Diablo III revealed!

I’m not even going to pretend that you didn’t hear about this already.  :)  The gaming world pretty much did a backflip on itself today, when Blizz dropped the clams and officially released Diablo III today.

Blizz made the announcement at the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational with only a tad bit of fanfare.  Here’s a peak at the cinematic trailer:

It appears as though Blizzard has put the fears to rest that they would massively change the play style/structure of the game.  They’ve already got the super (not so) secret recipe of loot dropping, blitzkrieg attack, slash and burn play that’s made them the success that they are today formula perfected.  Why mess with it?

Naturally in Diablo III we’re presented with the norms we’ve come to expect: mobs of zombies and minotaurs, a dungeon, gore, and a dash of magic thrown in for good measure.

Following the release, the Blizzard team confirmed that Diablo III will be available in PC and Mac platforms, also saying it had “no plans” for console versions, and added that it was too early to talk about a release date.  Frank Pearce did however add, “as much as possible it will be our goal to release simultaneously worldwide”.

Lead designer Jay Wilson took to the stage and gave viewers a walkthrough and introduced the barbarian class.  Using a new streamlined interface, Wilson took his barbarian cross water covered walkways in a dark table, slaying hundreds of demons along the way.  Quick skills are now an addition to the mouse wheel and tab key, along with left and right mouse buttons.  Wilson said, “It will all be so simple that you can play it with just the mouse”.

A nice nifty new drop is included in Diablo III, red globes that allow a speedy return to full health.  The environment is also fully destructable, with Wilson taking out tens of demons with his barbarian smashing down a destructible wall over their heads.

….and that was just the beginning.  Our mouths are certainly watered…what are your thoughts on Diablo III?