Possible Diablo 4 Confirmation Leak Via German Magazine
BlizzCon is just around the corner and with it comes leak season. There have been many rumors flying around recently about Diablo 4 being announced at BlizzCon this year, but over the weekend a German magazine page leaked detailing the upcoming offical Art of Diablo book releasing on November 3rd.

According to German site GameStar, the ad states that the book features "more than 500 artworks from Diablo 1, Diablo 2, Diablo 3, and Diablo 4." This ad is not an official Blizzard ad, but the book itself is an official Blizzard product. There is the potential that the ad publisher, Panini, might have made a mistake including the non existent Diablo 4 in the game listing. Thanks to Twitter user Naeri x 나에* for the image of the ad!


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  1. kaintk's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ihavewaffles View Post
    D2 Remaster? Why not just do both 1+2 in one go?..
    you win the internet sir !!

  1. Monster Hunter's Avatar
    the other page has world of .. and Beta underneath, wish they had taken a snap of that.
  1. Demona3's Avatar
    ........don't you all have phones?
  1. Exkrementor's Avatar
    Ah yes, ze germans.

    Always dependable when it comes to leaks right before blizzcon.
  1. Manhands's Avatar
    An art book that includes art from a game that isn't finished? How bizarre.
  1. Knaar's Avatar
    I mean... we already knew that Diablo 4 is in production for a number of years now.... Confirming a game we already knew existed isnt that huge of a deal. What we want to know is how the game look, info about the game and that stuff.

    It's not like they started to work on D4 this year or last year.

    And just like it was said in the original thread talking about this article a few days ago, they might be talking about Diablo Immortal instead of the real D4 (which would be stupid since D:I is just a reskin of a 2016 game...)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manhands View Post
    An art book that includes art from a game that isn't finished? How bizarre.
    You might want to sit down, because that might shock you... but there was Diablo 3 artwork made public a few YEARS before the game was actually playable! Crazy right? It's almost like if they would actually make art design before trying to put them in the game! And we all know that making a game like Diablo obviously only take a few months, right?

    And did you know there is some artwork of WoW dating before the 21s century even tho the game came out in 2004? Time traveling is a huge thing for Blizzard!
  1. Manhands's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Knaar View Post
    You might want to sit down, because that might shock you... but there was Diablo 3 artwork made public a few YEARS before the game was actually playable! Crazy right? It's almost like if they would actually make art design before trying to put them in the game! And we all know that making a game like Diablo obviously only take a few months, right?

    And did you know there is some artwork of WoW dating before the 21s century even tho the game came out in 2004? Time traveling is a huge thing for Blizzard!
    Geez...It might have been interesting to discuss art assets changing during development or some other topic, but your tone is just a no-go. Calm down.
  1. ReaperOwnz's Avatar
    Do we have a second source for that picture? So far every story I read regarding this news it's that one picture.
  1. HHHGame78's Avatar
    What ever happened to Immortal? I don't keep up with mobile stuff. lol
  1. ninthbelief's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Dakhath View Post
    For real. It's the 2nd coming of the "that would cost a raid tier" meme that people drove into the ground. It's not funny to start with, but here we are almost a year later and people still think it's the ultimate "gotcha" moment.
    Man, I sure wish Blizzard would stop saying incredibly dumb shit so that the community wouldn't meme about how dumb the things Blizzard regularly says and does are! What a travesty!
  1. s0ul's Avatar
    Yeah, it's Diablo Immortals. The upcoming fourth Diablo game.
  1. Dakhath's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by ninthbelief View Post
    Man, I sure wish Blizzard would stop saying incredibly dumb shit so that the community wouldn't meme about how dumb the things Blizzard regularly says and does are! What a travesty!
    Sure, Blizzard says a lot of dumb shit, but whatever humor it creates has a shelf life measured in days at most, not the unoriginal shit we have a year or more later.
  1. Keesasha Reborn's Avatar
    I mean, does anyone doubt they will announce D4 this time? It's 100% happening...
  1. mvaliz's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Onikaroshi View Post
    While it could be a typo on the magazines part, Blizzard themselves have never referred to Immortal as IV.
    Chances are Blizzard didn't make the ad - just sent it out to an arthouse to design.

    It's very common for people to make calls like that in the print industry, especially at the last minute if there's a problem. I can easily see this one being

    "Hey, look - the word "Immortal" is bleeding into the third line, off that red highlight background. What should we do?"
    "We don't have time to contact the original publisher as it's the weekend... shit... well, it's the 4th game, just call it IV then to punt it up on the line."

    Now, having said this, if MMO-Champ is putting it on their front page, I feel that leads more credence to it than anything as I'm assuming MMO-C has some inside info, or at least contacts, in regards to this. This also would explain a lot as to why they're posting it now, as opposed to 3 days ago.
  1. Pandragon's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by HHHGame78 View Post
    What ever happened to Immortal? I don't keep up with mobile stuff. lol
    Last I heard it was finished months ago, but has yet to be released.
  1. Kynario's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Manhands View Post
    An art book that includes art from a game that isn't finished? How bizarre.
    Concept art?
  1. Dracullus's Avatar
    I don't think it's accident. Blizzard want to get attention from Diablo community, but knows that no one would fell for "this Blizzcon will be great for Diablo" video after last year.
  1. Icoblablubb's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by toffmcsoft View Post
    Diablo would be so much better if there was a pvp component to it.
    Diablo would be better if it would actually be a Diablo game not that abomination that somehow got the number 3 attached to it
  1. McNeil's Avatar
    They still haven't released Diablo Immortal yet. They might actually just announce it again for PC and consoles, which makes Immortal the Diablo 4 all along and we all got trolled. Would be freaking hilarious though.

    With all the remakes Blizzard has been doing (SC1, WC3, WoW), I'd be really surprised if they don't announce a D2 remake.
  1. iosdeveloper's Avatar
    Diablo 2 HD or gtfo
    if Diablo 4 happens it will make Diablo 3 look good
    p.s. i really think such mindless game belongs to mobile and Diablo Immortal will be a stunning success making mobile market blow up

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