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Blizzard is officially "exploring a Diablo-related concept for consoles."[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-console-news-from-blizzard/] This is They have not the same thing as committing yet made any official announcements, or shared any details other than that they have an internal team headed up by [[Josh Mosqueira]], and are looking to make a console version of Diablo IIIhire more people[http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/directory.html#region=Americas;search=,diablo, but that's clearly their ultimate goal] to work on it.
==Diablo Console Project Announcement==
After years of hints, Blizzard finally acknowledged that they were starting work on a Diablo 3 console game in October 2010, via a forum post by [[Bashiok]], the Diablo III community manager:[http://diabloblues.incgamers.com/blogPosts/comments1/diablo-31/4/10/43845/open-console-news-from-blizzard/positions]
<blue>As some of you may have seen over on the Diablo III home page, we’re currently exploring a Diablo-related concept for consoles. As we’ve said in the past, with proper care the gameplay could suit the console platform, and we’re interested in seeing what talent out there might be interested in contributing to such a project. <br>
If you or someone you know would be interested in joining the Diablo team, then head over to the job posts to check out the requirements and submit an application.</blue>
===Blizzcon 2011 Update===
[[Jay Wilson]] commented on the ongoing Diablo console project from Blizzcon in October 2011. There were still no specifics, but Blizzard announced the hiring of [[Josh Mosqueira]] as the head of their console team in mid-2011, largely as a spur to hiring other qualified applicants.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-iii-open-qa-panel-rough-transcript]
[blue]We’ve hired people to work on the console. We have an internal team. We’ve spoken about it since it helps with hiring. We think Diablo 3 will work on console, we’ve experimented with controls, etc. But it’s essential to us that it not compromise the PC game at all, and it doesn’t feel like a crappy port to console either. Both should stand alone and work nicely. But we’re not announcing anything until we’re more sure about it.[/blue]
<blue>“We are looking for a couple of console developers, yes. At this stage though, it’s basically an investigation to see if it makes sense for Diablo to be a console game as well as a PC game.</blue>
==Past Blizzard Console Titles==
As always with Blizzard, they are unlikely to announce anything until the project is well underway, but from their frequent comments on the issue it seems very likely that they've got something in the works.
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