Media Coverage

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

• Forum Post: Bashiok on Blizzard caring about corpses. July 22, 2008.
• Interview: Thomas Tippl. The Activision CFO talks about the Activision / Blizzard merger. July 14, 2008.
• Forum Post: Bashiok on corpses. July 13, 2008.
• Forum Post: Bashiok on health globes and party play. July 12, 2008.
• Forum Post: Bashiok on a variety of issues. July 11, 2008.
• Forum Post: Bashiok on respecing. July 9, 2008.
• Interview: Paul Sams. Mtv's MP blog. July 8, 2008.
• Interview: Mike Morhaime. Eurogamer. July 4, 2008.
• 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 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 three movies Blizzard released, the D3 FAQ, and over one hundred screenshots and pieces of 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

• Video Interview: Rob Pardo. IGN, June 29, 2008.
• Video Interview: Rob Pardo. Gamespot. June 29, 2008.
• Video Interview: IncGamers (bad sound) June 29, 2008.
• Interview: Paul Sams. Guardian UK. June 30, 2008.
• Interview: Leonard Boyarsky. Gamespot. June 30, 2008.
• Interview: Jay Wilson. Kotaku. June 30, 2008
• Interview: Leonard Boyarsky. Guardian UK. July 1, 2008.
• Interview: Leonard Boyarsky. 1up.com. July 1, 2008.
• Interview: Rob Pardo. 1up.com. July 2, 2008.
• Video Interview: Keith Lee, Diablo 3 Lead Producer. Gamespot. July 5, 2008.

Additional WWI Reporting and Features

• Interview: Video Interview: IncGamers, tour around the convention hall.
• Pictures: WWI Event Photos
• Preview: Action Trip on Diablo 3 at the WWI.
• Preview: Video Gamer on Diablo 3 questions Blizzard needs to answer.
• Preview: EuroGamer on Diablo 3 at the WWI.
• Video: IGN video reactions to WWI and D3.
• Preview: IGN's Ten Commandments of D3.

Pre-WWI Teasers

• Other: 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.