WoW Production Director J. Allen Brack and Diablo 3 Lead Designer Jay Wilson answer more questions at Blizzcon '08: Guilds in Diablo, WoW Veteran Rewards and starting other classes at level 55, and what Blizzard thinks of Warhammer Online!
Blizzcon 2008
During this past weekend's Blizzcon event, sixteen new Diablo 3 screenshots were revealed to tease fans along until the next batch comes out. Many were taken straight from the various panels and there's lots of eye candy of the wizard. Check 'em all out after the jump.
News and commentary from the StarCraft 2 gameplay panel at BlizzCon 2008.
WarCry covers the StarCraft 2 lore panel from BlizzCon 2008.
The last of the public Diablo 3 panels came at the very tail end of this year's Blizzcon. Hosted by Lead World Designer Leon Boyarsky and Art Director Brian Morrisroe, the panel covered the art and lore for Diablo 3.
At Blizzcon '08 in Anaheim, CA, WarCry Editor John "Can't Fake the" Funk gets some hands-on time with the first public build of click-fest dungeon-crawler, Diablo III.
In a small, private press conference with fansite staff, WoW Production Director J. Allen Brack and Diablo III Lead Designer Jay Wilson answered questions on a wide range of topics with some interesting exclusive bits of information, including: D3 will not be a subscription game, WoW will have paid character customization, Arthas will probably be killable, and a non-MMO WarCraft sequel going back to its RTS roots is "very likely."
The second of the Diablo 3 discussion panels focused on Blizzard's game design. Lead Designer Jay Wilson did all the talking with Technical Game Designer Wyatt Cheng there for moral support.
On the main stage at Blizzcon '08, WoW Lead Designer Tom "Kalgan" Chilton and Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street talk about the class design in World of Warcraft.
One of the featured panels during this year's Blizzcon '08 in Anaheim, California, is the Diablo 3 class panel. Lots of spiffy information has come out of that - as well as the revelation of the newly announced Wizard class. Read on...
At the Blizzcon '08 opening ceremony in Anaheim, CA, Blizzard founder and CEO Mike Morhaime welcomed con-goers with some information about the con and the games that we'd get to check out - including a playable version of Diablo 3 featuring the game's newly-announced third class: the Wizard.
WarCry Senior Editor John "Can't Fake the" Funk had the privilege to visit the Blizzard campus in Irvine, CA, as part of their second Fansite Community Summit - and speak with Lead WoW Developer Jeff "Tigole" Kaplan over lunch. See the details - including information about upcoming Lich King raid instances, the conclusion of the Ashbringer storyline, and news of a potential fourth game in development - below the cut!
