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This page lists all ''Diablo III'' coverage; previews, interviews, designer diaries, forum post, and more. Anything from the D3 team that's substantial enough to warrant a news post on Diii.net gets an entry on this page. Larger interviews and other features are archived in this section, to ward off link rot.

=July 2008=

* [http://www.diii.net/n/675981/blizzard-cares-about-corpses Forum Post: Bashiok] on Blizzard caring about corpses. July 22, 2008.
* [http://www.developmag.com/news/30184/QA-More-on-how-Activision-Blizzards-merger-impacts-its-studios Interview: Thomas Tippl]. The Activision CFO talks about the Activision / Blizzard merger. July 14, 2008.
* [http://www.diii.net/n/674066/bashiok-corpses-and-more Forum Post: Bashiok] on corpses. July 13, 2008.
* [http://www.diii.net/n/672276/more-from-bashiok Forum Post: Bashiok] on health globes and party play. July 12, 2008.
* [http://www.diii.net/n/671871/bashiok-speaks Forum Post: Bashiok] on a variety of issues. July 11, 2008.
* [http://www.diii.net/n/671187/news-blitz-wednesday-july-9th Forum Post: Bashiok] on respecing. July 9, 2008.
* [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/07/07/blizzard-on-diablo-mmo-hopes-new-franchises-and-more/ Interview: Paul Sams]. Mtv's MP blog. July 8, 2008.
* [http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=165005&page=2 Interview: Mike Morhaime]. Eurogamer. July 4, 2008.
* [http://www.diii.net/n/669431/pking-played-down Forum Post: Bashiok] on Blizzard's approach to controlling PKing. July 3, 2008.




=June 2008: World Wide Invitational=
''Diablo III'' was announced at Blizzard's [[WWI 2008|World Wide Invitational]] in Paris, on June 28, 2008. A storm of media coverage ensued, with every gaming media outlet on the Internet reporting the announcement. The biggest sources of info from the WWI were the four hour-long Diablo 3 panels, along with [http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/media/#movies three movies] Blizzard released, the [http://www.diabloii.net/articles/668036/diablo-3-faq D3 FAQ], and over one hundred [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=546 screenshots] and pieces of [http://www.diii.net/gallery/index.php?cat=540 concept art].  

==Blizzard's WWI Panels==
* [[WWI 2008: D3 Design Fundamentals Panel]].
* [[WWI 2008: D3 Game Design Panel]].
* [[WWI 2008: D3 Lore and Environmental Art Panel]].
* [[WWI 2008: Denizens of Diablo Panel]]. 

==WWI Interviews==

* [http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/885/885139p1.html Video Interview: Rob Pardo].  IGN, June 29, 2008.
* [http://www.gamespot.com/video/930659/6193139/diablo-iii-interview Video Interview: Rob Pardo]. Gamespot. June 29, 2008.
* [http://www.diii.net/articles/668955/diiinet-diablo-3-interview-session Video Interview]: IncGamers (bad sound) June 29, 2008.
* [http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives/2008/06/30/blizzard_interview_diablo_3_console_version_a_possibility.html Interview: Paul Sams].  Guardian UK. June 30, 2008.
* [http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/diablo-iii/885172p1.html Interview: Leonard Boyarsky]. Gamespot. June 30, 2008.
* [http://kotaku.com/5020721/the-man-behind-diablo-iii-talks-plot-lore-and-battlenet Interview: Jay Wilson]. Kotaku. June 30, 2008
* [http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives/2008/07/01/diablo_3_interview_random_areas_coop_and_the_rest.html Interview: Leonard Boyarsky]. Guardian UK. July 1, 2008.
* [http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168498 Interview: Leonard Boyarsky]. Guardian UK. July 1, 2008.
* [http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168498 Interview: Leonard Boyarsky]. 1up.com. July 1, 2008.
* [http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168515 Interview: Rob Pardo]. 1up.com. July 2, 2008.
* [http://www.wegame.com/watch/Diablo_3_Interview_with_Keith_Lee/ Video Interview: Keith Lee], Diablo 3 Lead Producer. Gamespot. July 5, 2008.

==Additional WWI Reporting and Features==
* [http://www.worldofwar.net/wowtv/media/336/WWI_Walkabout_Movie/ Video Interview]: IncGamers, tour around the convention hall.
* [http://www.diabloii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=544 WWI Event Photos] 
* [http://www.actiontrip.com/previews/diabloiii.phtml Action Trip] on Diablo 3 at the WWI.
* [http://www.videogamer.com/features/article/03-07-2008-455.html Video Gamer] on Diablo 3 questions Blizzard needs to answer.
* [http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=167096 EuroGamer] on Diablo 3 at the WWI.
* [http://ve3d.ign.com/videos/30948/PC/Diablo-III IGN video reactions] to WWI and D3.
* [http://pc.ign.com/articles/888/888189p1.html IGN's Ten Commandments of D3].

==Pre-WWI Teasers==
* [http://www.diii.net/articles/667288/the-wwi-splash-image-mystery Pre-WWI Teasers]. Teaser images and secret codes posted on Blizzard's website during the week before ''Diablo III'''s announcement. June 22-28, 2008.




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