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The Coolest Heroes of the Storm Alpha Costumes
An alpha version of Blizzard’s upcoming MOBA, Heroes of the Storm, launched a few days ago, giving everyone with access a chance to try the game out in early development. And while many of the playable heroes of the Blizzard universe have not been added yet, a great deal of cosmetic skins are already available.…
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Sacred 3 Is Coming August 26. This Is What It Looks Like.
My favorite series of Diablo-clones continues on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC this summer. To celebrate, here’s out first look at Deep Silver’s Sacred 3 in action. The Sacred series has always come across as a bit more fun than Diablo proper, an impression that springs from the fact that it doesn’t have to…
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Let’s Get Hyped on The Launch Trailer for Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
So. Much. Loot. As the launch trailer for Diablo III’s upcoming expansion pack advertises, the end is near. On March 25th, Reaper of Souls launches, prompting scores of loot-happy gamers to completely abandon their social lives in favor of all-night hack and slash sessions—that is, if they didn’t do so already when the big patch…
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The Diablo III auction house is gone. Just as promised back in September, as preparation for Reaper of Souls, Blizzard removed one of the most hated features of the game. Completed transactions can still be claimed until June 24, 2014, but searching and bidding is no longer possible. We have to find or craft our…
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Here’s the Crusader’s “Steed charge” skill, from Diablo III: Reaper of Souls. That’s gotta be one of the most badass-looking skills so far in the game, next to Whirlwind and the Wizards’ Disintegrate. Makes me wanna roll a Crusader first when the expansion is out and level that up before my existing characters. Dayshot is…
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Gearing up for the release of Reaper of Souls, Blizzard is showing off the new Clans and Communities features coming to Diablo III in patch 2.0.1. Clans are guild-like invite-only affairs, while communities are more casual groups sorted by interests, geographic location and the like. You can find out all bout bothon the Diablo III…
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A look inside the $80 Diablo III: Reaper of Souls collector’s edition, aka the big box special. It’s everything in the $60 digital deluxe version, plus circular pieces of plastic, a square of colorful cloth-covered gel, and a hardbound art book that makes the whole thing worthwhile-ish.
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Metal Band Avenged Sevenfold Is Making A Diablo Clone
What, you expected a pet sim? Tapping into the band’s deep love for video games (like Diablo) and working in elements of their signature (Diablo-ish), Avenged Sevenfold has teamed with developer Subscience Studios to create a mobile dungeon crawler that hearkens back to the … Diablo. It’s called Hail to the King: Deathbat. From the…
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Diablo III Expansion’s Closed Beta to Begin by Year’s End
Diablo III‘s closed beta test for the Reaper of Souls expansion will begin by the end of the year, Blizzard said today. It’s underway now for “friends and family,” of Blizzard—which includes “3,000 of our most active Diablo III players from around the world” in addition to VIPs and press. When the Closed Beta begins…
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ReviewsSideshow’s Diablo III Statue Is The Real Prime Evil
If you thought the final boss from Blizzard’s Diablo III was terrifying, wait until you’ve got the Prime Evil staring you down in your own living room. Sideshow Collectibles’ Diablo polystone statue is truly terrifying. The second (ignore what I say in the video) of a three-part collaboration with Blizzard Entertainment that began withArthas from…
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Blizzard has revealed the very first key artwork for their upcoming all-star game, Heroes of the Storm, which we should be seeing more of tomorrow at BlizzCon. Everyone’s here: Sylvanas from WoW, Nova from StarCraft, the Witch Doctor from Diablo, even Illidan and Anub’arak, I’m already sold! Here’s the full image with Tychus (a single…
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Diablo Origami Is Glorious
These incredible figures of Tyrael and Diablo himself are the work of an avid Diablo fan, TaeHyeon Hong from South-Korea, and he made them out of nothing but paper. Hong used something called the kirigami technique, which basically involves cutting up pieces of paper and morphing them like origami figures. It’s how he created this…
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Why Whoopi Goldberg Prefers Diablo To GTA
There’s been a lot of awful media backlash today to video games but, weirdly, one place it didn’t happen was on The View Sure, they talk over each other a bit — but they’re adult enough to admit that the problem isn’t with violent games but with parenting. The best part, however, comes at the…
By Chris Person
