Gamers, rejoice! One of the most famous games franchises will crawl back into our computers. Blizzard, the same guys who are set to rock our world with Starcraft II, confirmed that soon Diablo III will be released.

The announcement was made by Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment, during the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational at the Porte de Versailles Convention Centre in Paris, France.

Diablo III is maybe one of the most anticipated games ever. The Diablo saga has started back in January 1997, when Blizzard North released the first game of the series, Diablo.

With a dark, gothic story about the fight between Heaven and Hell, set in the fictional Kingdom of Khanduras. Diablo quickly become one the best RPGs ever and inspired a plethora of new games. It was followed by an expansion, Diablo: Hellfire, which was produced by Sierra.

Diablo II, released in 2000 four years after the original Diablo game, become an instant hit and Blizzard sold close to 17 millions copies.

One year later, Blizzard released an expansion, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction and ever since the fans are waiting for the next installment.

In 2003, some of the people who created Diablo II, such as Blizzard North Vice President Bill Roper and producer Kenneth Williams founded a new game company, Flagship Studios, which is developing HellGate: London, a RPG with some first-person shooter elements.

Since the release Diablo II: Lord of Destruction there were rumors that Blizzard will release a new game, but the company stayed mum about the future of Diablo III. Until today when Mike Morhaime took the stage to officially announce Diablo III, the game official site and to unveil a trailer.

Apparently Diablo III will remain faithful to its legacy (and this is maybe one of the best news) and its epic story will start twenty years after the events of Diablo II.

The players will have fie distinct characters classed from which to choose, and two of them were already announced: the Barbarian and the Witch Doctor.

The official site, www.diablo3.com, has already extended presentations of these two new characters.

“The barbarians consider it their sworn duty to protect Mount Arreat and the mysterious object within. They believe that if they fail to uphold their duty to the great mount, or are not given a proper burial upon its slopes, they will be denied a true warrior's death, and their spirits shall roam the land without honor for all eternity” is written in the presentation of Barbarians.

It seems like the Witch Doctors are similar to the Necromancers from Diablo II.

“The witch doctors are finely attuned to this Unformed Land and are able to train their minds to perceive this reality through a combination of rituals and the use of selected roots and herbs found in the jungles. They call the state in which they interact with this other world the Ghost Trance” wrote Abd al-Hazir in their presentation.

The official site has already some details about the beasts the players will encounter during the game. For the moment the Bestiary has four entries: Undead (the descendents of the skeletons), Khazra (colloquially known as "goatmen"), Gnarled Walkers and Dark Cultists.

Diablo III will be released on PC and Mac, but the official launch date and other details are yet to be announced. The trailer is available here.