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DC Comics Hank Kanalz revealed a 5-issues comic book mini-series titled Diablo: Sword of Justice will be introduced in 2012.
Diablo: Sword of Justice is written by Erin Williams and artwork by Joseph Lacroix.
It features a kid named Jacob who has visions of a prophecy.
Everyone knows that Tyrael threw his sword toward the corrupted Worldstone to destroy it at the end of Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. Tyrael disappeared and he was never seen after this point. Tyrael’s sword will be calling to a human kid to serve as the avatar of Justice on Sanctuary. It has the ingredients of a great Diablo story. The story has Barbarians and elements of demonic corruption.
I will attempt to gather more details from Hank over the next weeks or months. Clearance might take a while: NDA.
DIABLO (UNTITLED NOVEL)
I started writing down a transcript of the panel, and now that I got to listen more carefully I just realized during the Gallery Books line-up talk the Diablo book Chris Metzen was talking about IS NOT Diablo III: Book of Cain. He was actually talking about a brand-new novel:
A couple of other things, the title is sketchy but we are doing a Diablo book that's coming up umm that essentially -- ugh how do I say this without getting in trouble, uh -- very significant amount of time has passed between the last Diablo expansion (Diablo II: Lord of Destruction) and the game that we are currently working on (Diablo III), so the book that is coming out which features Deckard Cain is going to bridge the gap between Diablo games past and what we are currently developing and it's coming really-really cool, pretty dark.
It gets into the lore of the Horadrim, kinda the group that originally put Diablo down.
Richard A. Knaak told me at New York Comic Con 2009 that there would be new Diablo novels by other authors other than himself. Seems we are finally going to see some of those novels (plural-- hmm).
DIABLO III: BOOK OF CAIN (Source Book)
Chris Metzen: 13:04 - "Another really cool project we are working on with a brother named Flint Deeley[sp?] is a source book for the Diablo universe. It's been many years since we published a Diablo game. There's a lot of weird stuff floating out there in the internet and wikis and things like that, so we wanted the opportunity to really create a product -- it's essentially Deckard Cain's journal ... I think we are calling it the Book of Cain ... where over the course of his adventures, his archaeology, and studying of the manuscripts over the years he's put together a compendium of what makes the Diablo universe the Diablo universe."
13:34 - "We are highlighting Heaven and Hell, the people that lives there, the realms of Heaven and Hell, the history of Sanctuary, the lands of Sanctuary, highlighting maybe the classes that have been playable in the games up to this point, notable people in history and pretty much trying to create a fairly tight compendium of all Diablo lore and you know one nice edition. So with any luck, that book will pop around whenever the game comes out and will be a very useful tool in getting back up on what's up with the Diablo universe. So that's something we are very very excited about and working on rapidly and intensely right now.
The art pieces in particular. It's an unneeded stamp of ownership in my opinion.
Personally, I don't like watermarks on images, but it's a needed evil. I have to watermark mine too. The reason is that some websites link directly to the image without properly linking to the source. And the top reason, forums from all around the world might link to the image directly and not even provide a source link -- this is wasted bandwidth. Some of the images are over 1MB. The first high resolution images given to fansites were over 3MB.
Now take in mind a single forum can have thousands of views of the same page, over and over as people read and post and reply. Take in mind also when people reply, they get quoted -- where the image is duplicated. If you read 20 pages in a single thread, and each page has several quotes displaying a copy of the image -- now we are talking about a ridiculous amount of Megabytes of bandwith spent just because the person embedded the image itself into the forum, instead of providing a link to the source.
Multiply all that by many forums worldwide -- then we have a website out of bandwith and not a single person even knows what's the URL of the source. Bad mojo. The watermark at least lets people know the name of the website, and if they are curious they might type it and visit the source page and bookmark it to be a place to visit often. Happy ending. =)
Oh wait, now you have new posters joining the community! That's the purpose of the watermark. A necessary evil.
I will keep myself calm cool and collective. i just would like to put my 2 cents about the HEALTH BLOBS that fall out of monsters butts.. Blizzard Choosing this over health pots makes me disgusted, laugh and cry. laugh why? Kill a female monster and VOILA *** ALL YOU CAN GULP??? ( i lost my CCC)
Please someone explain to me how this is better than potting?
Lets keep some sense of realism to the game where an AXE actually does damage you and we really on the great potions to heal us. instead of blood blobs that come outta God knows where....
In Diablo II a group of 15 monsters could do some serious damage pots being your only way out.
There may have been posts on this, this is my personal point of view.
