Diablo III Official Cinematic Trailer (HD)

Diablo III is an action role-playing game in a hack and slash and "dungeon roaming" style, currently in development as the third installment of Blizzard's Diablo franchise. It was unveiled on June 28, 2008, at the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational in Paris, France.

Story:
The game takes place in Sanctuary, the dark fantasy world of the Diablo series. This world was saved twenty years prior by a handful of unnamed heroes in Diablo II. Warriors that survived the onslaught of the armies of the Burning Hells have gone mad from their ordeals and it is up to a new generation of heroes to face the forces of evil threatening the world of Sanctuary. Players will have the opportunity to explore familiar settings such as Tristram.

The only confirmed NPC is Deckard Cain, who has appeared in both of the previous games. Cain's journal on the official site brings players up to speed on the events of the first two games.

Gameplay:
Diablo III is similar in style to its predecessor, Diablo II. The proprietary engine will incorporate Havok physics and feature destructible environments with an in-game damage effect. The developers are aiming to make the game run on a wide range of systems, and have stated that DirectX 10 will not be required. Diablo III will use a custom 3D game engine in order to present an overhead view to the player, in a somewhat similar way to the isometric view used in previous games in the series; players may zoom in for a tighter shot of their character, though Enemies will utilize the 3D environment as well, in ways such as crawling up the side of a wall from the depths into the combat area. Every creature model will have around 35 unique death animations.

As in Diablo II, multiplayer games will be possible using Blizzard's Battle.net service, with many of the new features being developed for StarCraft II also available in Diablo III. Players will be able to drop in and out of sessions of co-operative play with others.

An enhanced quest system, a random level generator, and a random encounter generator are slated for use in order to ensure the game provides different experiences when replayed. Overall, the game will include both static and randomly generated levels. Additionally, there will be class-specific quests to go along with the main storyline quests. For the first time in the series, in-engine cutscenes will be employed during key moments. Two new armor pieces will be available: the shoulder plate, and the leggings.

Unlike previous iterations, gold can be picked up merely by touching it, rather than having to manually pick it up. Sidekicks, unlike Diablo II, are now distinct NPCs who join the player, rather than randomly-generated and endlessly replaceable hires. One of the new features intended to speed gameplay are health orbs that drop from enemies, replacing the need to have a potion bar, which itself is replaced by a skill bar that allows a player to assign quick bar buttons to skills and spells; previously, players could only assign two skills (one for each mouse button) and had to swap skills with the function keys. Players can still assign specific attacks to mouse buttons. Skill Runes, another new feature, are skill-modifying items that are randomly dropped by monsters and used across all classes. They can be attached to each skill like an item, often completely changing the gameplay of each skill. They also have the ability to make one particular spell in each class more powerful, and give the player options as to how the rune will enhance a particular spell. For example, investing Skill Runes on the Wizard's "Lightning" can allow the players to make the lightning jump towards additional enemies, or, alternatively, adding the runes with explosion effect blows the enemy up and causes damage to the surrounding area.

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[Fayejealousy]

The world will buckle when this game releases.

ALL HAIL BLIZZARD THE BEST MAKERS OF DIGITAL CRACK!

[mezish]

I can't wait for it !

[anUnderCast]

"They should pray for the mercy of a swift death." dude like seriously when someone says that then you KNOW that there is absolutely no hope for you. great writers in blizzard

[kennethdietrich]

Come out with a movie already!!!

[shouldiplaythat]

@Ragtok You realize D2 was announced in 1997 and didn't release until late 2000, right? And that was with 1 immediately out the gate. Blizzard actually has the time and capital to slow-bake their games now, no reason to hate them for it.

[MultiCloudable]

IMAGINE THIS in 3D !!

[corporalcharlie]

pssst minas tirith rip off

[PaladinWin]

@Ragtok I see forward to you not playing Diablo 3 then.

[Ragtok]

this is 3 year vaporware. Blizzard sucks ass. If they put half as much time developing this game as they do WoW it would have released already.

[laskolasko]

BLizzard so goood at what they do. I won't be surprise if they push their digital work to the point where it develops a mind of its own and destroys the world.