Think you can just stock up on healing potions to keep your character alive in Diablo III? Think again. Blizzard has released an in-depth guide to how health and healing help promote strategic play in the eagerly anticipated sequel.

The fact that your player keeps fighting after he or she dies in Guild Wars 2 is almost as shocking as the fact that the game has no dedicated healer class. ArenaNet's Jon Peters, Eric Flannum, and Isaiah Cartwright explain.

While we're busy fumbling through dark corridors and navigating twisting platforms searching for health packs, food, and other esoteric life-saving items, the Air Force is healing wounds with lasers and nanotechnology.