So when I loaded up Gamespot today I saw the best homepage news that I've seen in a LONG time. Diablo III has been announced! I have never reacted to any other game announcment as I did with that. To say I cannot wait is an understatement.

I adored the original Diablo, Diablo II, and The Lord of Destruction expansion. I played the original with mostly hacks and cheats, but still had a great time online. The second game just improved everything and offered up one of the most addicting gaming periods of my life. Hell (no pun intended) even my name is derived from Diablo II. If you remember Hephasto was the armorer on the IV act in hell. I just changed the 'E' to an 'A'

The Lord of Destrctuion, the expansion to Diablo II was one of the best expansions to ever be released in my opinion, only matched by it's Blizzard counterpart Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. It offered everything an expansion pack should offer. New classes, new abilities, a new chapter, and improved gameplay.

Diablo II was so wildly popular you can still find a large population still playing to this very day. I've tried playing it a few times in the past couple of years, but couldn't get back into it. I've seen everything there is to see in that game 100 times over, which is why I've been ready for the third game to be announced for years.

I'm very interested to see how they improve on Diablo II's flawless execution. Is it going to be just a graphical upgrade to Diablo II or is it going to be a gaming revolution, or at the very least a PC gaming revolution? Blizzard is one of my most respected gaming companies, and there is barely a doubt in my mind that this is going to be nothing short of remarkable. PC gaming almost seems to be at the mercy of Blizzard now-a-days, with it's prestige franchises. With World of Warcraft still leading the pack of MMORPG's, even 4 years after it's release, Warcraft III I believe is still the top online real time strategy, Starcraft II is on it's way and now the announcement of Diablo III... Blizzard is sitting high right now, and will be for a very long time.