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Diablo III Expansion Announced

July 8, 2008

Blizzard Entertainment has announced the development of Diablo III, an expansion of its Diablo series of online action role-playing games. The announcement was made at the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational held in Paris. Blizzard Entertainment is developing Diablo III for simultaneous release on the Windows and Macintosh PC platforms. Further information about the game will be announced as development progresses.

Blizzard Entertainment Diablo Series of Online Role-Playing Games

Launched at the end of 1996, the original Diablo won critical and commercial success. The game's sequel, Diablo II, shipped in 2000 and won several Game of the Year awards. Diablo II's award-winning expansion set, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, debuted in 2001.

Mike Morhaime, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment said, "We've wanted to expand on the epic story and gameplay elements of the Diablo universe for some time now. We know that players have also been long awaiting a return to the series, so we're very excited to be sharing this announcement with Blizzard gamers around the world."

Blizzard's Diablo III to be Available at Battle.net

Diablo III will feature a custom 3D-graphics engine to render a high level of detail and special effects. The game's physics-enhanced environments will be interactive and destructible. These elements, along with a new quest system and random scripted events, will be integrated into the game's random-level generator. Cooperative and competitive play will be available online through an upgraded version of Blizzard Entertainment's online gaming service, Battle.net.

Blizzard Entertainment Games

Blizzard Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, is a developer and publisher of entertainment software. Its games include World of Warcraft and the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo series.