Which will come first, Diablo III or StarCraft II? According to Battleforums.com, it’s the former. The gaming web site reportedly received an anonymous tip from a Blizzard employee that read, "[Starcraft 2] is still being worked on, but only by a minuscule amount of people compared to what [Blizzard] put on the Diablo 3 team." As a result, the site reports that Diablo III will release before StarCraft II. If true, this comes as substantial news considering Diablo III was revealed at the company’s 2008 Worldwide Invitational on June 28, 13 months after StarCraft II’s announcement at the same event last year.

IGN contacted Blizzard for clarification on the matter, and here is what a company representative had to say:

"We’re very pleased with the progress of development on both StarCraft II and Diablo III. In fact, we’re looking forward to sharing news about both games at next month’s BlizzCon event. We don’t currently have any release dates to share, but development is proceeding at full speed on both games."

While we don’t know specific release dates for either title, Blizzard recently confirmed that StarCraft II is on track for a 2009 release.