Official Blizzard Quote:
The world’s largest gaming convention will be held this year in Cologne, Germany, from 18 to 21 August, and Blizzard Entertainment’s massively mark its presence there. We have prepared for you, not just exhibition matches, live raids, competitions and other attractions, but also three great games, in which every visitor will be able to play.
Gamescom present at this year’s World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Diablo III – the first time in a playable version in Europe – Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm. Do not miss this unique opportunity to personally try out these three games, win prizes and cheer professional players in StarCraft II, and the teams fighting in the arena of World of Warcraft. Visit us in hall 6.1 (position B21 and C30). More information is available on the official site!
Blizzard posted the above article on their EU site earlier today (source). It’s interesting, because a week ago, they posted an article talking about Blizzard’s presence at Gamescom 2011. The article mentions World of Warcraft and Starcraft, but fails to mention Diablo III anywhere at all. We all assumed that this meant that Diablo III will not be making an appearance at Gamescom, we were clearly wrong.
The exciting part of this is that this will be the first time that a demo will be available in Europe. Hopefully it will be a newer build of the game than we’ve seen, and can dig up some new information from it. I’ll be keeping an eye out for any images or videos taken of the Diablo III demo at Gamescom 2011.