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 one month after they go online, to ward off link rot.

July 2008

Interview: Jay Wilson on colour and WoW influences. MTV. July 31, 2008
Interview: Rob Pardo on game design (general). CVG. July 26, 2008.
Preview: CVG Previews Diablo 3. July 23, 2008.
Blue 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.
Blue Post: Bashiok on corpses. July 13, 2008.
Blue Post: Bashiok on health globes and party play. July 12, 2008.
Blue Post: Bashiok on a variety of issues. July 11, 2008.
Blue Post: Bashiok on respecing. July 9, 2008.
Interview: Paul Sams. Mtv's MP blog. July 8, 2008.
Interview: Mike Morhaime. Eurogamer. July 4, 2008.
Blue 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

Panel: WWI 2008: D3 Design Fundamentals Panel.
Panel: WWI 2008: D3 Game Design Panel.
Panel: WWI 2008: D3 Lore and Environmental Art Panel.
Panel: WWI 2008: Denizens of Diablo Panel.

WWI Interviews

Interview: Video: Rob Pardo. Onlinewelten. June 29, 2008.
Interview: Video: Rob Pardo. IGN, June 29, 2008.
Interview: Video: Rob Pardo. Gamespot. June 29, 2008.
Interview: Video: 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.
Interview: Video: 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.

Media Coverage

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