The schedule for the Worldwide Invitational is now available, we can expect the Diablo 3 big announcement @ 11:45 CEST time. While we wait for the announcement let's bring the teaser to the top of the homepage.
Official site teaser/splash screen - Day 5
This is the last day before the WWI, the eyes in the middle of the screen really start to look like the Lich King's ... However the creature artwork has been fully uploaded (we're not sure if it's an error or not) and we now have the full picture available.
The splash screen
This is the most obvious part of the teaser, a huge picture of a block of ice slowly cracking to reveal what seems to be a face. Each day a rune was added to the ice.
- Day 1 - The first rune looks a lot like the one found on the Lich King swords in many official artworks.
- Day 2 - The 2nd rune is the Hel Rune from Diablo 2
- Day 3 - The 3rd rune is the Protoss Symbol found on the Starcraft 2 official site
- Day 4 - The 4th rune hasn't been identified yet, and what looks like the eyes of the lich king appeared in the center of the ice crack.
- Day 5 - A new rune has been added and looks like a viking compass. The eyes started to glow, the creature artwork from the CSS files is now complete. The runes also started to glow, you can compare these screenshots : Screenshot #1 / Screenshot #2
Note about the streaming
You will need the Octoshape plugin to open these links and watch the event.
If the links below don't work, just right click, copy the link location, and open it with Windows Media Player (makes sure the Octoshape plugin is running first, if it's not just start it from your Start menu)
[center]Streaming - Main Stage
Streaming - Tournament Stage
Schedule