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Teaser page Update #1: Day 2

News | June 24, 2008 (2 months, 2 weeks ago) | by Indelible | Filed in Blizzard Entertainment

It's happened exactly as we thought it would. The teaser page over at the multiple Blizzard owned websites has updated today (at around 12.10am) revealing not only more glowing white light, but also a new hint at what the game could be.

New blizzard game?Day 2 Ice 2

Firstly, the most obvious addition is the new teaser image. Yesterday, Blizzard post the ice1.jpg splash image. Today, they've updated the splash to ice2.jpg and it has revealed more light and another ruin in the ice. This time, the ruin has obvious connections to the Diablo franchise. Over at DiabloFans.com, things are heating up as more and more connections between the teaser images and the Diablo franchise become apparent: (src)

A new symbol appeared on the upper-right side of the ice fissure. This ice image might not mean anything yet except being just a teaser: that a new game announcement will be made.

At this point, it could be a Diablo game (most likely due to Diablo II Anniversary being the same date as WWI closure), Starcraft: Ghost or Warcraft IV. All these games have been hinted a lot by Rob Pardo, Paul Sams and Itzik Ben Bassat in the past year.

xusnlivin reports one of the runes shown in today's image resembles the Hel Rune from Diablo II.

The second addition to the whole affair is the update of the master.CSS file for today. Blizzard have added another CSS tag in the file that is commented out. It is called .cavern and it adds a whole new piece to the puzzle. Once again, DiabloFans are there to answer all... with speculation.

Yesterday the name was Tundra. Today the name is Cavern. His pattern points toward one of the Diablo Acts' locations: Glacial Trail -> Frozen Tundra (.tundra in CSS) Glacial Trail -> Drifter Cavern (.cavern in CSS)

The speculation was true: D (04.jpg - fourth letter of the alphabet) and today's image O (15.jpg - 15th letter of the alphabet). At this rate the image numbers will reveal DIABLO. Tomorrow's image might be named as any of these file names ... 01.jpg (standing for the first letter of the alphabet: A), 02.jpg (standing for B), 12 (standing for the twelve letter of the alphabet: L) or 09.jpg (standing for the ninth letter of the alphabet: I).

With the addition of today's .cavern image to yesterdays .tundra image, this is how the show looks so far:

Day 2 Cavern

So guys, has this changed your minds about it only being related to WotLK and are we going to be treated to Diablo 3 at the WWIs or is this just another Blizzard mind game? What are you thinking of all of this new speculation?

We will keep you updated over the coming days as things progress towards... well... towards whatever it is we are heading towards at the WWI!

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spork_man22
2 months, 2 weeks ago

the rune on the left hand side of ice3.jpg matches the top rune of the sword on the WOTLK website.

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BigBuddyWill
2 months, 2 weeks ago

It is wotlk, if you look at the ice artwork on the wotlk website it is the same as it is on that splash page and it has the same markings and the fact that the splash also only shows up on the blizzard web page and the world of warcraft web page and it only shows up on those 2 pages.

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mordameus
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The images kind of remind me of the shattered World Stone from Diablo II.....

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hamor
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Personally, I agree with the sentiment that WotLK will NOT be the purpose of these teasers. Yes, it's their big release coming up, but everyone already knows about it. WotLK had it's "teaser" at last year's BlizzCon, and if they were that nonchalant about announcing the expansion at all why would they make such an obvious teaser campaign now that everyone knows about it?

I would very very much love to see Diablo 3, but very very much do NOT want it to be an MMO. I do not have the time for those any more, and I've already got freaking 3 of them I'm playing on and off anyway (WoW, Age of Conan, and Hellgate: London (which is already a Diablo 3 MMO)). But even with my joy in thinking about Diablo 3, I am hoping that they release a brand new franchise. I can't imagine what the creative minds at Blizzard might come up with!

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Stormhand
2 months, 2 weeks ago

This image is Stone Heart in Diablo II for me.

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ShadeofChaoS
2 months, 2 weeks ago

GIEF DIABLO 3 AS MMO

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Zyuu
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Can't wait :O

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EWOlson
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Um, it has already been announced that the new Hero class, the Deathknight, will use runes for its spell system. My guess is they are just using the same runes from Diablo in the new Deathknight class. The ice goes along with the WotLK theme too. I'm guessing this is just leading to the announcement of the release date of WotLK.

I mean, why would Blizzard steal the thunder from an expansion that already has so much hype? Come on, people, use your heads.

