In a recent interview, Diablo 3's lead designer says the company is considering bringing its long-awaited sequel to consoles.

Speaking with Atomic Gamer, Blizzard lead content designer Kevin Martens says that the company is open to the possibility of bringing Diablo 3 to consoles.

"Everybody had a PC, even if they just use it for nothing but e-mail and web surfing," said Martens. "Almost everyone has one, so we do have a pretty giant install base. That said, gaming systems like Xbox and PS3 and so on… Diablo is one of the more natural hits for a Blizzard title to go on those, so I think that’s why we are looking at it pretty seriously."

He goes on to confirm that efforts are underway to test the console waters. "We’re looking for console people right now to see if that’s feasible, but we just want to make the best Diablo PC game right now," commented Martens.
This seems to confirm previous reports that noted console-oriented job postings at Blizzard for Diablo 3.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, when asked about the release date of Diablo 3, Martens gave the customary Blizzard response: "“It’s ready when it’s ready.”

Many people have assumed that the next MMO game from Blizzard (the one code-named Project Titan) will be the one MMO that will finally take away players from Blizzard's hit MMO World of Warcraft. But according to Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce it could be another upcoming game from the developer that could pull World of Warcraft players away.

Talking to Gamasutra he states, "I think even a shorter-term concern is whether or not we might see cannibalization of WoW players from Diablo 3 when we launch it, because it's a similar type of experience. Not exactly similar, but it's that RPG feel." Pearce doesn't have an issue with this happening, saying, " ... because if we cannibalize them ourselves, they're still a Blizzard customer." Now all we need for Blizzard to do is give Diablo III a release date