Rumor mill history is repeating itself as we find yet another bout of rumor-spreading akin to how StarCraft 2 whispers started, and this time it's for yet another of Blizzard's epic franchises: Diablo. Buzz elevated Blizzard's acquisition of Diablo3.com, followed by the changing displays on the splash page, showing references of runes to Diablo 2. Now it's only been heightened even more as Blizzard's VP of design revealed that they have sensational revelation to be made at the WWI in Paris. Will the rumors have the same fate as SC2 and will Diablo 3 be finally announced?

If something's been going strong for the past ten years, you can bet its worth celebrating once it hits its anniversary date. That's true of Blizzard's StarCraft 2 as well.

In a recent interview, several members of the Blizzard opted to take a stroll down memory lane. Reminisce with them in the full article after the jump.

Remember earlier this month when a patent file by Blizzard was found? The patent described a virtual network telecommunications service called BattleChat for World of Warcraft. Looks like this might actually pull through, as hinted by Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce during DICE 2008. He also talked about the upcoming World of Warcraft movie. Read the full article for the details.

Did you hear that? That's probably the simultaneous breath of relief from console gamers all over the globe. Why? Because Blizzard confirmed what everyone else hoped was the right interpretation of the company's recent unveiling of games they canceled. Frank Pearce was on board to cite that StarCraft: Ghost didn't really qualify as a canceled game - technically. More on the full article.

If you thought you knew everything about Blizzard, think again. Methinks someone will have to update the company's Wikipedia page soon, for while Blizzard Entertainment's top dogs took to the stage at DICE 08, they revealed the company's history in a segment called "From Developer to Worldwide Publisher." And with the reminiscing came a little eye-opener: a list of games they've cancelled over the 17 years of their existence.

Here's an update on the DICE Summit 08: Blizzard CEO and co-founder Mike Morhaime and VPs Rob Pardo and Frank Pearce talk about how they were able to develop their company.

They also shared how they were able to achieve much success due to their operations without corporate interference. More information in the full article.

Frank Pearce, executive  vice -president of product development for Blizzard Entertainment, talked about the development of future Blizzard titles World of Warcraft 2 and StarCraft 2 as well as Blizzard's stance on StarCraft: Ghost and a possible Diablo 3. Mr. Pearce emphasized Blizzard's intention of taking it one step at a time...

What exactly did Mr. Pearce mean? Find out after the jump!

Will there be a World of Warcraft 2? Possibly, but according to Blizzard Executive VP of Product Development Frank Pearce, the company hasn't been thinking of making a sequel to World of Warcraft just yet.

Furthermore, Pearce added that Blizzard still has a "huge wish list of exciting features" to implement in their popular MMORPG. And speaking of MMOs, it seems the Blizzard team is excited about playing certain other MMORPGs as well... Find out what those two MMOs are after the jump!