PS: I will still get this game even though i am utterly ashamed of the *** blobs.. What will they do for HELL difficulty give ******* to the monsters??
I would like your feedback i apologize for my typing style and thank you all for taking the time to read.
You know, I am ok with people expressing their opinion whether they are correct, wrong, or got half-a-reasoning there. But I am very tempted to hit the flush-button after reading such a disregard for what could be offensive or bother women players in this forum board. There is no need to use the PMS and tampon vocabulary in your speech.
As the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational approaches, we are excited to announce that the Opening Ceremony (starting at 11:45, Central European Summer Time on Saturday, June 28th), the various tournaments, and the Closing Ceremony featuring Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain and Video Games Live concerts will be streamed live during the event on the official Worldwide Invitational website.
Visit our live stream page now to ensure you have all the necessary software installed on your computer.
If you can’t be there in person, don’t miss out on this chance to witness exciting tournament competition, live Blizzard-themed music, and more!
We will also be offering live coverage throughout the event, including news reports, articles, and live updates on the tournaments. Visit the website for more information!
MideavalDragon is now the "super moderator". Bastard took my title!!!!
Quoting South Park, "He took my job!!!!"
lol ... Don't worry, Umaro changed my title to Staff Member. He gave me access to post news, and probably to send out newsletters in the future.
I won't be moderating, unless it is needed. I will function somehow as co-webmaster. This was something that has been in discussion since two years ago when the Blizzplanet domain name was hosted by Diablo3.com.
However, joining the staff had been delayed till now, the right time, for obvious rumors that have arised over the past months. We will find out for sure whether the rumors are or not unfounded at WWI.
On the other hand, having access to post news earlier than expected allows fans of the community to get acquainted with me the next couple of months. And once I go to WWI, I can update the front page on the fly from the event's premises; and later at the end of the event from the hotel room.
WorldRaider - And, Cant you give us 1 more hint towards what is in the patch?
I don't know about anything else besides No-CD. Maybe there is more, maybe there isn't. I have to wait too to find out.
WorldRaider - Also, did we reach the 2k extra downloads for Blizzcast?
And do you know anything about the interview?
I never said how many downloads were needed. 2k is wrong number. I do know Chris Metzen is one out of four developers to be interviewed in BlizzCast episode 2. As for the answer ... Surpassed. =)
WorldRaider - Medievaldragon, did you know about the Blizzard games that did not hit the shelves?
Yea I read various D.I.C.E. Coverage news. Ghost isn't there, and strangely Diablo II: Salvation wasn't either.
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1:01 AM MDT – Mountain USA (UTC-6)
2:01 AM CDT – Central USA (UTC-5)
3:01 AM EDT – New York City (UTC-4)
2:31 AM VET – Caracas (UTC-4:30)
4:01 AM ART – Buenos Aires (UTC-3 hours)
8:05 AM BST – London (UTC+1)
8:01 AM WEST – Lisbon (UTC+1 hour)
9:01 AM CEST – Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Rome, Belgrade (UTC+2)
10:01 AM IDT – Telaviv(UTC+3)
11:01 AM MSD – Moscow (UTC+4)
11:31 AM AFT – Kabul (UTC+4:30)
12:31 PM IST – Mumbai (UTC+5:30)
3:01 PM CST – Shangai, Beijing, Manila (UTC+8)
5:01 PM EST – Sydney (UTC+10)
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http://twitter.com/#!/Diablo/status/93035316167966721
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DC Comics Hank Kanalz revealed a 5-issues comic book mini-series titled Diablo: Sword of Justice will be introduced in 2012.
Diablo: Sword of Justice is written by Erin Williams and artwork by Joseph Lacroix.
It features a kid named Jacob who has visions of a prophecy.
Everyone knows that Tyrael threw his sword toward the corrupted Worldstone to destroy it at the end of Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. Tyrael disappeared and he was never seen after this point. Tyrael’s sword will be calling to a human kid to serve as the avatar of Justice on Sanctuary. It has the ingredients of a great Diablo story. The story has Barbarians and elements of demonic corruption.
I will attempt to gather more details from Hank over the next weeks or months. Clearance might take a while: NDA.
DIABLO (UNTITLED NOVEL)
I started writing down a transcript of the panel, and now that I got to listen more carefully I just realized during the Gallery Books line-up talk the Diablo book Chris Metzen was talking about IS NOT Diablo III: Book of Cain. He was actually talking about a brand-new novel:
Richard A. Knaak told me at New York Comic Con 2009 that there would be new Diablo novels by other authors other than himself. Seems we are finally going to see some of those novels (plural-- hmm).
