Hopefully Diablo III will help it recover, assuming it doesn't get StartCraft: Ghost'd. I suspect the closing of Blizzard North did tremendous damage to the Diablo franchise. The time between announcement and release for World of Warcraft was about 3 years and that is an MMO with likely far more content and definitely more races and classes. I'm not saying Diablo III won't come out in 2011, but I suspect it won't be as awesome a game that you would expect from a company like Blizzard having spent 3 years on it. Remember, Diablo III's art director quit soon after the announcement, so you have to wonder what internal politics are roiling the project. The reason I mention this is that I suspect that Blizzard is starving Diablo III of resources and despite claims that StarCraft 2 is not affecting Diablo III, I suspect that isn't even remotely true. Diablo 3 - Diablo Hacks Bots Cheats Exploits Guides. Also, since Diablo III was announced in mid-2008, it will likely have been in development for around 3 full years. Free World of Warcraft Community for WoW Gold Guides, WoW Exploits, WoW Hacks, WoW Programs and WoW. If Diablo III gets released in 2011 as expected, there will have been a 10 year gap since Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. That blog and our previous updates can be read here if you missed out. We hope you enjoyed last quarters dive into the playstyles of our final launch class, the Necromancer. Forums: Index → Archives → Diablo III - a long wait. Hello and welcome to our third Diablo IV Quarterly Update of 2022.