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Report: Blizzard Banning Diablo III Players For Using Linux [UPDATE]

A number of Diablo III users have complained in the last few days that they’ve been banned from playing the game for doing nothing more than using WINE, a means of playing Windows games in the Linux operating system. It’s a tricky situation. On the one hand, Blizzard appears to be banning the accounts because…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 3, 2012

Watch This Guy Beat All of Diablo III‘s Toughest Bosses With His Eyes Closed

Some have said that Diablo III is too easy. Power-gamer Athene is among those people—to demonstrate this, he went ahead and beat each of Diablo III‘s toughest bosses in a matter of seconds But of course, that wasn’t enough. So, he’s made a new video of himself beating all the same bosses (on the most…

By Kirk Hamilton Published July 2, 2012

New Diablo III Players Are No Longer Restricted To Act One

New Diablo III purchasers are no longer limited to the first act of the game, as of a patch released this week that fixes some issues in the popular action-role-playing game. Last week, Blizzard announced that people who bought the game online would have to wait up to 72 hours before progressing through the entire…

By Jason Schreier Published June 28, 2012

The Mario Theme Music, as Performed by Diablo III

I’m a big fan of the fantastic sound design of Diablo III. I’m also a big fan of Koji Kondo’s original theme for Super Mario Bros. So as you can imagine, I got a kick out of this remix by YouTuber Tyler73123, who puts the sounds of Diablo III behind the music from Mario. Okay…

By Kirk Hamilton Published June 26, 2012

Blizard Explains Why New Diablo Games Are Locked For Up To Three Days

Blizzard recently introduced a new “feature” whereby people buying digital copies of Diablo III for the first time would, for up to three days, be locked out of the full game. If you were wondering why, well, here’s their explanation. In a statement released to Kotaku, Blizzard says: For security reasons and to help ensure…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2012

Watch This Guy Beat Diablo III‘s First Boss In Less Than a Second

It’s one thing to beat Diablo III‘s Skeleton King boss. It’s quite another thing to beat Diablo III‘s Skeleton King boss on Inferno, the game’s highest difficulty setting. And it’s quite another thing to defeat Diablo III‘s Skeleton King boss on Inferno… in less than a frickin’ second Behold, the greatest hits of Athene, a…

By Kirk Hamilton Published June 21, 2012

If You Buy Diablo III Online, You May Have To Wait 72 Hours To Play The Whole Game [UPDATE]

In a bizarre decision presumably made to reduce server overload fight credit card fraud, Blizzard said last night that new Diablo III players may not be able to play the entire game. Here’s what Blizzard Support Forum Agent Medearn says: As of patch 1.0.3, when purchasing a digital version of Diablo III through the online…

By Jason Schreier Published June 21, 2012

Kotaku East

Korean Gamers Finally Get Diablo III Refund after Server Woes (and a Government Investigation)

Diablo III server problems in South Korea have been bad. Korean gamers have been pissed—so pissed that they seemed rarin’ to sue Blizzard. Good news, Korean gamers, Blizzard is offering an olive branch. The server problems—caused by overwhelming player volume—have hit PC bang (net cafes) hard. Blizzard Korea rolled out more servers earlier this month,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2012

Why Do We Love StarCraft II More Than Diablo III?

For this week’s Burning Questions, Kirk and Jason talk about Blizzard games, specifically Diablo III and StarCraft II. Which game do they like better? Do the two games compliment one another? Why is pro-level StarCraft so fun to watch? What would it be like to live in a house made by Blizzard? Is “Eight Legged…

Jason Schreier & Kirk Hamilton Published June 20, 2012

The Best Diablo III Forum Thread You’ll Read Today

This Battle.net forum thread by user Furiant has been making the rounds on the Internet today. It’s pretty entertaining. Give it a read: First, thank you for addressing so many of the important issues in this patch. After playing a couple of quests tonight, however, I’ve realized that the fight against exploiters will never truly…

By Jason Schreier Published June 20, 2012

Watch These Guys Beat Diablo III on its Hardest, Most Unforgiving Difficulty Setting

