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I'm just hoping for a decent discount on a D3 + Expansion pack. I usually buy a load of discounted MP games for co-op in the run up to Christmas.

The older I get the harder it gets to arrange bro-op :negative:. But you can always count on the Christmas break:hug:
 

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Swen (before he betrayed our trust for the casual audience, bless his heart) discussed in an interview with Matt Barton that Diablo 3 was essentially a massive piece of shit and decline.
 

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Diablo 2 Remaster will be in the show, confirmed "unofficially" by a friend who works there. I also heard that apparently one of the questions being debated among the team during development is whether to attempt to modernize certain gameplay aspects like the old D2 potions gameplay or how Runes and Charms work, or just keep everything "as it was in the original".
 

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I believe they are working on WarCraft IV. However, given that they have a fair amount to announce this year I don't think they will announce it.

(I think the only reason you are seeing the War3 remaster is because they did the work to update the resolution, number of players, etc. to use it as an internal prototyping tool. The high-poly models and texture work were outsourced to asia.)
 

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Some other thoughts:
-the schedule has 6 slots that don't have titles yet, which implies 6 new titles https://blizzcon.com/en-us/schedule#fri-nov-1
-4 of those 6 sessions will be free for everyone to watch, making the virtual ticket ridiculously overpriced this year
-this pattern suggests there are 6 announcements, 4 of which are actually significant
-the panels are all cut to 45 minutes this year, implying that there will be no questions after your extended marketing pitch

My predictions for what those 4 free streams are about:
-Diablo IV
-World of Warcraft 9.0 expansion
-Overwatch boxed product that nobody cares about
-Hearthstone expansion you already know about launching Dec. 3rd

Predictions for the other 2 sessions:
-Diablo II remaster
-A phone game that's a result of parents trying to design a game their children won't be embarrassed by

Working on, but not announcing:
-WarCraft IV
-Another phone game they are prouder of than they should be, a derivative of auto-chess
 

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I'm just hoping for a decent discount on a D3 + Expansion pack. I usually buy a load of discounted MP games for co-op in the run up to Christmas.

It's really decline, tho. You can just get any cheap ass diablo clone for 2$ on steam sale and have better time with it. Clunky gameplay, cartoony visuals and MEH classes/skills, compared to grim dawn
 

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Diablo 2 Remaster will be in the show, confirmed "unofficially" by a friend who works there. I also heard that apparently one of the questions being debated among the team during development is whether to attempt to modernize certain gameplay aspects like the old D2 potions gameplay or how Runes and Charms work, or just keep everything "as it was in the original".

God I hope not, that would ruin it for me. Only QoL stuff is okay (e.g. picking up gold faster, etc).
 
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Diablo IV
An Android and iOs exclusive brought to you by Blizzard!

I'd pay for that kind of announcement, just to watch the shitstorm for years after. Imagine "D:IV - companion app for Diablo Immortal!"
ahahahahahahah

D4's gonna suck shit anyway it doesn't even matter

Working on, but not announcing:
-WarCraft IV

No way in hell they'll ever make another RTS. Dead genre. Closest thing you'll get to an RTS will be a clash of clans mobile rip off. IF they ever made WC4 it'd be some new genre, like battle royale or something
 

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Diablo IV
An Android and iOs exclusive brought to you by Blizzard!

I'd pay for that kind of announcement, just to watch the shitstorm for years after. Imagine "D:IV - companion app for Diablo Immortal!"
ahahahahahahah

D4's gonna suck shit anyway it doesn't even matter

Working on, but not announcing:
-WarCraft IV

No way in hell they'll ever make another RTS. Dead genre. Closest thing you'll get to an RTS will be a clash of clans mobile rip off. IF they ever made WC4 it'd be some new genre, like battle royale or something
Just as the gameplay of War3 was significantly different from War2, I think they will 'evolve' the RTS genre with War4. Moving it the opposite direction that StarCraft 2 went. How that manifests we will have to wait and see. I could see them implementing MOBA elements such as lanes where you control which buildings to build for each lane and your hero units, and the standard units are automated. The way they bumped up the player count with the War3 patch suggests another direction, as you mentioned.
 

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No way in hell they'll ever make another RTS. Dead genre. Closest thing you'll get to an RTS will be a clash of clans mobile rip off. IF they ever made WC4 it'd be some new genre, like battle royale or something
Or a moba ripoff of some kind.

Afaik sc2 sold quite well though, and they seem to have monetized it in various ways fairly heavily (there's a coop mode where you can buy different sub factions for example) and successfully. I would expect blizzard to make more rts games. But I would also expect wc4 to include some 'rpg' elements with heroes and the like. I would say something along the lines of dow3 but considering that game was a failure, I guess blizzard will tweak it some way.
 

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Or a moba ripoff of some kind.

Blizzards already has a MOBA ripoff which is a complete failure (bliz cancelled the yearly tournaments and stopped adding new content IIRC), so they pobably won't release another one anytime soon
 

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How would they monetize Warcraft 4 with a bajillion microtransactions?
 

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