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Diablo 3, a secret revealed?

- Phantom at the orchestra

By: Tudor Raiciu, Technology and Science Editor

Blizzard didn’t make any allusions about a possible Diablo

3, but this didn’t stop rumors from circulating.

After Bill Roper’s resignation, it looked like there wouldn’t be any sequel to Diablo, even though Blizzard North had started to look for experienced designers.

But after Ropers’s announcement that his new studio will launch Hellgate: London, an employee of the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra posted on DiabloII.net information according to which the orchestra is currently working at the soundtrack for Diablo 3.

Actually, the information was received as an e-mail whose content was this:
"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."

The information might contain some truth, because the same orchestra recorded the music for the add-on of Diablo II: Lord of Destruction.

Obviously Blizzard didn’t make any comments.

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Comment #1 by Diablo3com on 2005-06-18, 15:42 GMT	reply to this comment
Very interesting, Im sure diablo3.com will start covering Diablo 3 news. "Just wanted to comment that http://www.Diablo3.com is opened, if anyone wants to post this in the forum, or make it a sticky that would be interesting. I think this is thread related since there has been no new news for Diablo series in a while."

Comment #2 by Haha on 2008-07-01, 05:27 GMT	reply to this comment
It's funny seeing all these "Rumors", then the people battling those rumors as being "entirely false", only to know that it was actually true and Diablo 3 is now officially announced.

Comment #3 by freakshow on 2008-07-01, 12:19 GMT	reply to this comment
Who knows if the rumors were right then or not. This was almost 3 years ago. But they could be since according to the designers the game is a WIP for almost 4 years. Boy I am glad we didn't know Diablo 3 was coming then. I mean even with the seemingly great looking gameplay trailer, the game is far from getting released, at least a 1.5 years away. Imagine having to wait 5 years instead... that would have been a killer.

Comment #4 by dsfsafdf on 2008-07-03, 06:23 GMT	reply to this comment
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii To my mind the design outside should be quite the same like it is in the gameplaymovie, because it really looks great BUT when it comes to dungeons (and bosses) it is a MUST that they stick to typical "diablo colours" because this is very important for the atmosphere so you can still have a big variety of ambiences iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Comment #5 by Kenneth Omura on 2008-07-13, 15:57 GMT	reply to this comment
The art direction in Diablo 3 appears to resemble WoW and I don’t like it. WoW is full of unrealistic proportioned heroes, and vivid unrealistic colors. In the previews, I’m seeing more of this especially in the female barbarian. Nobody has neon colored orange hair. Redheads are more a darker brownish blood red. This color would be acceptable for her hair color. I never played the Druid from Diablo 2 because his neon orange hair color made him look gay. Also, do not reproduce the same male and female fakeness I saw in WoW. I’m talking about a super strong man and a weak pretty girl both being warriors or mages. In Diablo I, the sorcerer was a man but was appropriately weak and frail. In Diablo II, the necromancer was a man but was appropriately weak and frail. The barbarian female in Diablo III should have exactly the same amount of muscle as the barbarian male or else the game looses its realism. She should also not be half-naked, but should wear as much armor as the male barbarian. I hate roleplaying games where the woman warrior is half-naked and weak yet still is as strong as the buff and armored male warrior. The real world doesn’t have an ambient greenish blue color in an unlit dungeon. It has blackness where you can’t see stuff and orangish where the torches are lighting. The blackness made Diablo I like a horror game and made it realistic. The petition maker’s rendering would make Diablo III much better. I saw a new ability that the Barbarian has in Diablo III and I didn’t like it. He had a glow which accompanied his charge. In Diablo I and Diablo III, these inexplicable glows did not accompany barbarian or warrior charges. It makes the game look unrealistic to include them. Dekard Cain originally had black skin. Stop lightening his skin color and facial features to retcon his race to a tanned white man. He was originally in Diablo I the same race as the sorcerer and they were both black men

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