be topped, really… We’ll see!