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So, what's the point of spreading rumors about the Campaigns when, on the contrary, it's silent and doesn't say anything? I don't see the point. If they weren't creating a project, there would be no need to spread rumors. No campaign ever acts like this with its fans. Moreover, the rumors are mainly spread by people and others.
Here is more updated information for 2008:
Diablo 3 has not been officially announced yet, but the hope for its imminent announcement is gradually turning into confidence.
The reason was a small interview taken by the Gamasutra website with Frank Pearce, one of the founders and senior vice president of Blizzard's development department, who revealed information that the company has a certain "Team 3" that is working hard on a new project.
He touched on this topic during a discussion about the company's current staff. "Our total staff is 2,700 people, most of whom work in World of Warcraft support. There are approximately 350 developers. About 135 people work on World of Warcraft, 40 on StarCraft II, and 40 on the 3rd project. In addition, we have 85 video specialists, sound engineers, consultants, and other necessary personnel," Pearce said.
When asked about the new project, Frank replied evasively: "Team 3 is developing something amazing. I can't hint at what exactly, but it's really amazing."
All subsequent attempts to find out the details yielded no results. However, despite Rob Pardo's recent statements about "hope" for StarCraft: Ghost, it was confirmed that this is a completely different project. Perhaps, in a few weeks, at the upcoming Blizzcon, the veil of secrecy will be lifted. In one of the previous news items, we examined the points that give fans hope to expect the announcement of Diablo 3 at BlizzCon 2007.
I would add that, logically, this project cannot be anything other than Diablo III. First, Blizzard is unlikely to undertake the development of a new universe. Secondly, fans of the Warcraft series are currently "fed" by WoW and WarCraft III, StarCraft fans have already been promised StarCraft II, and only Diablo fans remain unsatisfied. Thirdly, Blizzard had already started developing D3 before Blizzard North was disbanded. Then the work was curtailed due to the departure of the original Diablo team to Flagship Studios.
And, finally, fourthly, the name "Team 3" itself evokes associations with "Diablo III."
The only question is whether the beloved Diablo will remain true to its genre and not turn into some kind of action or first-person game in its third part.
The article uses quotes from an interview with Frank Pearce for the Gamasutra.com website