DIABLO III: BOOK OF CAIN (Source Book)
Chris Metzen: 13:04 - "Another really cool project we are working on with a brother named Flint Deeley[sp?] is a source book for the Diablo universe. It's been many years since we published a Diablo game. There's a lot of weird stuff floating out there in the internet and wikis and things like that, so we wanted the opportunity to really create a product -- it's essentially Deckard Cain's journal ... I think we are calling it the Book of Cain ... where over the course of his adventures, his archaeology, and studying of the manuscripts over the years he's put together a compendium of what makes the Diablo universe the Diablo universe."
13:34 - "We are highlighting Heaven and Hell, the people that lives there, the realms of Heaven and Hell, the history of Sanctuary, the lands of Sanctuary, highlighting maybe the classes that have been playable in the games up to this point, notable people in history and pretty much trying to create a fairly tight compendium of all Diablo lore and you know one nice edition. So with any luck, that book will pop around whenever the game comes out and will be a very useful tool in getting back up on what's up with the Diablo universe. So that's something we are very very excited about and working on rapidly and intensely right now.
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Personally, I don't like watermarks on images, but it's a needed evil. I have to watermark mine too. The reason is that some websites link directly to the image without properly linking to the source. And the top reason, forums from all around the world might link to the image directly and not even provide a source link -- this is wasted bandwidth. Some of the images are over 1MB. The first high resolution images given to fansites were over 3MB.
Now take in mind a single forum can have thousands of views of the same page, over and over as people read and post and reply. Take in mind also when people reply, they get quoted -- where the image is duplicated. If you read 20 pages in a single thread, and each page has several quotes displaying a copy of the image -- now we are talking about a ridiculous amount of Megabytes of bandwith spent just because the person embedded the image itself into the forum, instead of providing a link to the source.
Multiply all that by many forums worldwide -- then we have a website out of bandwith and not a single person even knows what's the URL of the source. Bad mojo. The watermark at least lets people know the name of the website, and if they are curious they might type it and visit the source page and bookmark it to be a place to visit often. Happy ending. =)
Oh wait, now you have new posters joining the community! That's the purpose of the watermark. A necessary evil.
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Visit our live stream page now to ensure you have all the necessary software installed on your computer.
If you can’t be there in person, don’t miss out on this chance to witness exciting tournament competition, live Blizzard-themed music, and more!
We will also be offering live coverage throughout the event, including news reports, articles, and live updates on the tournaments. Visit the website for more information!
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List of Gaming News Networks linking to Blizzard Acquires Diablo3.com
Gamona
Eurogamer.de
IGN (Voodoo Extreme)
PCGames.De
Ferrago
ComputerAndVideoGames (CVG)
Chapter6.net
Actiontrip
Gamezine.co.UK
VideoGamer
Kotaku
Games-Digest
Gamez.NL
GamerFeed
Bluesnews
Krawall.De
Gamespot (UK) - Blizzard confirmed Diablo3.com Acquisition
WoWInsider (Joystiq Sister)
Aion (Korea)
Stack-Style.org (Japan)
Joystiq
GameZone
FragLand (Belgium)
BlackRavens
Addict3D.org
G4TV.com (Watch Video)
G4TV (TheFeed)
G4TV (XPlay)
Shacknews
Curse
Wired
Tuscaloosanews
RailGun (Denmark)
GamesRadar
Neoseeker
TheEscapist
Next-Gen.Biz (Blizzard Confirms Domain Acquisition)
Buffed.de
PCMania.bg (Bulgaria)
Gamesbrasil
fz.se (Sweden)
IGN
TechTree (India)
qj.net
EvilAvatar
Gameplasma
Gamebanshee
Hardocp
Cheatcc
Digitalbattle
Greghowley
Gamersglobal
Hardgame2 (America Latina)
ClanBase GGL
Gameaxis
mmorpg.gr (Greece)
Destructoid
Blueguerrilla
GamerInvestments (Blog)
Gamer.nl (Netherland)
Meiobit
RPGdot
Rockpapershotgun
1up
