{"id":97546,"date":"2016-07-04T11:55:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T09:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=97546"},"modified":"2016-07-04T11:56:09","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T09:56:09","slug":"big-new-diablo-project-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/97546-big-new-diablo-project-in-the-works","title":{"rendered":"Big new Diablo project in the works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard is hiring a number of employees for a new, unannounced Diablo project.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0its <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/us.blizzard.com\/en-us\/company\/careers\/posting.html?id=16000J8\" target=\"_blank\">job listings<\/a><\/strong>, Blizzard is also hiring a new Game Director to &#8220;lead the Diablo series into the future&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It is unknown whether Blizzard is working on a new expansion pack or a whole new game, but the potential acquisition of a new director and several employees hints at something big.<\/p>\n<p>Diablo 3 has been out for over four years, and was received with a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/games\/2014\/03\/25\/diablo-3-reaper-of-souls-review-through-the-fire-and-flames\/#34ca6a235467\" target=\"_blank\">renewed interest<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0after the launch of its\u00a0Reaper of Souls expansion.<\/p>\n<p>The job listings on Blizzard&#8217;s website mention an &#8220;unannounced project&#8221; and state that the company is looking for various designers and artists\u00a0to work on it&#8217;s &#8220;next hit game&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This could mean that Blizzard is working on the next big installation in the Diablo franchise, <strong>Diablo IV<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard has not yet revealed\u00a0the nature of its upcoming Diablo project, although the nature of its\u00a0job listings hints at\u00a0a massive expansion pack or an entirely new Diablo title.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to This is what South African gamers really thought about the Steam Summer Sale\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/96691-this-is-what-south-african-gamers-really-thought-about-the-steam-summer-sale.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">This is what South African gamers really thought about the Steam Summer Sale<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to These are the PC parts we never upgrade\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/92495-these-are-the-pc-parts-we-never-upgrade.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">These are the PC parts we never upgrade<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro revealed \u2013 specifications and pricing\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/97518-sapphire-radeon-rx-480-nitro-revealed-specifications-and-pricing.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro revealed \u2013 specifications and pricing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard is hiring a number of employees for a new, unannounced Diablo project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":97550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11681,4],"tags":[18811,31,665,3909,20060,20058,17891,143],"class_list":["post-97546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-18811","tag-active","tag-blizzard","tag-diablo","tag-hiring","tag-iv","tag-project","tag-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}