Diablo 3

[nobbie]

Another bunch of Ex-Blizzard folks (Blizzard North) have founded a new studio called Hyboreal Games.

On their team page, you can find an interesting bit of information that should make every Diablo fan's heart beat faster:

Michio Okamura

A founding developer of the Diablo license, Michio has over ten years of experience at building and maintaining a multimillion dollar license. ...

On Diablo II, Michio was responsible for further development of the Diablo mythos. As the Senior Artist, he created character and monster concept designs, including the second incarnation of Diablo for this sequel. ...

After Diablo II, he worked as an Art Director establishing the pipeline and creative direction for several internal projects. Michio was the Creative Lead for Blizzard North on a yet unannounced sequel before his departure.

Anyone wants to make a guess what that "yet unannounced sequel" is? :)


PS:

I like the title image for the new game of these folks - very stylish along the lines of the SciFi comics of the 1970s and 1980s or SciFi film classics like "Flash Gordon" and "Forbidden Planet". Also, Johnny Bruck's great title illustrations for the famous "Perry Rhodan" series come to mind :)




"Perry Rhodan" magazine no.1 - "Operation Stardust" - cover artwork by Johnny Bruck (released September 1961):