This weekend, people began to discover that Blizzard had put up a new splash screen on their main website. Anybody who has followed Blizzard over the years knows by now that this sort of event usually begins the countdown to some incredible announcement. I personally remember these mysterious images appearing as indications of new game releases, dating all the way back to the Starcraft expansion, Brood War.
A lot of what I’ve been reading over the weekend has people under the impression that we’re finally going to see the long awaited (by some people) announcement of Diablo 3. Some people seem a bit too sure of this, and I beg to differ.
Granted, with Lich King due out by the end of the year (as well as Starcraft 2, as far as preorder dates are concerned), it would make sense that Blizzard would be announcing something fresh. However, with everyone already talking at length about WotLK and SC2, I’d say Blizzard would most likely save the Diablo 3 announcement (if it’s ever coming) to keep the hype train rolling come the new year.
More than likely, especially given the icy theme of the image, I’d expect that this announcment will actually be an official release date for Wrath of the Lich King. Further to support my theory that this has SOMETHING to do with WotLK, the WotLK alpha wiki was down all weekend and has a new message as of early this morning:
“Why Hello There
PERHAPS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT http://wotlkwiki.info/ AROUND MID MORNING TOMORROW (EST).
<3 you Blizzard
MORE LOVE <3
CAN YOU HANDLE MORE LOVE?! <3″
Following the link takes you to a similar message, again suggesting you come back ‘around midmorning’. Sure, it could all be unrelated, but it seems like there would likely be some correlation between the two, given that the wiki was taken down only shortly before the new splash went up at Blizzard.
I guess we’ll have to wait and see…
