Reaper of Souls Teased as First Diablo III Expansion

Blizzard has launched a teaser site that suggests the first Diablo III expansion will be called 'Reaper of Souls.'

There's not much to see on the site so far, just an image of a gloomy entrance way behind the text “death, at last, shall spread its wings over all." The title is mentioned in the URL and has been trademarked at the bottom of the site.

The image appearing on Blizzard's teaser site.

It's an interesting twist in the story Blizzard is weaving, considering the publisher also recently trademarked 'The Dark Below,' which many assumed would be the name of the first Diablo III expansion.

Last month, Blizzard teased an announcement would be coming to next week's Gamescom press conference. The invite sent out to the press stated Blizzard would be "making a special announcement that's sure to capture the attention of the Heavens, Burning Hells and all the shadowed places that lie between." Based on that description, an official Diablo III expansion announcement seems likely.

We can only speculate then, that 'The Dark Below' will be another World of Warcraft expansion...or something new entirely.

Stay tuned to IGN next week for all of the news out of Blizzard's press conference and Gamescom, which runs from August 21-25 in Cologne, Germany.

Lucy O'Brien is Entertainment Editor at IGN AU. Follow her ramblings on IGN or @Luceobrien on Twitter.

Source : ign[dot]com