At the end of the first third of the year, not much has happened, but a big thing in gaming has. Recently the Miyamoto team have announced that they will release a THIRD game in the continuing series now comprised of Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass. No matter how fun it is, there was something within the gameplay of Phantom Hourglass that just didn't cut it with me as being an authentic Zelda gameplay system. But now they are having another go at it with The Legend of Zelda : Spirit Tracks. Spirit Tracks is another DS game, the second of the series behind PH. In this installment, Link has left the seemingly eternal ocean to go for a ride on a nice looking train. Crossing the land in this game involves going between pre-set destinations of the train. This very well could throw away another cherished love-hate drive of all Zelda games, being the ability and the necessity to go everywhere possible. To be simple, free-roaming. But now they have made it that you have stations and you can't just run in between, it might be a little odd. Whatever, there is not enough info on the game yet. Even though they announced it to be out by the end of the year (yeah, that shocked me too.)

In other news, I FINALLY GOT TO PLAY DIABLO II. Yes I know I am a bit behind on my gaming at the moment, but I just needed to jump back and play this game considering I fell in love with the first game years ago. And that is also a very good reason for me to jump on the bandwagon of hype going towards the release date of much-anticipated Diablo III. Now that I have, I can yap about it. As my current fave type I am glad to hear they are keeping the Barbarian by name and nature. As well as the Wizard, whose more or less look and abilities are a replacement for the Sorceress, they have included the Witchdoctor, which I think could very well be a changed moveset of a Necromancer, after it was so seemingly popular in the second game. As it has been noted by developers, you shall at some point ONCE AGAIN (not complaining because it's awesome) have to return to Tristram for another bloody session of monster slaying. Though I will judge obviously once I play it, Diablo III looks like it will have as much players as the second one, if not, more.