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A gameplay video is a video showing gameplay action; : actual footage of characters battling monsters; what players see as they're playing the game. Blizzard releases these periodically to promote Diablo III, and show off their progress in game development.
Other gameplay movies are recorded by fans, pointing video cameras at the monitors during various public events.
==Official Gameplay Videos==
Blizzard has released a number of gameplay videos thus far, almost always to coincide with their WWI or Blizzcon shows.
* [[Gameplay: WWI 2008]] -- This 15-minute movie showed the [[Barbarian]] and [[Witch Doctor]], and was the first look at Diablo III. It debuted at the Paris WWI event in June, 2008.
* [[Gameplay: Blizzcon 2008]] -- Six minutes of footage featuring the [[Wizard]] in the dungeons below the [[Tristram]] Cathedral, plus multiplayer action.
* [[Gameplay: Blizzcon 2009]] -- Thirteen minutes featuring the [[Monk]] in the [[Borderlands]] desert, tombs, and the doomed city of [[Alcarnus]]. Plus extensive four-player multiplayer action.
* [[Artisan Video]] -- Released in August 2010, this video introduces the [[Artisan]] NPCs. There is a very short clip of Monk combat at the very end of the movie.
* [[Gameplay: Blizzcon 2010]] -- Seventeen minutes featuring the [[Demon Hunter]], plus multiplayer PvM action. The last four minutes debuted the PvP [[Battle Arena]].
After the Activision/Blizzard quarterly financial conference call on May 9th, 2011, Blizzard started making regular announcements of gameplay systems. These press releases were accompanied by video footage: * [[Follower Video]] -- This short video was released in May 2011 to introduce the three [[Followers]](replacing Diablo II's {{iw|Hireling Hirelings}}): the [[Scoundrel]], the [[Templar]], and the [[Enchantress]]. It features clips of the followers in battle.* [[Rune Effect Videos]] -- Also released in May 2011, these 5 short clips showcase all rune effects for one skill from each class: the [[Barbarian]]'s [[Whirlwind]], the [[Demon Hunter]]'s [[Cluster Arrow]] (making its debut), the [[Monk]]'s [[Sweeping Wind]], the [[Witch Doctor]]'s [[Acid Cloud]], and the [[Wizard]]'s [[Ray of Frost]].
