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

July 2008

• Interview: July 31, 2008 Jay Wilson on colour and WoW influences. MTV.
• Interview: July 26, 2008. Rob Pardo on game design (general). CVG.
• Preview: July 23, 2008. CVG Previews Diablo 3.
• Blue Post: July 22, 2008. Bashiok on Blizzard caring about corpses.
• Interview: July 14, 2008. Activision CFO Thomas Tippl on the Activision / Blizzard merger.
• Blue Post: July 13, 2008. Bashiok on corpses.
• Blue Post: July 12, 2008.Bashiok on health globes and party play.
• Blue Post: July 11, 2008. Bashiok on a variety of issues.
• Blue Post: July 9, 2008. Bashiok on respecing.
• Interview: July 8, 2008. Paul Sams. Mtv's MP blog.
• Interview: July 4, 2008. Mike Morhaime. Eurogamer.
• Blue Post: July 3, 2008. Bashiok on Blizzard's approach to controlling PKing.

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: June 29, 2008. WWI 2008: D3 Design Fundamentals Panel.
• Panel: June 29, 2008. WWI 2008: D3 Game Design Panel.
• Panel: June 29, 2008. WWI 2008: D3 Lore and Environmental Art Panel.
• Panel: June 29, 2008. WWI 2008: Denizens of Diablo Panel.

WWI Interviews

• Video Interview: June 29, 2008. Rob Pardo. Onlinewelten.
• Interview: June 29, 2008.Video: Rob Pardo. IGN,
• Video Interview: June 29, 2008. Video: Rob Pardo. Gamespot.
• Video Interview: June 29, 2008. IncGamers with D3 team (bad sound)
• Interview: June 30, 2008. Paul Sams. Guardian UK.
• Interview: June 30, 2008. Leonard Boyarsky. Gamespot.
• Interview: June 30, 2008. Jay Wilson. Kotaku.
• Interview: July 1, 2008. Leonard Boyarsky. Guardian UK.
• Interview: July 1, 2008. Leonard Boyarsky. 1up.com.
• Interview: July 2, 2008.Rob Pardo. 1up.com.
• Video Interview: July 5, 2008. Keith Lee, Diablo 3 Lead Producer. Gamespot.

Additional WWI Reporting and Features

All posted June 28-30, 2008.

• Video Interview: convention hall tour and fan interviews IncGamers.
• 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.