Titled "Black Soulstone" this Diablo 3 trailer from Blizzard is sure to impress. "As Deckard Cain's niece, Leah, struggles to make sense of her uncle's mysterious and disturbing notations, she bears witness to a dark vision. Azmodan, Lord of Sin, towers over the fragile young woman, swearing his armies of the burning Hells shall pour forth into Sanctuary, ravishing the world and all hope of resistance."

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If you're one of many active World of Warcraft players looking forward to Diablo 3, boy does Blizzard have a treat in store for you. By signing up to their new WoW Annual Pass, a 12-month contract to your subscription, you will get a full digital copy of Diablo 3 gifted to you to play from day one. Additionally, you will also get beta access to World of Warcraft: Mists of Panderia....

Don't shoot the messenger! "While this news might not be a complete surprise, I know that many of you were hopeful that Diablo III would ship this year," writes Blizzard president Mike Morhaime. Unfortunately a 2011 release isn't happening, so you'll be stuck with Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Skyrim and Modern Warfare 3 until at least Q1 of 2012. Ok, so it's not that bad. "Ultimately, we feel that to deliver an awesome Diablo sequel that lives up to our expectations and yours as well," Morhaime sa...

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Plenty of information had been leaked prior to an NDA being officially lifted, and now it has been. The goss is legit and it's in the wild, already stirring up a lot of healthy anticipation and argument. Of particular note is a real money auction house and a ten character limit on accounts. Blizzard executive VP Rob Pardo has defnded some backlash regarding the real money auction system, saying "people were going to do it anyway, and this way it's secure." Here's some more snippets of info, ...

Confidential Blizzard production slate documents were recently leaked onto the internet, pictured here, outlining the release of many upcoming games. These include StarCraft II, Diablo III and World of Warcraft expansions. The most interesting of the lot being "Titan", which has now been confirmed by Blizzard to be their next generation massively multiplayer online title...

Blizzard tend to develop the type of games that would be very, very hard to make work on a console. They tried with StarCraft on the Nintendo 64, which failed, and haven't bothered with World of Warcraft - despite the revenue potential. They are however, for the first time since the cancelled StarCraft: Ghost, looking at moving back into the console space - with Diablo 3....