You may think that you play Diablo III, clicking on enemies and looting bodies, but there’s a good chance you’re actually playing a kiddie version of the game. At the game’s higher difficulty levels, it opens up into something far more difficult and engaging than its borderline Facebook-game-level normal difficulty. And at Inferno, Diablo III‘s…

By Kirk Hamilton Published June 20, 2012

Diablo III‘s Latest Update Blocks Some Players From Gaining XP. Fortunately, There’s An Easy Fix [Update]

The latest update to Diablo III appears to be something of a downgrade for many players of the game. It’s being widely reported by users on the game’s official forums that a bug in the latest update blocks players from getting any experience points and level-caps their followers at level 13. It sounds as though…

By Kirk Hamilton Published June 19, 2012

Gamers May Need a Real-World Bill of Rights for Better Living in Digital Worlds

Diablo III has inspired quite a bit of conversation among gamers this year. The game sold millions of copies right out of the gate, but its constant connectivity, server woes, connection issues, claims of hacking, and real-money auction house have, collectively, inspired quite a bit of controversy. Over at The Atlantic, writer Yannick LeJacq uses…

By Kate Cox Published June 19, 2012

Can You Find The Director Of Diablo III?

Check out this Diablo-ized take on Where’s Waldo?, created by a Spanish Diablo fan site and tweeted on Blizzard’s official account today. Can you find Diablo III director Jay Wilson? Or Blizzard community manager Micah “Bashiok” Whipple? Or Wilson’s pendrive? Full-sized image after the jump. Drawn by Albert Palahi

By Jason Schreier Published June 18, 2012

This is What It Looks Like to Lose Your Level 60 Diablo III Character Forever

Aw, man. This is rough. Diablo III‘s hardcore mode is not for the weak-willed or the unfocused. It’s not for the casual or the stoned. It’s a winner-take-all, loser-take-it-on-the-chin setup where a single death kills your character forever, no matter how far you’d made it in the game. And so it’s all the more heartbreaking…

By Kirk Hamilton Published June 14, 2012

Blizzard Limits the Number of Diablo III Games You Can Create

In an effort to “help reduce server strain and improve overall game stability”, Blizzard has placed an undisclosed limit on the number of new Diablo III games a player may create in quick succession. While this will annoy those “farming” for rare items, who will create a game, quickly check stuff, leave then create another…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2012

Sell! Sell! Diablo III‘s Real-Money Auction House is Now Live

Rejoice, well-moneyed individuals—Diablo III‘s real-money auction house, which lets players exchange real cash for in-game items, is now live in the Americas Blizzard has posted a guide for new users here, which lays out how to use the auction house, as well as how to attach the required Battle.net authenticator. Players with more questions can…

By Kirk Hamilton Published June 12, 2012

Kotaku East

In Korea, People Are So Pissed about Diablo III Server Woes, They Might Sue Blizzard

While many Korean gamers might be excited about Diablo III, Korean net cafe owners aren’t exactly thrilled. Sure, the game is a big boost to the country’s net cafe industry. That is, when it can get online. Website Daily Game reports the PC bang (net cafe) owners could file a class action lawsuit with Blizzard…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 12, 2012

Blizzard To Start Meting Out Sweet Ban-Justice to Diablo III Cheaters

Diablo III has its share of annoyances—lost progress due to connection difficulties, the delayed auction house, hackers stealing your gear… but the most annoying of all may well be cheaters. In an update on the Diablo III blog ominously titled “Cheating in Diablo III”, Blizzard has drawn a line in the sand. They’re about to…

By Kirk Hamilton Published June 11, 2012

Security Tightens as Diablo III Prepares for Auction House Launch

When Diablo III‘s real-money auction house goes live, anyone wishing to add to their monetary balance in it will have to use an authenticator, Blizzard told its community on Friday. An authenticator, heretofore an optional security measure, is meant to address the claims and instances of hacking in which players’ accounts have been taken over…

By Owen Good Published June 10, 2012