Diablo III is an upcoming dark fantasy/horror-themed action role-playing game in development by Blizzard, making it the third installment in the Diablo franchise. The game, which features elements of the hack and slash and dungeon crawl genres, was first announced on June 28, 2008, at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in Paris, France

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 who, having survived the onslaught brought by the armies of the Burning Hells, have gone mad from their ordeals. 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 NPCs are Deckard Cain,[5] who has appeared in both of the previous games, and his stepdaughter, a new character that accompanies the hero in quests from time to time. Cain's journal on the official site brings the player up to speed on the events of the first two games.[6] Diablo's world map is composed primarily of two main continents with several small islands in the Northwest region.

There will be five available character classes.[23][24] In the previous two games, each class had a fixed gender, but in Diablo III players may choose the gender they would like to play.[5] Although Blizzard initially revealed only one gender per class, the alternate gender has been revealed slowly in the lead-up to the game's release.

1. The Witch Doctor is a new character reminiscent of the Diablo II Necromancer, but with skills more traditionally associated with voodoo culture. The Witch Doctor has the ability to summon monsters, cast curses, harvest souls, and hurl poisons and explosives at his enemies. Blizzard has stated[citation needed] that the Witch Doctor is not another version of the Necromancer and that they may incorporate the Necromancer in a future expansion if they so desire.
   

2. The Barbarians will have a variety of revamped skills at their disposal based on the use of their incredible physical prowess. The Barbarian is able to whirlwind through crowds, cleave through swarms, leap across crags, and crush opponents upon landing.



3.The Wizard is a version of the Sorceress from Diablo II or the Sorcerer from Diablo. The Wizard's abilities range from shooting lightning, fire and ice at their enemies to slowing time and teleporting around enemies and through walls.

   
4. The Monk is a melee attacker, using martial arts to cripple foes, resist damage, deflect projectiles, attack with blinding speed, and land explosive killing blows. It combines the melee elements of Diablo II's Assassin class with the "holy warrior" role of the Paladin. Blizzard has stated that the Monk is not related in any way to the Monk class from the Sierra Entertainment-made Diablo: Hellfire expansion.[25]


5.The Demon Hunter combines elements of Diablo II's Amazon and Assassin classes. Demon Hunters use crossbows as their main weapon and also throw small bombs at enemies. Some of their skills have been revealed and among them are arrow skills such as Chain Arrow.


The Archivist class was presented on April 1, 2009, following in Blizzard's April Fool's Day joke tradition.

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Q: then is that we need to change our Battle.net info to US address in order to be able to trade in RMAH with the westerner or just buy the us set? I am really confused...or is there any article or announcement that explain the AH region restriction?

A: If I am not mistaken battle.net info will sync their servers every day.

I had previously link my WoW TW to my battle.net acc. I did it through the SEA portal. I had problems login on to WoW that day. So I did some investigation. I found out that if I login to battle.net through the TW portal, my WoW is still not link to it. But it had info about my SC2 and WoW:US. Then I change the region back to SEA, I can see all my other games plus WoW:TW. Change the region to US and the same thing as the TW one.

After a day later I check back at the TW portal and indeed my WoW:TW is there, same as US. And I can play WoW:TW again tongue.gif

So do take not of this. When changing acc info.

Oh regarding your question, yes changing your address to a US address will make you able to trade with "Ang Mohs" provided you can prove you really live there.

See the vid below for more details
http://youtu.be/ZirE9nd8ILc
Source: Quoted from shykull

Any discussion which has nothing to do with Diablo 3 will result in the immediate closure of this thread.

Thank you.

The settings of Diablo include Heaven and Hell as real, physical places. Angels and Demons waged a war for centuries, until the ascension of man. Heaven and Hell each tried to compel man to join their cause. A treacherous mutiny forced the 3 Lords of Hell—including Diablo himself—into the world of humanity, where they sowed chaos, distrust and hatred. With the help of Archangel Tyrael a group of magi trapped the 3 Lords of Hell in soulstones. Diablo's soulstone was buried deep in the earth and a monastery was built over the site to safeguard the entrance.

Generations passed and the purpose of the monastery was forgotten. A small town named Tristram sprang up next to the monastery's ruins. A religious king named Leoric then claimed the monastery and rebuilt it as a cathedral for his seat of power. Diablo entered the nightmares of the archbishop Lazarus and lured him to the soulstone, where he destroyed the stone. Diablo possessed first the king, who sent all his knights and priests to battle against peaceful kingdoms, and then possessed the king's son, filling the caves and catacombs beneath the cathedral with creatures formed from the young boy's nightmares.

Tristram became a town of fear and horror, where people were abducted in the night. With no king, no law, and no army left to defend them, many villagers fled. Dark rumors permeated the country, and would-be heroes and demon-hunters came to Tristram and entered the cathedral, but none have been seen again.

The story of Diablo II takes place some time after the end of the previous game, Diablo, in the lands of Sanctuary. In Diablo the main body of the story takes place beneath the floors of a cathedral in a small town known as Tristram. It is here that Diablo, the Lord of Terror, is defeated by an unnamed warrior .

The unnamed warrior that vanquished Diablo drove the demon's soulstone into his forehead, in an attempt to contain the monster's essence within his own body. Later in the canon it is suggested that this is what Diablo intended so that, should he be defeated, he had an "escape plan" instead of dying.

The unnamed warrior is ill fated from the moment he does this and is gradually corrupted over the course of the next few days by the demon's spirit. Deckard Cain recounts the story to the next band of adventurers that pass through the Rogue Encampment in Diablo II. It is one of these adventurers that appears in the wake of the destruction caused by the now possessed unnamed warrior, and attempts to find out the cause of the evil, starting with the corrupted warrior (known as the Dark Wanderer throughout Diablo II).

