Diablo III is one of the most highly anticipated games in the world right now, even though it's not due for release until 2011 or 2012. That hasn't stopped us here at Game Rant from thinking about it constantly. We spend hours dissecting each newly released detail, slowly piecing together the puzzle that is Diablo III. You could call us experts, if you feel so obliged, and boy do we have a treat for you today.

Four out of the five Diablo III classes have been announced: The Monk, the Barbarian, the Wizard and the Witch Doctor. It's only natural that we rampantly speculate on what will be that final class. Fans are claiming that there must be a ranger character, so perhaps we'll see The Amazon? Perhaps one of Diablo II's monsters will turn good and join the cause. A Rakanishu class? No, these answers are much too simple. Luckily, we have some carefully researched conclusions for you to read today. Here are the potential new character classes for Diablo III.

The Deckard Cain

Blizzard pitched The Archivist as an April Fool's Day joke last year. What a waste it would be to throw away those animations and assets! Instead, take them and turn them into a playable character that we've all wanted since the original Diablo: The Deckard Cain.

Cain has always been more powerful than anyone ever gave him credit for. The guy has traveled the world with you, survived the destruction of Tristram, and who knows what else. He's basically been the power behind the player character throughout the series, anyways. Why not put him into the action and let him deal the final blow to Diablo?

Ability: Stay awhile, and listen!

The Furry

Cat people, or Saber Cats, are a race of furries native to the jungles of Kehjistan. Introduced in Diablo II, these feisty felines are intelligent and organized and would be a perfect playable class for Diablo III. Their skill with javelins and throwing potions make them the perfect fit for the missing ranged character as well.

The true selling power of The Furry lies in its fandom. Role-players at heart, these anthropomorphic characters lend well into Diablo's marketing scheme. With previous furry experimentation in the Druid's Werewolf/Werebear abilities and the Saber Cats, players can transfer their entire "fursona" into the Diablo universe smoothly, without conflicting with lore. Diablo III, now Furtastic!

Ability: Scritch

The Nice Guy with a Positive Attitude and Brightly Colored Clothes

Everyone who has paid any attention to Diablo III's development know that they're going with a new art style. Gone are the Gothic castles, the gloomy shadows, and the morbid atmosphere. Instead Diablo III will take place in a High Fantasy universe filled with lush landscapes and cute enemies who joke and laugh and have a good time. And so we introduce: The Nice Guy with a Positive Attitude and Brightly Colored Clothes.

The Nice Guy doesn't care about your insistence that the Diablo world is supposed to be war-torn and dreary. That's just too depressing. The nice guys enjoys gardening and planting flowers. He insists that zombies and the armies of Diablo are misunderstood and that fighting them with swords is unneeded. Instead a hero needs to show his enemies a little patience, and provide them a comforting shoulder to cry on. This is the new Diablo, fuddy-duddies, so turn that frown upside-down and have a little fun why-don't ya!

Ability: Huuggggsss!!! >.<

The Batman

Extensive market research shows that most people, if they could be any character ever created, would want to be The Batman. Due to the billions of dollars World of Warcraft makes everyday, Blizzard can make that a reality. Introducing our fifth character: The Batman. Now everyone can be The Dark Knight, and if you get lonely you can go online and play with up to 13 of your Batman friends! Where do they get those wonderful toys?

Unfortunately, The Batman's skills aren't inherent to him like the other classes. Fancy weapons cost money, which means anything Batman can acquire past level 1 is DLC. Licensing anything related to Batman isn't cheap, people!

Ability: Batmobile

The World of Warcraft Character

Fine, let's admit it, no one's going to play Diablo III anyways, because they're all playing World of Warcraft. So let's ease the transition by allowing players to import their characters straight into Diablo III! No, even that's probably too much trouble. Let's do this the right way: Diablo III is now officially the next World of Warcraft expansion after Cataclysm! Expect it in the fall of 2012.

Ability: Ugh, this is just... this is horrible.

So there you have it Ranters, Blizzard's potential new Diablo III character classes: The Deckard Cain, The Furry, The Nice Guy with a Positive Attitude and Brightly Colored Clothes, The Batman, and The World of Warcraft Character. We've got a pretty good feeling that we're right on the money this time, so stay tuned for the official announcement.