This is somewhat good news to me. I remember playing the original Diablo games and they were very fun. Seeing that technology advanced dramatically throughtout the years means that a Diablo 3 is just very called for. It looks awsome but I was kinda hoping for a full 3D environment not a top down perspective like the past 2 had.
It would be awsome if this went to consoles but I wouldn't hold my breath on that.
Diablo was just awesome. Diablo II was probably one of the best games ever made, good story, believable characters, good graphics (god that time) and probably the best Action-Strategy RPG gameplay ever.
I personally like the top down view, Fallout (another Action-Strategy RPG) was also a great seller with the same camera angle Betsheda the new developers of Fallout3 are focusing on a 3D FPS perspective which can be switched on to a a similar TPS top-down view. I think I'll stick with the top-down view :P True, FPS gives a deeper level of depth to the gameplay but nothing beats the hack&slash action :D