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PARIS, France - June 28, 2008 - Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today revealed Diablo® III, the newest entry in its critically acclaimed action role-playing-game franchise. The announcement was made during the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment® Worldwide Invitational at the Porte de Versailles Convention Centre in Paris, France. A cinematic trailer and an extended gameplay demonstration with commentary from the development team introduced the game to the thousands of players in attendance.
"We've wanted to expand on the epic story and gameplay elements of the Diablo universe for some time now," stated Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "We know that players have also been long awaiting a return to the series, so we're very excited to be sharing this announcement with Blizzard gamers here in Paris and around the world today."
Diablo III will pick up the story twenty years after the events of Diablo II. Mephisto, Diablo, and Baal have been defeated, but the Worldstone, which once shielded the inhabitants of the world of Sanctuary from the forces of both the High Heavens and the Burning Hells, has been destroyed, and evil once again stirs in Tristram. Playing as a hero from one of five distinct character classes, players will acquire powerful items, spells, and abilities as they explore new and familiar areas of Sanctuary and battle hordes of demons to safeguard the world from the horrors that have arisen. The first two characters classes -- the barbarian and the witch doctor -- were shown as part of the announcement at the event today in Paris.
Diablo III will feature a custom 3D-graphics engine to render lush indoor and outdoor areas of Sanctuary with a high level of detail and vivid special effects. The game's physics-enhanced environments will be interactive and destructible, offering traps and obstacles that create added danger for players and monsters alike. These elements, along with a new quest system and random scripted events, will be integrated into the game's random-level generator, giving Diablo III the ultimate combination of dynamic gameplay and replayability. Cooperative and competitive play will be available online through an upgraded version of Blizzard Entertainment's renowned online gaming service, Battle.net®.
Blizzard Entertainment is developing Diablo III for simultaneous release on the Windows® and Macintosh® PC platforms. Further information about the game, including details on the other character classes, major new features for the single-player and multiplayer components, system requirements, pricing, and availability, will be announced as development progresses. To learn more about Diablo III, please visit the official website at www.diablo3.com. With multiple games in development, Blizzard Entertainment has numerous positions currently available. Visit http://www.blizzard.com/jobs for more information and to learn how to apply.
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@apujanata,
I guess you are beginning to suffer from Zukaus syndrome ;-)
Too much spare DKP.
[ Oracle ] [ Level 22 ] [ Rank: 6 ]1 bids
@vGInfidel,
@oznerol,
Basically it was a mistake on my part for the first 3 Million investment. I didn't take into account the fact that the release date is so far away, and I didn't know (by that time) that all popular stock go up and up and up until their release date came close ( was focused on futures before, and didn't have experience in the GLS stocks).
The last 2 Million DKP is a change of strategy by me. Instead of doing what all other high networth player do (short near or during release), I am doing the opposite of it (investing when the release date is still far far away). That way, I can get into significant position without worrying that other high networth player might beat me to it (by driving down the price before I managed to get a significant position). Of course, this strategy didn't give me fast ROI, like it would for future etc, but OTOH, it also give me guaranteed profit (on the long run), even though I might be suffering from big loss in the short run.
I believe that for me to grow faster, I need to do something slightly different than other players, and this is one of the things I am trying out. Beside, I am running out of stocks to short that I have high confidence in. Age of Conan is one of those stocks I don't have enough confidence to short.
Yeah, ideally I should just put short order on the higher price level instead of buying those 1 Million 1518DKP stocks, but I just couldn't resist it :).
I guess I am a little bit weak yesterday, and made an inefficient action.
Of course I can enjoy some profit by going small long on it together with other player, but that didn't seem the right thing to do, and I might miss the moment that someone decided enough is enough and started to bail out or get big short position by driving down the price some months before release date. It didn't happen yet, but I could it happening in the future.
[ Oracle ] [ Level 23 ] [ Rank: 4 ]1 bids
@apujanata,
Well it certainly wasn't me, i don't know anything about this stock and im staying well clear. It could be someone withdrawing from their short position or just another mid-networth player deciding it was time to go long, 1million DKP isnt that much. Im suprised though that you have taken such a large position so far from launch, i would've thought you preferred quicker return on investment.
[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 9 ]3 bids
@apujanata,
I get that this is highly overpriced - but the game has no release date, and the best-case scenario would be late 2009/2010.
Why would you short this stock so much so soon, when you're basically guaranteed growth? Like vGInfidel said, there's very little resistance on this stock since it's so far from release, but because people are excited about it (and because of the constantly growing time trust), it will continue to get bought and grow.
[ Guru ] [ Level 17 ] [ Rank: 141 ]2 bids
@vGInfidel,
Someone put a significant barrier on the 1518 price point (about 1 Million DKP, gone now since I have taken most of them). I am certainly curious to the identity of the person who put that barrier, since I don't see any Top 10 player going long on it on their public profile.
Since this is one of my biggest GLS short so far (5 Million DKP worth), I sure hope I don't make a wrong analysis.
[ Oracle ] [ Level 23 ] [ Rank: 4 ]4 bids
@mrahaju,
Just_Ben is the one who runs the parser, he hasn't run it since June i believe though.
Probable explanation as to why it is so high is that alot of people like it, people invest in what they like, nobody prepared to go majorly short at this stage so long before release, basically the usual.
[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 9 ]2 bids
I remember that someone (forgot who) has a list of how many person are long on a certain stock, and how many person are short on it.
It could be useful to get that kind of info for this stock, since I think would like to know WHY this stock is so high.
[ Oracle ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 35 ]1 bids
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Look who's talking.
Wow, it is someone with rank 6, only 1 rank lower than me :D
And what is also important, it is someone with id#6478, who registered at almost the same time with me :P
Joking aside (I hope you are not offended by one or two probably unfunny joke sentences), I don't really have problem with spare DKP. My problem is I don't think I am good enough with GLS stocks, so I am a little bit overwhelmed trying to track so many new GLS stocks at the same time, especially ones that were just released, since there are so many games that are released in the holiday season. There are so many smart players here that it is also difficult to make big profit from futures (it is way more difficult compared to when I first join simEx, IMO).
It certainly didn't help that I only have Wii and DS, and don't have PSP, X360 and PS3. It also didn't help that I don't have enough free time to play game, so I have lots of backlog game, and I didn't purchase many new games this year, so I am way behind in my study of new released games (which usually help me detect whether a game will bomb or not before other people detect them).