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One Hell of an Arcade Beat-Em Up is Coming to Facebook, and Here’s Why You Should Play It
Console quality games are a hard sell on Facebook. Each day millions of people log into Facebook to tend their virtual farms or play colorful candy puzzle games, while the hardcore shooters or robot-powered action role-playing games attract daily users in the low ten-thousands. What’s it going to take to get traditional gamers playing on…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2013 -
Blizzard Boss Defends Former Diablo III Director: ‘I was Ultimately Responsible for the Game’
Earlier this week, Jay Wilson, the director of Diablo III, said he was leaving the title while still remaining at its publisher, Blizzard. There was a lot of cheering in the game’s official forums, because video games are not that different from sports, where fans openly root for people to lose their jobs after a…
By Owen Good Published January 20, 2013 -
Diablo III Director Jay Wilson Steps Down, Staying At Blizzard
Jay Wilson, longtime Blizzard employee and the director of Diablo III, has stepped down after seven years on the game. Wilson will move to another project at Blizzard. Diablo III, a game that triggered a great deal controversy upon release thanks to several technical errors, has been criticized by many fans for its online-only gameplay…
By Jason Schreier Published January 17, 2013 -
Blizzard Axes Diablo III‘s ‘Team Deathmatch’ PVP Mode
Diablo III‘s Team Deathmatch mode—shown off at a number of conventions and promised for the months following the game’s launch earlier this year—has been axed, Blizzard says. The player vs. player feature just wasn’t good enough, Diablo III lead designer Jay Wilson writes on Battle.net today: So, our core problem is that our Team Deathmatch…
By Jason Schreier Published December 27, 2012 -
One Real Good Incentive Just To Work At Blizzard
It’s not just those who have worked at Blizzard for 5, 10 or 20 years that get awesome presents. A lot of other people do as well. The statue you see was the company’s “2012 Holiday Employee Gift”, something only those on Blizzard’s payroll were eligible to receive. Sculpted by Blizzard’s Brian Fay, the same…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 26, 2012 -
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 -
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