As the player continues through each of the four acts, he faces off against two of the Prime Evils (Mephisto – Act III and Diablo – Act IV, with Baal, the last prime evil, being the main boss in the expansion pack i.e. Act V), and two lesser evils (Andariel – Act I and Duriel – Act II), who act as the bosses for the first two acts. The player learns of the truth behind the corruption and the story of the soulstones. Diablo released Mephisto (Lord of Hatred) and Baal (Lord of Destruction) from their soulstones, as they were taught long ago how to corrupt them by the fallen angel Izual (also a minor boss in Act IV).

In the end, the player eventually reaches and slays Mephisto and Diablo, in their respective Acts. The story continues in the expansion to the game, where the player chases the last of the Prime Evils: Baal, who is going after the mythical Worldstone in an attempt to corrupt it. See the main article on the expansion for more information.

Diablo 3 requires a constant internet connection -- a decision that has caused some strong reactions from folks looking to play the game solo, or those pushing against overly demanding DRM schemes. MTV spoke with Robert Bridenbecker, the Vice President of Online Technologies at Blizzard to get the developer's side of the story.

"Internally I don't think [always-on DRM] ever actually came up when we talked about how we want connections to operate. Things that came up were always around the feature-set, the sanctity of the actual game systems like your characters," said Bridenbecker. "You're guaranteeing that there are no hacks, no dupes. All of these things were points of discussion, but the whole copy protection, piracy thing, that's not really entering into why we want to do it."

Bridenbecker goes on to mention that Diablo 2 offline characters couldn't be used online, which got messy for players and the developer, so this time they decided to "just keep everything clean." As for those looking to play alone, they don't have to interact with any other online players if they don't want to -- but they'll still need that internet connection.

trivia: did you guys know that all three heroes in the first Diablo died and met very depressing ends? After the defeat of Diablo, the Sorcerer went mad in his search of the Summoner, and finally became the Summoner himself only to be killed by the heroes in Diablo 2. The Rogue returned to home, only to be corrupted by Andariel and became Bloodraven who was also killed by the heroes in Diablo 2. And the Warrior, as we all know, placed Diablo's soul stone on his forehead, and consequently became possessed and slowly transforming into Diablo himself, who was also killed by the heroes in Diablo 2.

LoL! Just before they show the trailer at Paris, got 1 guy came out with a 12-string accoustic guitar, and strummed the Tristram song. I almost died

The day when a single or small group of programmers can create a computer game in their spare time is long over. Now, creating a proper video game is long and expensive task. it involved hundreds if not thousands of people working full time. More so now that Blizzard is a corporate body with a board of shareholders, most of which i believe never play any game beyond solitaire. So go figure.

hmmm looking forward to grind for items to sell in AH.

Speaking with Eurogamer, id Software's creative director Tim Willits has explained his view of the recently-revealed "always on" internet connection requirement for Blizzard's upcoming action-RPG sequel. Apparently, he's a big proponent of games being constantly connected, and feels that Diablo III is a big enough game to push that concept into acceptance:

    "Diablo 3 will make everyone else accept the fact you have to be connected," he said. "If you have a juggernaut, you can make change. I'm all for that. If we could force people to always be connected when you play the game, and then have that be acceptable, awesome."

    Explaining his view, Willits said always being online would enable developers to improve games without intruding on the gamer.

    "In the end, it's better for everybody," he said. "Imagine picking up a game and it's automatically updated. Or there's something new you didn't know about, and you didn't have to click away. It's all automatically there. But it does take juggernauts like [Diablo 3] to make change.

    "I'm a big proponent of always connected. I'm always connected. Our fans are always connected.

    "There will be a few people who will resent the fact you have to be online to play a single-player game. But it'll change."

On an unrelated note, is it wrong that I can read that in his voice? Maybe I've been watching too many RAGE videos...

Spotted on PC Gamer.

While Diablo III is certain to keep many gamers busy for a long time with its Normal, Nightmare, and Hell difficulty settings -- a popular progression borrowed from the previous games in the series -- today at Gamescom Blizzard announced that the action-RPG will feature a new ultra-difficult option that unlocks for players who conquer Hell.

The new Inferno difficulty is being planned for Diablo players who have max-level characters. The level cap this time around is level 60, but every monster in Inferno mode will be at least level 61, meaning there's no way for players to simply outlevel the challenge. As with the other difficulty settings, Inferno will introduce new items, a more powerful range of abilities from enemies, and other incentives to keep playing.

Blizzard also noted that in Diablo III, each difficulty's new armor sets will be uniquely modeled. In Diablo II, new armor and weapons were made available at higher difficulties, but they recycled assets from the lower difficulties. Now when a character has made it to Inferno, it will show in the crazy gear they are wearing.

In addition to new gear, Blizzard says higher difficulty levels will feature unique upgrades for the players' artisan camps and additional ranks for runes. They may extend the level cap past 60 eventually, but right now they want to focus on providing compelling content for players who hit the cap.

A few months ago, Blizzard posted classifieds for a "Diablo-related project for consoles," which launched mass speculation of just what the developer was doing. Shacknews is reporting that Blizzard has all but confirmed that a console version of Diablo III is being worked on.

According to Diablo III lead designer Josh Mosqueira, Blizzard "is very, very serious about bringing the Diablo III experience to the console," and the developer is currently recruiting a team to handle the initiative. "We're looking for programmers, designers, artists who think their dream job would be to bring Diablo to the console. Trust me, it is a dream job. All I can say is it's going to be awesome. Stay tuned."

It'll be interesting to see what an adaptation for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 will be like, especially since the PlayStation 2 attempt to bring Diablo to consoles was a disaster.

Diablo III has no release date yet on PC, but a beta will be launched sometime in the coming weeks.