Then along came Diablo II and blew RPG gamers away again. New classes, skills and weapons as well as ranked online play provided gamers with hours and hours of sweet ass gaming.

Diablo III was announced in 2008 and naturally caused a storm of excitement in the gaming community. Although no release date had been set (and it was predicted to be as late as 2011) gaming stores were flooded with pre-orders. I should know, I was working in EB Games at the time.

Slowly information has been released about what this game will contain. I’ll go over some of it below.

Classes:

There will be five classes (four have been announced):

• Witch Doctor – Freak stuff up.
• (Good ol’) Barbarian – Chop stuff up.
• Wizard – Blow stuff up.
• Monk – Punch stuff up.

You can choose to be a male or female version of each class. The Diablo III classes will feature a new level of skill customization.

Other points of interest:

• There will be a new Tristram called New Tristram. A fairly dark and grizzly place.
• Creatures like The Fallan Ones will return so you can enjoy crushing these small red demons once again.
• Quests and storyline are still top secret. Check my blog closer to the release date for more info.

Something excellent:

At this stage Diablo III is only being developed for PC and Mac. In your face console gamers!

To get in on any special game releases you have to pre-order your copy now. Seeing as it will be such a popular game, any collector’s editions will sell out quickly and you will miss out. Amazon already have a pre-order system up for $59.99.

Diablo III

The latest gameplay video to wet your appetite: