今天（02.26.2007）上Blizzard的BBS上的人估计都会兴奋得不得了，在Diablo区的一条新闻爆出：暗黑破坏神3 基本完成！
估计这条消息应该不会是假的，因为看过那条新闻之后，很多人发表评论说发布这条消息的人OMile就是Blizzard的艺术总监（原文是英文，估计差不多之类的职位）Odel Milaish，标题是“the game behind Diablo I and II - an unannounced PC project ！”
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同时，一位估计是玩Diablo的达人在gamingsteve网站的那里淘出了一些关于《暗黑破坏神3》的最新消息，我也去看过了
www.gamingsteve.com，的确有这么一个消息：Rumor: Diablo III On the Way? You Better Believe It！：
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http://www.gamingsteve.com/archives/2006/02/rumor_diablo_ii.phpIt looks like the Diablo III rumor mill has started up once again with a seemingly innocent post on the jobs section of the Blizzard web site. A few days ago they posted a job for an art director and various leads to join "the team behind Diablo I and II" for "an unannounced PC project." I have been getting some inquires since then if Blizzard is indeed working on Diablo III and when is it going to come out?
Well, before I answer let me mention a few things. First, I don't want to get any of my friends at Blizzard in trouble, so from instead of mentioning "Diablo III" let's call this theoretical game "Beelzebub 3" and instead of "Blizzard" let's call them "Snowstorm". Second, my information is quality stuff, but it is a little old, so take that with a gain of salt. Third, err, well, there is no third, so let's get into what I know!
Let's the obvious out of way, "Snowstorm" is indeed working on "Beelzebub 3". Not only are they working on it, but they have been working on this game for no less than the past four years. In fact, "Snowstorm North" nearly completed the game several years ago, but what they developed just "wasn't fun" and been quietly reworked. This was actually one of the key reasons why Snowstorm North was closed and everyone was relocated to Irvine-based Snowstorm, so that the bigwigs in Irvine could better track and follow the development of Beelzebub 3.
As for what to expect in to see in Beelzebub 3, believe it or not but those rumors that were floating around a few months ago about the game were fairly accurate (by the way, I have no idea who started these rumors or where they came from). According to the rumors:
"Diablo 3 takes place in heaven. Hell is trying to take it over and it is AWESOME looking … Imagine the brightness of heaven being taken over by the darkness of hell … Imagine WoW but in a Diablo world in amount of size and playability … Also, guild housing is available in this game for those of you who know about it."
This information was pretty dead-on. It is true that Beelzebub 3 will be done in true 3D and it did indeed look freaking awesome. It is also true that Beelzebub 3 features a story between the conflicts of Heaven and Hell and contains a very cool feature where every single item in the game can change between a "light" version and a "dark" version. However this was also one of the problems with the original version of the game. Other than the ability for any item to visually change from light to dark it didn't affect the actual stats of the item or change the gameplay in any way. So the game has gone through a total rework to inject some "fun" into the gameplay and to make it feel like the Beelzebubs of old.
The core gameplay Beelzebub 3 will play pretty much like Beelzebub 1 and 2, but the game world will be much larger and provide a much deeper experience -- many more items, more levels when you go through the game for first time, more skills, more of everything. In addition, the multiplayer aspect will be greatly enhanced from the past installments and don't be surprised to see more than a couple of WoW-based concepts to leak over into the Beelzebub 3 universe ... such as two opposing factions (Alliance and Horde = Heaven and Hell), enhanced guild functionality, and maybe even mounts?!
As for when Beelzebub 3 will released, that one is easy to answer ... when it's done. Snowstorm is in no rush to finish this game and will release it only after they feel it's perfect. And after the fiasco of StarCraft: Ghost -- which has been announced for years and is currently going through its second round of redesign and reprogramming -- Snowstorm is in no rush to announce Beelzebub 3. Don't except an announcement until the game is near completion.
But there is some good news; that "leak" on the Snowstorm jobs page was no accident. If they are starting to leak information about Beelzebub 3 then they are starting to get closer to a final release. Of course for Snowstorm something "getting close" can mean two years from now.
Hopefully that will hold everyone over for the short term. Hopefully Beelzebub 3 will be announced at the next E3, I'll try to find out more before then and give everyone the dirt as I get it.
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原文大概说
1. 暴雪确实正在开发《暗黑破坏神3》，他们至少在四[屏蔽]就已经开始了《暗黑3》的开发工作。事实上，暴雪在几[屏蔽]已经基本完成了这个游戏，但是暴雪的高管发现这个游戏“缺乏乐趣”，以至于《暗黑3》遭到了重写的命运，这也是暴雪北方工作室[屏蔽]关闭的原因之一！
2. 人员现在重新[屏蔽]到暴雪Irvine总部的，这样，Irvine的暴雪头头们就能够随时跟进《暗黑破坏神3》的开发，一直至到最近的开发完成。
3. 《暗黑破坏神3》的主要场景非常华丽明亮。
4.《暗黑破坏神3》的游戏方式将与《暗黑1》和《暗黑2》比较相似，但游戏场景要大得多，并提供更多物品、等级、技巧。多人游戏将得到增强并增加了不少类似于WOW的概念，例如WOW中的联盟和部落、增强的工会功能。
呵呵，终于一口气翻译完了，没想到我们最渴望的War4 和 SC2都没有看到，倒是出来个Diablo 3，这真的符合了Blizzard的风格：永远都有你意想不到的！但是注意，只是“基本完成”，以Blizzard的跳票风格来说，离正式发售估计还有一大段时间！WoW
For Game，For Fun！
