Forum:Diablo III - a long wait...

If Diablo III gets released in 2011 as expected, there will have been a 10 year gap since Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. Also, since Diablo III was announced in mid-2008, it will likely have been in development for around 3 full years. The reason I mention this is that I suspect that Blizzard is starving Diablo III of resources and despite claims that StarCraft 2 is not affecting Diablo III, I suspect that isn't even remotely true. Remember, Diablo III's art director quit soon after the announcement, so you have to wonder what internal politics are roiling the project.

I'm not saying Diablo III won't come out in 2011, but I suspect it won't be as awesome a game that you would expect from a company like Blizzard having spent 3 years on it. The time between announcement and release for World of Warcraft was about 3 years and that is an MMO with likely far more content and definitely more races and classes.

I suspect the closing of Blizzard North did tremendous damage to the Diablo franchise. Hopefully Diablo III will help it recover, assuming it doesn't get StartCraft: Ghost'd. -- Fandyllic  (talk · contr) 10:59 AM PST 7 Jul 2010