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These Diablo 2 Plushies Are a Rare Real-World Drop

While most Diablo 3 players are scrambling for legendary loot on nightmare mode, others are creating their own real-life loot. Enter Arixystix Creations, who posted some images of these custom Diablo 2 plushies just before the holidays. Not that it matters, since they’re not available for sale. Don’t worry, though—she’s got plenty of other adorable…

By Mike Rougeau Published December 22, 2012

Culture

A Black & White Look At Diablo III

Jean-Baptiste Monge is an accomplished fantasy illustrator, whose sketchbook style makes his drawings look as much like field journal entries as works of art. Monge was one of the artists who worked on Blizzard’s Diablo III: Book of Cain, an art book and guide for the action RPG released late last year In the gallery…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 21, 2012

Diablo III Bans Thousands Of Robots

The world of Diablo III is a little less mechanical today, with Blizzard having made recent steps to ban a ton of people who were using bots. It wasn’t a handful of folks, either. It was “several thousand”, all in the name of rooting out those causing “technical problems with the game” and “undermining the…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 20, 2012

God of War Was Very Nearly an Accidental Diablo Rip-Off

Kratos’ red body paint is about as iconic a wardrobe option as any character we’ve seen this console generation, but it an interesting reveal over the weekend, former God of War lead David Jaffe has told how this very nearly wasn’t the case. The picture you see above was, according to Jaffe, what Kratos looked…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 16, 2012

One Real Good Incentive To Work At Blizzard For 20 Years

If you thought the glass controller Sony employees got after five years of service was a nice gesture, wait til you see what Blizzard employees get for twenty years service. They get one of the helmets pictured above. It’s inspired by Diablo III’s Archangel Imperius, with custom tweaks made by its creator, Blizzard’s Vice President…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 16, 2012

How Diablo III Told Me My Marriage Was Over

I like to say that the couple that games together, stays together. I’m not alone in that sentiment, either. I’m sure there are tons of couples who integrate gaming into their day-to-day interactions and manage to get along just fine. But just because I like to say it… well, that doesn’t make the statement true.…

By Tiffany Claiborne Published November 30, 2012

A Statue of Diablo Itself? That’ll Cost Ya.

First shown off in unpainted form earlier this year, Sideshow’s enormously fancy Diablo statue, from Diablo III, is finally going on sale this Thursday. The poor thing’s in a weird place. I always feel bad for the artists and designers who come up with great-looking characters—which in turn make for great collectibles—only to see the…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 27, 2012

Diablo III’s Auction Houses Down For “Emergency Maintenance” [Update]

Blizzard has taken down Diablo III’s gold and real-money auction houses for “emergency maintenance”. The company isn’t providing any ETA on when they’ll be back up. UPDATE – And we’re back AUCTION HOUSE MAINTENANCE – 11.13.12 [Diablo]

By Luke Plunkett Published November 13, 2012

Battle.Net Hack Results in, Yep, a Class-Action Lawsuit Against Blizzard

A law firm specializing in consumer protection cases slapped Blizzard, the makers of World of Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo III, with a class action lawsuit over its sale of two-factor account authenticators, a claim the company says is without merit. Yes, you can get a completely free Battle.Net account authenticator through the use of a…

By Owen Good Published November 10, 2012

Wait a Minute, There Isn’t a Diablo III Movie

Reader Oliver spotted this DVD case staring out at him from the Hispanic section of his local Walmart. I’ve seen movies try and cash in on current trends or blockbusters before, but never one this blatantly, or in such a bizarre fashion. El Diablo de Culiacan, released last year, isn’t a fantasy movie at all.…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2012

Yes, We Could’ve Had A Diablo Set In Outer Space

StarCraft is cool. Diablo is cool. So what if… the two combined, letting you click demons to death in outer space?? Why, that would likely be pretty great. And it could’ve been a reality. Blizzard prototyped a version of Diablo set in space, according to an excerpt from David Craddock’s upcoming book Stay Awhile And…

By Kirk Hamilton Published October 23, 2012

This Is What A Legendary Diablo III Light Show Looks Like

Via tipster Andrew M., here’s a Tristam light show chock full o’ legendary items. Brought to you by the latest Diablo III patch.

By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2012

Report: Blizzard Considered Putting Diablo On Game Boy

Blizzard considered making a game called Diablo Junior, ShackNews reports. Not to be confused with the Whopper Junior. Or Carl’s Jr. According to David Craddock, an author who is writing a book about Diablo creator Blizzard North, the team considered bringing Diablo to the Game Boy after the release of Diablo II “Following Diablo II‘s…

By Jason Schreier Published October 12, 2012

These Are The Most Unexpected (and Horrifying) Diablo III Errors You’ve Ever Seen

Error 37 and Error 3003 might have been the popular ones in Diablo III‘s first burst of popularity, but the Mega64 folks have found quite a few other…”interesting” ones. I rarely shield my eyes from anything, especially not from a silly YouTube video, but Error 5 really horrified me. I guarantee you haven’t seen Error…

By Tina Amini Published September 26, 2012

Torchlight II Only Costs $20 So More People Can Play It

Torchlight II is a massive game. It’s packed full of content. You can spend many, many hours hacking away at monsters, questing with your friends, and making mods in this new action-RPG (out today for PC). Yet it’ll only cost you $20, a third the cost of most video games today. That’s a steal. So…

By Jason Schreier Published September 20, 2012

Reviews

Torchlight II: The Kotaku Review

Click, kill, loot, level up. Click, kill, loot, level up. Loot, sell, re-equip. Rinse, repeat. Your weapons get more powerful as your enemies get more difficult, and the goalposts move, and move, and move. Click, kill, loot, level up. It’s enough to make you wonder why we play video games in the first place. Torchlight…

By Kirk Hamilton Published September 19, 2012

Torchlight II Vs. Diablo III: The Comparison We Had To Make

I’ve spent the weekend mainlining Runic’s Torchlight II. As of this writing, my level 39 engineer has killed 8,800 monsters, collected 161,207 gold, imbibed 535 potions, broken 771 crates and urns, and caught 9 fish. This game is much more of a beast than its predecessor; in terms of scale and ambition, it’s right up…

By Kirk Hamilton Published September 17, 2012

Meet Diablo III’s First Paragon Level 100

Diablo III’s new “Paragon” system was brought in to give “maxxed out” players some more stuff to do. It’s been working for most, I guess, but for Alkaizer the well has once again run dry, because his Barbarian character has managed to hit the game’s new ceiling. As you’d expect, it took a lot of…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 11, 2012

Diablo III Designer Sorry For Insult, Sort of Sorry For Diablo III

Jay Wilson, the lead designer on Diablo III, has issued a lengthy and public apology after being caught calling Blizzard North co-founder David Brevik a “loser”. Earlier this week, an interview with Brevik was published which called into question some of the design decisions made on Diablo III. While they were hardly incendiary, Wilson and…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 22, 2012

Diablo III Used To Look A Lot More Like An MMORPG

Original design plans for Diablo III involved an MMORPG-like chatroom that would replace the menu-based Battle.net interface, says Diablo co-creator David Brevik. Instead of just scrolling through chatrooms, you’d cross through towns and interact with players by trading and selling items. Speaking to Eurogamer, Brevik outlined the idea: One of things we originally designed for…

By Jason Schreier Published August 21, 2012