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See Just How Crazy Your Diablo III Character Can Look If You Play On 'Inferno'

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:00:00 EDT

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For Diablo III, Blizzard is giving players a chance to fight the hardest of hellspawn with the game's "Inferno" difficulty. Faster, stronger and tougher enemies that mean big risks and big rewards. What kind of rewards? More »

Diablo III Just Got Harder Than Hell With New 'Inferno' Difficulty

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:20:00 EDT

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Diablo and his minions will dole out the most extreme player punishment in Diablo III, thanks to its fourth, harder than Hell difficulty level known as Inferno. Blizzard revealed the harsh, high-level difficulty gameplay feature at Gamescom today, explaining what it means for the most dedicated of Diablo III players. More »

Where Are The Official Diablo III Rainbow Unicorn Shirts?

Mike Fahey — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:20:00 EDT

During last year's BlizzCon, Jay Wilson was sporting the most glorious Diablo III t-shirt ever created, hinting that strong demand could lead to a public release. What happened? More »

BlizzCon: Where Are Diablo III's Runes?

Mike Fahey — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:00:00 EDT

At last year's BlizzCon, the Diablo II team made a big deal about the power-customizing rune system, but this year it was strangely absent. We asked game director Jay Wilson where the runes went. More »

Diablo III's Coolest Feature - The Rune System

Mike Fahey — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:30:00 EDT

Over the last couple of days I've briefly touched on Diablo III's new rune system, but after talking a bit with the game's lead can designer Jay Wilson for a bit I figured the system warranted it's own post. You see, while past games have featured items that augment the powers of your abilities, the massive scope of the rune system sets it apart. More »

Only The Barbarian Will Return In Diablo III

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:20:05 EDT

When Blizzard announced the first two classes in Diablo III, the Barbarian and the Witch Doctor, at least one fan of the series was taken aback by the class rehash. That would be me, for the purpose of this post. After enduring such a long wait for the third Diablo installment, why resuscitate the Barbarian, when there are plenty of perfectly good fantasy game archetypes still left to explore? Diablo III lead designer Jay Wilson says the reason is simple. The Barbarian in Diablo II could've been better. He was a bit more diplomatic in his dissing, saying that the brute force attack class had "room for improvement." There's one class that definitely won't be coming back for another appearance in Diablo III. And Wilson says that it was because that class was just shy of perfectly designed. More »

Blizzard Looking for New Diablo III Art Director

Brian Crecente — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EDT

About a week after Blizzard sat down to talk about Diablo III's art direction and tear apart some fan's concept art showing how it could be improved, Blizzard is listing a job opening for Diablo III Art Director. More »

Blizzard Worldwide Invitational: Diablo III In-Depth

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:15:37 EDT

by Lesley Smith More »