Diablo 3 and the 15 year anniversary for diablo

Diablo III is nearly with us. It has been years since we first heard it was in production. Blizzard are sat on the massive Diablo IP and with the huge success of their other golliath, WoW it has been evident that they have borrowed many ideas from its intellectual archives.

It is alsp the 15th Year since the first Diablo captured us with its randomised dungeons and magical story. It was also the first game to introduce the very simple click to hit and walk mechanism. Lets take a look at the 15 year anniversary announcement...

"All Hell breaks loose...

was one of the original advertising slogans for Diablo, and to this day it feels appropriately prophetic. When we unleashed Diablo at the end of 1996, we were proud of the game and eager to share it with anyone willing to delve into the deepest, darkest dungeons on a quest to destroy a legendary evil.

The series is now 15 years old, and it’s changed and grown in a number of ways, some of which we couldn’t have possibly anticipated when we started work on our first action-RPG. Diablo’s continued legacy is due, first and foremost, to a great community that embraced the series’ unique brand of multiplayer gaming -- a community that continues to find ways to coax more secrets and power out of the world of Sanctuary."

Check out the 15 year anniversary interview with Jay Wilson