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Kamikaze_Moron
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ya blizzard already said there are three diferent types of ruins blood, frost and unholy.

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Indelible
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Partly because Blizzard have never, ever, ever done a teaser campaign for an expansion OR a title they have already announced OR a title that has already been covered by the press with hands on previews and content revelations.

Or...

This could all be a work up to another surpirse Blizzard have in store for us in the next 12 months ;-)

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mine626
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Skisk1o1,
there will not be a "World of Diablo"...

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Smisk1o1
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Considering that the Hel rune (shown in the pic) has the rune rank 15, and the 15th letter in the alphabet is O they might reveal more runes to make up the word DIABLO just like the image numbers.

Personally I hope and wish it's D3 or some sort of diablo mmorpg :D. Awesome work guys, keep us posted!

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RJMcIsaac
2 months, 2 weeks ago

No, Diablo should never be an mmorpg. It's perfect how it already is. Beside at least to me how WoW works is at least some what based on Diablo 2 any ways.

But to put in my own two cents that it is D3 since just being me I think of the end of DoL since the breaking of the thing I won't say to give it away to any one that doesn't want to know.

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hamor
2 months, 2 weeks ago

I hadn't thought of that! Breaking that may well have resulted in some sort of Frozen Hell. Another fascinating potential link!

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bigdoggblacc
2 months, 2 weeks ago

It's WotLK.. they're not going to steal the thunder of the cash cow's new expansion by announcing a new game at this point.. Especially when pre-orders for Wrath are up. The runes look similar because they are both Blizzard games, and probably employ many of the same artists. The ice is a big theme of WotLK, as are the runes for the new class and profession. People are reading way too far into it.

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Indelible
2 months, 2 weeks ago

I'm sorry but I am willing to put money on it having nothing to do with WotLK for a number of reasons:

(1) Blizzard are a lot of things but they aren't inconsistent. They have NEVER done a teaser for an expansion.
(2) Falling in line with the last point, no teaser was done for The Burning Crusade launch date or beta announcement.
(3) It completely defeats the purpose of a teaser if you are going to be obvious about it.
(4) Announcing Diablo 3 now would not hamper the sales figures of WotLK due to the fact that the game will be released much later down the line, probably not before Q1 2010.
(5) A Press Conference is being held right after the opening ceremony for the WWIs. The last time that happened was when they announced StarCraft 2.
(6) The last time a WWI and BlizzCon were held in the same year was after SC2 was announced. There is a BlizzCon organised for this year.
(7) BlizzCon 2008 will be much (50% I believe) bigger.
(8) The WWIs come with a parental escort recommendation due to content of an adult nature. Diablo is the only mature franchise Blizzard have worked on. WoW and SC2 are far from adult in nature.
(9) Several press organisations who are known for being "on the ball" have already hinted at/slipped up entirely about a game announcement at the WWIs.
(10) Multiple links have been made between the teaser and the Diablo franchise that are more than coincidence.

I could argue that you are assuming too much. Has a Blizzard employee told you that is ice? No.

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Gazrella
2 months, 2 weeks ago

secondly yes those images are ice, why the heck would blizzard put as the image titles ice?

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Indelible
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Hmm - but the purple dude is labelled as tundra and cavern and he certainly isn't a frozen tundra or a cavern :s

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Gazrella
2 months, 2 weeks ago

name a place in World of warcraft that doesnt have a tundra or a cavern, plus we know there is already going to be a frozen tundra in WoW, and Cavern could represent the new Caverns of Time instance.

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Gazrella
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Yes they never done a teaser for an expansion but WoTLK is a HUGE expantion with HUGE upgrades theres already a ton of hype about it so why wouldn't they tease us? Do you even realize how many already have pre-ordered the game already? So Yes I am willing to bet money hell gold on my server that its something purtaining to WoTLK.

It could be two anoucements into one set of teasers. Lich King and Diablo but I really dont think the graphics are diablo.

Now if you still have the teasers for diablo 2 floating around I may change my mind after i see them ora copy of the diablo runes I may be more inclined to believe you but from what ive seen I seriously doubt its Diablo.

If anything blizard is spelling out a date. It may very well wind up being 04/15/2009 because the 15th is a game release day. Just saying.

If not it could still be spelling world.

PLUS theres only 4 pieces to the puzzle how the heck is that going to spell diablo?

Lastly Those four letters can be both used in World of Warcraft and Diablo

Now as for what Smisk said I could seriously see the potential for D3 to be a Mmorpg.

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