espacerezo.fr
technologyexpert
aeropause
videogaming247
gamerscircle
FileFront
thehealingtouch
gaygamer.net
topix
GamersReports
gamecyte
gamer.co.il
Gamerfeed
strategyinformer
Propeller
Akayuki
GMstower
Gameriot
Spooncraft
rootly
gamerswithjobs
vgpro
mmoheat
awesomeradicalgaming
computergames.ro (Romania)
gamerankings
neon-cube.net
technogra.ph
tamworth-wargames
tcmagazine
reddit
ecetia
Gammix
forevergeek
Gameinvasion
Orangeye
GGmania
Gamefeeds.info
dignow.org
GirlsEntertainmentNetwork
mmosite
ptgamers
Gamingtarget
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exophase
nohypereviews
techchill
thaigaming (Thailand)
crazypixel.co.uk
rel8r
heffee
softwareheadlines (Spanish)
ibabuzz
bestfinecomputers
brainassassin
errormacro
gamearena.com.au (Australia)
Gametap
vgames.co.il
fpsbanana
Gamekult
Tagido
Gamegrep
jeuxvideo (France)
gamervision
vanishdoom
wearetheinternetz
Playfuls
Dailygamesnews
hellgaming.ro(Romania)
PlayingFTW
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gamepro.fr (France)
theinquirer.fr (France)
stopgame.ru (Russia)
exp.de (Germany)
4gamer.net (China)
gamecaptain.de (Germany)
scorpia
playground.ru (Russia)
vidaextra (Spain)
gamekapocs.hu
pottendeirm.be (Belgium)
wiggler.gr (Greece)
gamer.no (Norway)
maxconsole
RPGwatch
sorcerers.net
gamert.nl (Netherlands)
gamerpride
gamebible.biz
botonturbo (Spain)
talkingaboutgames
fantasymundo (Spain)
jxp.ca (Canada)
gamoholic.net
ovelho (Portuguese)
operationsports
3djuegos
rosinvest (Russia)
eljoystick (Spain)
elhabib.at (Austria)
gamemag.ru (Russia)
gry-online.pl (Poland)
game.sina.com.hk (Hong Kong)
videogames.yahoo.com
nechercheplus.com (France)
raid-adolf.de (Germany)
gameparty.net
pcigre.com
scorezero
outerspace.ig.com.br (Brazil)
uaplay (Russia)
areagames.de (Germany)
lesjeuxvideo (France)
news.goha.ru (Russia)
jeuxvideopc (France)
cnbeta (China)
gameresource.de
vibetechmag
gaming.dk (Denmark)
pixelrage.ro (Romania)
connectionworld.org (Spain)
hardwired.hu (Hungary)
gamestar.ru (Russia)
jeuxactu (France)
daddelnews.de (Germany)
gamers.at (Austria)
juegapc (Spain)
Gamigo.de (Germany)
nerdsandgeeks (China)
news-game.ru (Russia)
mediajam.info (China)
ereos
4gamer.net (China)
czechgamer (Czech)
gametech.ru (Russia)
headlines.ru (Russia)
blogeek.ch (Czech)
hothardware
VideoGame (Italy)
Fansites
SK-Gaming
diablo2.ingame.de (Germany)
Diablo2.pl
SLRealm
diablo.phx.pl
Diablo2Bra (Demolishman - Brazil)
Battlenet.pl
starcraft-source
diablo3.cz
wowszene.de
worldofraids.com
codamon.com (Phillipines)
PlanetDiablo
mmo-champion
diablo3-esp
diablo-3.net
starcraft-hispano
starcraft2forum.org
wow-serbia
warcraft-news
Nihilum
diablozone
dianzhongwang
d2players.org
wanderinggoblin
Gamereplays
wowwizards
whoszene.de (Germany)
diablo2.judgehype (France)
ngacn (China)
ogeworld
diablo-3.pcmasters.de (Germany)
d2pvp.de (Germany)
diablo3.com.pl (Poland)
gamersnet.nl (Netherlands)
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I won't be moderating, unless it is needed. I will function somehow as co-webmaster. This was something that has been in discussion since two years ago when the Blizzplanet domain name was hosted by Diablo3.com.
However, joining the staff had been delayed till now, the right time, for obvious rumors that have arised over the past months. We will find out for sure whether the rumors are or not unfounded at WWI.
On the other hand, having access to post news earlier than expected allows fans of the community to get acquainted with me the next couple of months. And once I go to WWI, I can update the front page on the fly from the event's premises; and later at the end of the event from the hotel room.
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I don't know about anything else besides No-CD. Maybe there is more, maybe there isn't. I have to wait too to find out.
WorldRaider - Also, did we reach the 2k extra downloads for Blizzcast?
And do you know anything about the interview?
I never said how many downloads were needed. 2k is wrong number. I do know Chris Metzen is one out of four developers to be interviewed in BlizzCast episode 2. As for the answer ... Surpassed. =)
WorldRaider - Medievaldragon, did you know about the Blizzard games that did not hit the shelves?
Yea I read various D.I.C.E. Coverage news. Ghost isn't there, and strangely Diablo II: Salvation wasn't either.