[PC] Blizzard launches Diablo 3 teaser titled 'Reaper of Souls'

[PC] Blizzard launches Diablo 3 teaser titled 'Reaper of Souls'
We are mere weeks away from the console release for Blizzard's Diablo 3; an event that we saw coming long before Blizzard announced it. However, Blizzard is determined to keep their fans buzzing and as a result have launched a new site for something title 'Reaper of Souls'.

It is not clear what exactly the site and it doesn't provide much information; you can check it out here if you don't believe me.

The page contains the above text, which is a quote taken from the Book of Tyrael. Popular speculation suggests that this could be the first expansion that Blizzard will release for Diablo 3 and that this teaser site has been launched to generate hype for its announcement.

Gamescom is due to kick off next week and there's a good chance that Blizzard will announce something, but could an expansion for Diablo 3 be their news?

How do you think an expansion announcement would affect the console release of Diablo 3?

Thanks VG247.

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[PS3, X360] Blizzard confirms street date for Diablo III's console port

[PS3, X360] Blizzard confirms street date for Diablo III's console port

Blizzard has slapped an official street date on the console port for their latest action RPG, Diablo III. The announcement went live on Battle.net and also revealed that the game would be coming to the Xbox 360.

Blizzard also revealed that pre-ordered copies of Diablo III will include a redeemable code for an Infermal Helm (an in-game item) that can be worn at level 1. It offers a +EXP bonus to get your characters started.

So, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 players will get their chance to venture to New Tristram and beyond on the 3rd of September. No release date has been offered for the PlayStation 4; Blizzard also told Joystiq that they have no further platform announcements to make at this time.

Do you think it'll find its way to the Xbox One as well?

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[PC] Diablo III potentially slips into the second quarter... sadly

[PC] Diablo III potentially slips into the second quarter... sadly

Just when you think Diablo III is getting closer... it is snatched away from us by some unforeseen circumstance, this situation is no different. When Blizzard announced they were tinkering with some of the game's mechanics some more we knew it was going to be making that Q1 estimation.

Well, now our worst fears have become a reality with Blizzard confirming they are now scheduling to have the game ready for release by Q2 of 2012. What does this mean? Well, it means that they are now hoping to have it released by the 30th of June, 2012.

That may feel like an eternity away, but you can be sure that it will be worth the wait for those of you who spent hundreds of hours clicking through Diablo II

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Blizzard investigating Diablo for consoles

by Alexander Sliwinski on Feb 10th 2011 9:20AM

The Diablo is in the details. Blizzard Entertainment CEO Mike Morhaime brought up Diablo for consoles at DICE late yesterday. It's a subject that's received plenty of industry chatter, but the closest we'd previously gotten to it happening (since the 1998 release of the first Diablo for PlayStation) was a report late last year that the company was "exploring a Diablo-related concept for consoles."

"I think you could make an argument that a game like Diablo might play very well on a console," the executive noted while discussing Blizzard's preference for PCs due to flexibility. "It's something that we're actually doing an investigation into to see if that could make sense."

He concluded that there are a "number of issues" that Blizzard would have to solve in order to bring its games over to consoles, with some of his concerns involving the ability to patch effectively and inevitably add expansions. Asked directly if he thought Diablo would be the Blizzard game that could most easily be ported for consoles, he nodded in the affirmative.

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