Less gamers are clocking in hours to spend time playing PC games online, according to Xfire's latest report. Numbers began to drop since August. Xfire senior director of marketing Frederic Descamps believes there's a very apparent reason behind this - many tried to finish the fight, while others continue to play Bungie Studios' Halo 3 on the Microsoft Xbox 360 instead of their PC gaming rigs.

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The Diablo series has always held a special place in Blizzard fans' hearts. It seems even the people responsible for the Diablo games are just as excited to see a new Diablo sequel.

One such person is Max Schaefer, co-founder of the now-defunct Blizzard North - the studio behind the Diablo games. In a recent interview with video game news site CVG, Schaefer, who now works at Flagship Studios, voiced his excitement about the possibility of a Diablo 3:

You know as much as I do about their plans, but what I'd like to see is Diablo in a true 3D environment, taking advantage of the latest graphics bells and whistles, and of course, the Blizzard production values that makes their games special.

With StarCraft 2 now in development, perhaps Diablo 3 isn't too far off. What about you guys? What would you like to see in a new Diablo title? Leave a comment below and share your thoughts.

Eurogamer reports that during the CES, Flagship Studios head, Bill Roper (someone who was once heavily involved with Diablo) has said that their upcoming MMO Hellgate: London, is intended to attract and satisfy Diablo players, even going as far as to state that the game is a continuation or progression of Diablo II's gameplay.

Roper said:

We feel that Hellgate: London is the spiritual successor to Diablo II. ...Really the biggest thing for us is wanting to reach out to the Diablo players. I think that people that play MMOs - whether it's EverQuest, or WoW, or Asheron's Call, or whatever it is, they're really going to find something they like about the game... But I do think it's really important for us is to make sure we reach out to those millions of Diablo players, that really love the Diablo gameplay mechanic, that were really excited about Diablo and want to have that kind of gameplay experience again.

Let's see, in Hellgate: London, demons have invaded Britain, so we guess that the futuristic-Diablo comparison is pretty much accurate.

The interesting thing here is that rumors of a Diablo IIIis still persisting. Is it possible that the third Diablo will feel like Hellgate: London? Curious.