After the six day splash image and the forums and fan-dedicated websites ablaze with gossip, Blizzard delivered the news many of us have been waiting years to hear, Diablo 3 is the next game announced on Blizzard’s impressive roster. But this press announcement, unlike the Starcraft 2 announcement, was met with a feast of cinematic and gameplay trailers, classes, concept art, and lore.

The cinematic teaser trailer is a treat, while it only spans a little over two minutes, I’m sure gamers have watched it dozens of times already (I know I have). The teaser visits many familiar and new locales and introduces the narrator (potentially the woman called Leah the Barbarian says is looking after Deckard Cain in the game play video), and after introducing the Lord of Terror (reminiscent of the Balrog from LotR) and she utters a perfect finish after gasping to catch her breath, “I don’t think it’s safe here.”

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