yer i actually looked at that little magazine pic properly for the first time and it says in blue "what happened to" then underneath in orange diablo III. it has probably been discussed before about what the blured writing says, but judging from the blue letters ((what happened to)), it has to say diablo3 underneath. My guess is that the magazine just has some sort of interview on some page titled "what happened to diablo 3" and asks one of the blizzard guys a bunch of questions....
when you really think about what computer games are... they are just another form of escapism from reality. Same as with music, tv, drugs or anything similar that is often classified as cheap pleasure. then again, we are living in a materialist world where we worship this thing called "money", that can supposedly buy us happiness and what not.. hmmm diablo 3
i think people are just getting pissed off about the fact that you apparently know something but you wont say what it is...and at the same time you want people to look for clues...
when people do that to me in real life i usually tell them to fk off, either tell me or dont tell me sorta thing
OK HERE IS AN ARTICLE POSTED ON DIABLOii.NET BACK IN 2005 I THINK
Diablo III Music Recorded?
We received an email today from a Diablo fan and classical musician in the Czech Republic.
I am musician in Czech Republic. I play not with one orchestra but with many depending on work. I have recently been to Bratislava in Slovak Republic for recording sessions with local Radio Symphony Orchestra, where we just recorded music for Diablo 3.
For some historical perspective, check the Battle.net page with the D2X:LoD bonus mp3s. Scroll down a bit and you can read news and see pictures from Blizzard's recording session for the D2X music, held in Bratislava, Slovakia, with the Slovak Radio Philharmonic. Those sessions were carried out in early 2001, before the game's release that June, so perhaps D3 is further along than we've been assuming? Either that or they're recording the music earlier in the game's production cycle than they did for D2X.
Update: More from the musician:
I did not find the people from Blizzard in the studio, but composer (Ulman?) was there and conductor was named Kirk Trevor, I think he is from England but he conducts in Bratislava much and also in some other cities in Czech Republic like Zlin.
The music is again, like in Diablo 2 expansion, very much based on Wagner. In Diablo 2 expansion there are many plases in Act 5 that take directly from Wagners opera "Tristan and Isolde". This time for Diablo 3 there was music similar to Wagner operas "Lohengrin" and also "Siegfried" from Ring cycle. But this is not so bad that he takes from these things, almost all movie composers borow Wagner music, like Williams for Star Wars and others like Nino Rota who made music for Fellini's films.
So now when Diablo 3 is finished I must buy, maybe I will hear all my mistakes (I play percusion instruments).
Diablo III Rumours
Following our story about the Diablo III soundtrack a few days ago, numerous sites picked up on the piece and today it was added to Gamespot's rumour mill section. The item includes all the information we have already given you and they, like us, also think that the game is in production. However we doubt it will be announced at E3 as some are suggesting. We are more inclined to think it will make a debut at the Leipzig game convention some time in August.
D3 Domain Name?
In yet more Diablo 3 rumor news, Olivier mailed us to point out that www.diablo3.fr exists with an image saying it's been registered by Blizzard Entertainment. He wondered if it was real, and we checked into it and discovered that it is. The French version of Network Solutions tells us that diablo3.fr was registered by Vivendi Universal back on May 28, 2004. This means nothing in terms of a timeline for the game, and companies routinely purchase domain names years in advance simply to keep them for future use, or to keep them from being cybersquatted. Blizzard does not own any prime Diablo3 .com or .net domain names, as far as we know, though lots of other people do. *cough*
Update: Mike mailed to point out that www.diablo2.fr has the same place holder image as www.diablo3.fr, and you can see that it was registered on the same day, May 28, 2004. None of this really means anything in terms of how far along the hypothetical development of D3 is, but just so you know.
There's also no real significance to the various gamesites with pages reserved for Diablo III, such as this one on Gamespy. Everyone knows Blizzard will do D3 at some point, so they're just getting space ready for the big annoucement; kinda like how they write obits for famous people so they'll be ready when needed.
More on D3 Music?
