=The Rumor Mill=
Quick, "just the semi-facts" coverage of major and minor rumors, with the most recent on top. Again, these are '''rumors''' of wildly-varying believability. Take them all with a grain of salt and judge the evidence for yourself. See the [[#Rumors in DetailRumors_in_Detail]] section further down this page for more detail on items briefly covered here.
==2000==
Some members of the ''Diablo II'' team start preliminary work on [[Diablo_3#2000:_Work_Begins_on_Diablo_III|Work began]] on ''Diablo III'' shortly after ''Diablo II'' is released. This is confirmed years later by resume postings by Stefen Scandizzo and Michio Okamura, in which they talk about their work at Blizzard North on an "unannounced sequel."
=Rumors in detail=