It might. And it might be announced at the Games Convention in Leipzig (August 23-26).

A lot of fans of the Diablo franchise are searching for clues that would throw a bit of light on the possibility of Diablo 3 being the next title that Blizzard is working on. A truckload of reasons for that not to happen, but even more for it to turn real.



"Talking to Gamasutra, Frank Pearce, founding member and senior vice president of product development for Blizzard revealed that the company has a third team hard at work on a new title, separate from World of Warcraft and StarCraft II." - Gamasutra

People that monitored Blizzard's job listing have also noticed that Blizzard has posted several new job openings for the diablo franchise.

"When pressed for details regarding the new project, Pearce was cagey. Team 3 is working on something really awesome. I can’t give you any hints, but it’s totally awesome." - Gamasutra

Richard A. Knaak interview
Original post by AcidReign, who was also present at the interview.

Deathshade|EU: So... Diablo 3?
Knaak: I am not writing for a dead world...but a world with dead. nuff said

G-WiZ-: wow i just came in from lunch and i was reading the 3rd Diablo series book (about the City of Ureh).. great stuff.. just want to say thanks for writing these. my imagination blooms from this literature. Go Zayl!
Knaak: Zayl has been fun and has a big following. Blzzard has some ideas for him already...

Larz: will there be an Diablo 3?
Knaak: Hmmm...

When asked by GameSpot if the Warcraft universe was all that's left for the company to mine, chief operating officer Paul Sams said, "No. Absolutely not. We have multiple games in development, currently, they are just not announced...to the outside world--and the reality of it is--we are laser focused on what is the thing right then, but there's a ton of additional focus being put toward these other [games] that are in development."

Sources: Gamasutra, diablo3.com

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