We recently posted some info from a musician with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra who told us he'd recently played during some recording sessions for the Diablo III soundtrack, under conductor Kirk Trevor. We'd been wondering why Blizzard went all the way to Slovokia to record the music for D2X and (allegedly) D3, and now, thanks to an email from Indigo, we may have an idea. Here's the website for the Orchestra, and here's a quote from it:
The orchestra is available as a complete 80-member ensemble or in smaller forces, including chamber music with the outstanding principal players of the orchestra. Recording fees are among the lowest in the industry, with a complete 60 minute CD package available for under $20,000. This package includes complete engineering and editing, hall rental, conductor, and full orchestra.
So it's cheap, and as a bonus the dark, primal forests of old Europe no doubt stir the proper emotions for playing appropriately-Diablo'esque music. Hey, it worked out pretty well last time...
if the made diablo 3 EXACTLY like diablo 2 , except with a new story,,, say something that began before diablo1 and not what happens after d2... i would start playing all over again for a few years
hey soul , try be the first necro to get to 99 so they finally reset the ladder. I have recently tried playing again! hcl on west but every time i get in to hell baal i get pk'd by some real fkd up hacks. they kill me without even going to town and the game has just become impossible to play.
We're just going to throw another log on the fire at this point as Jonas Markusson spots a suspicious piece of blurred text at the foot of PCGamer's August issue. The issue is dominated by Starcraft 2 but you'll see some orange text below that's in its own wee feature box with some blue text above which could possibly read 'What happened to'. It's difficult to make out the rest. Sharpen the image in a graphic prog, squint a bit, stand at the back of the room on one leg and you can almost see Diablo 3. Whatever it is it's something they don't want anyone seeing before it hits the shelves in July. That's before Blizzcon however which is in August and there would be much more pomp if they were to announce it at their own event rather than through a press release. As Jonas says himself, it's a long shot and even if it does say Diablo 3, it's not going to be a confirmation because without a doubt it deserves much more coverage than an aside to SC2
THE IMAGE OF THE MAGAZINE IS ON DIAbLOII.net dono if it means anything but heck
u know what will happen to an average starcraft player... he will go on bnet, try to play several multi player games and will get smashed every time by some xtreme korean thats been playing the game for 10 years since the release.
i had about 12 games of starcraft 1 on bnet, and i havent won a single game cause people dont give you a chance to learn. What are you left with after that?? starcraft custom games such as dragonballz ..
meh diablo3 will be way more major because of the simpelicity of the game. everyone that spends time on the game has equal chance of getting rich and pro at it.
it has been mentioned elsewhere on the forum. maybe it means something, maybe it doesnt. its just like that medusa demo thing, imo its just a bunch of junk... its like saying "stay a while and listen" mean they are releasing a demo of "The Listener" hehe
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when people do that to me in real life i usually tell them to fk off, either tell me or dont tell me sorta thing
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Diablo III Music Recorded?
We received an email today from a Diablo fan and classical musician in the Czech Republic.
I am musician in Czech Republic. I play not with one orchestra but with many depending on work. I have recently been to Bratislava in Slovak Republic for recording sessions with local Radio Symphony Orchestra, where we just recorded music for Diablo 3.
For some historical perspective, check the Battle.net page with the D2X:LoD bonus mp3s. Scroll down a bit and you can read news and see pictures from Blizzard's recording session for the D2X music, held in Bratislava, Slovakia, with the Slovak Radio Philharmonic. Those sessions were carried out in early 2001, before the game's release that June, so perhaps D3 is further along than we've been assuming? Either that or they're recording the music earlier in the game's production cycle than they did for D2X.
Update: More from the musician:
I did not find the people from Blizzard in the studio, but composer (Ulman?) was there and conductor was named Kirk Trevor, I think he is from England but he conducts in Bratislava much and also in some other cities in Czech Republic like Zlin.
