Diablo 3

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

Regarding the books being canon...

Q - Medievaldragon: How much of the book is creation of yours, and how involved is Chris Metzen behind the canon storyline of Diablo: The Sin War Trilogy? Do you think the ramifications of this book impact in the storyline of Diablo 3 the game?
A - Knaak: This is a pure collaboration between myself and Chris/Blizzard. All that is written is passed by him and the others there. This will be canon and has adjusted earlier info. The ramifications here will be used for any future project...and I ain't writing for a dead game.

I'd say that's pretty good evidence that the books are indeed canon.

[Tavrobel]

I hate you BtV.

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

<3 you too Tav.

That interview strongly implies that there will be a Diablo 3 someday. However, this is Blizzard. Someday usually means many, many years from now.

[Tavrobel]

Or cancelled after being thrown around by multiple platform developers, considered trash, given to another developer to start from scratch, scrapped, and left to hang while the gaming community knew it would fail from the start?

Yeah. Someday.

Chances are I'll have to wind up playing for the game to play.

[Dragon Mage]

Hey, I never said the books had anything to do with the game! I was just trying to throw out there that Knaak has experience, has worked for Blizzard a lot, and that whatever he comes up with for a possible D3 will be good! That's all I'm saying.

And yes the Evils will be able to come back.

[Tavrobel]

Hey, I never said the books had anything to do with the game! I was just trying to throw out there that Knaak has experience, has worked for Blizzard a lot, and that whatever he comes up with for a possible D3 will be good! That's all I'm saying.

I would not doubt Blizzard knows what they are doing.

And yes the Evils will be able to come back.

Not from DII evidence, they won't.

I'm sure that Blizzard will weave together a bunch of crap and make us like it.

[Dragon Mage]

Not from DII evidence, they won't.

Yeah, all that happened was the Soulstones were destroyed. That doesn't necessarily mean the P.E. can't get back to Sanctuary. The Soulstones just provided an easy anchor to travel through. Worldstone is gone=P.E. can come on to Sanctuary in their full power. (kinda like the Black Diablo) All that's needed now is another anchor, which will most likely exist somewhere. The Soulstones were made by humans, no? Then something else could be corrupted for the P.E. to travel through. They can come back; just how they will do it has been made a bit more difficult.

And remember, they had gotten one to Sanctuary before the Soulstones were made. That option that allowed them to do so may still exist.