Diablo III is definitely an upcoming dark fantasy/horror-themed action role-playing game in development by Blizzard, which makes it the 3rd installment in the Diablo franchise. The overall game, which features aspects of the hack and slash and dungeon crawl genres, was initially announced on June 28, 2008, at the Blizzard Global Invitational in Paris, France

The overall game happens in Sanctuary, the dark fantasy world of the Diablo series. This world was saved two decades prior by a number of unnamed heroes in Diablo II. Warriors who, having survived the onslaught brought by the armies of the Burning Hells, have gone mad from their ordeals. It’s up to and including new generation of heroes to manage the forces of evil threatening the planet of Sanctuary.

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