The music is again, like in Diablo 2 expansion, very much based on Wagner. In Diablo 2 expansion there are many plases in Act 5 that take directly from Wagners opera "Tristan and Isolde". This time for Diablo 3 there was music similar to Wagner operas "Lohengrin" and also "Siegfried" from Ring cycle. But this is not so bad that he takes from these things, almost all movie composers borow Wagner music, like Williams for Star Wars and others like Nino Rota who made music for Fellini's films.
So now when Diablo 3 is finished I must buy, maybe I will hear all my mistakes (I play percusion instruments).
Diablo III Rumours
Following our story about the Diablo III soundtrack a few days ago, numerous sites picked up on the piece and today it was added to Gamespot's rumour mill section. The item includes all the information we have already given you and they, like us, also think that the game is in production. However we doubt it will be announced at E3 as some are suggesting. We are more inclined to think it will make a debut at the Leipzig game convention some time in August.
D3 Domain Name?
In yet more Diablo 3 rumor news, Olivier mailed us to point out that www.diablo3.fr exists with an image saying it's been registered by Blizzard Entertainment. He wondered if it was real, and we checked into it and discovered that it is. The French version of Network Solutions tells us that diablo3.fr was registered by Vivendi Universal back on May 28, 2004. This means nothing in terms of a timeline for the game, and companies routinely purchase domain names years in advance simply to keep them for future use, or to keep them from being cybersquatted. Blizzard does not own any prime Diablo3 .com or .net domain names, as far as we know, though lots of other people do. *cough*
Update: Mike mailed to point out that www.diablo2.fr has the same place holder image as www.diablo3.fr, and you can see that it was registered on the same day, May 28, 2004. None of this really means anything in terms of how far along the hypothetical development of D3 is, but just so you know.
There's also no real significance to the various gamesites with pages reserved for Diablo III, such as this one on Gamespy. Everyone knows Blizzard will do D3 at some point, so they're just getting space ready for the big annoucement; kinda like how they write obits for famous people so they'll be ready when needed.
More on D3 Music?
We recently posted some info from a musician with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra who told us he'd recently played during some recording sessions for the Diablo III soundtrack, under conductor Kirk Trevor. We'd been wondering why Blizzard went all the way to Slovokia to record the music for D2X and (allegedly) D3, and now, thanks to an email from Indigo, we may have an idea. Here's the website for the Orchestra, and here's a quote from it:
The orchestra is available as a complete 80-member ensemble or in smaller forces, including chamber music with the outstanding principal players of the orchestra. Recording fees are among the lowest in the industry, with a complete 60 minute CD package available for under $20,000. This package includes complete engineering and editing, hall rental, conductor, and full orchestra.
So it's cheap, and as a bonus the dark, primal forests of old Europe no doubt stir the proper emotions for playing appropriately-Diablo'esque music. Hey, it worked out pretty well last time...
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here it is;:
We're just going to throw another log on the fire at this point as Jonas Markusson spots a suspicious piece of blurred text at the foot of PCGamer's August issue. The issue is dominated by Starcraft 2 but you'll see some orange text below that's in its own wee feature box with some blue text above which could possibly read 'What happened to'. It's difficult to make out the rest. Sharpen the image in a graphic prog, squint a bit, stand at the back of the room on one leg and you can almost see Diablo 3. Whatever it is it's something they don't want anyone seeing before it hits the shelves in July. That's before Blizzcon however which is in August and there would be much more pomp if they were to announce it at their own event rather than through a press release. As Jonas says himself, it's a long shot and even if it does say Diablo 3, it's not going to be a confirmation because without a doubt it deserves much more coverage than an aside to SC2
THE IMAGE OF THE MAGAZINE IS ON DIAbLOII.net
dono if it means anything but heck
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i had about 12 games of starcraft 1 on bnet, and i havent won a single game cause people dont give you a chance to learn. What are you left with after that?? starcraft custom games such as dragonballz ..
meh diablo3 will be way more major because of the simpelicity of the game. everyone that spends time on the game has equal chance of getting rich and pro at it.
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hope its d3 tho