{"id":30478,"date":"2012-01-10T19:25:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T17:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=30478"},"modified":"2012-01-11T16:16:37","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T14:16:37","slug":"diablo-iii-for-consoles-is-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/30478-diablo-iii-for-consoles-is-in-the-works","title":{"rendered":"Diablo III for consoles is in the works"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blizzard<\/a> community manager Micah Whiple has said that Blizzard is working on a console version of the upcoming action-RPG Diablo III.<\/p>\n

The question was posed via Twitter<\/a> by user TaNGoIX, who asked: “can you confirm or deny Diablo 3 coming to consoles? Thanks.”<\/p>\n

Whiple replied: “Yup. Josh Mosqueira is lead designer for the Diablo console project.”<\/p>\n

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Proof!<\/p><\/div>\n

Console gamers better start doing thumb pushups in preparation for the epic trial that the index fingers of PC<\/a> gamers have known since the first Diablo title launched back in 1996.<\/p>\n

Revealing such information via twitter seems rather out of character for Blizzard, who usually take the “until it’s announced in a press briefing, nothing is true” approach.<\/p>\n

However, the Diablo III console project isn’t really a huge surprise, as Blizzard has been talking about it for quite some time, stopping short of saying anything “official.”<\/p>\n

Also rather telling is a recent job posting on the Blizzard website, seeking a game systems designer for console, who should have “Familiarity with Diablo and other Blizzard Entertainment products” and “Live and breathe console video games, and role playing video games (RPGs)”.<\/p>\n

Let’s face it; of all the Blizzard games out there, the mechanics of Diablo probably lend themselves most easily to a console controller.<\/p>\n

\"Diablo<\/a>

Diablo III beta - Wizard vs Skeleton King<\/p><\/div>\n

Josh Mosqueira was a game designer at Relic Entertainment<\/a>, and worked on the fantastic Company of Heroes games. He also held the position of creative director at Ubisoft Montreal<\/a>. He is currently a lead game designer at Blizzard – so it seems the console brethren are in safe hands.<\/p>\n

Of course, there is still no official confirmation of Diablo III coming to consoles, let alone platform specifics and a release date – we don’t even have an official PC version release date; current rumours peg it for Q1 2012, but that could just be wishful thinking.<\/p>\n

Diablo III on consoles could turn out to be an experiment by Blizzard that gets scrapped in the long run. Anyone remember WarCraft Adventures and StarCraft Ghost?<\/p>\n

Sources: twitter<\/a>, Blizzard<\/a><\/h5>\n

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