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Blizzard CEO: We Know Diablo III ‘Isn’t Perfect’
Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime has addressed player concerns with action-role-playing game Diablo III, promising improvements in a statement on Battle.net today Noting that the launch of Blizzard’s highly-anticipated sequel had “many challenges,” Morhaime noted that the team had fixed the majority of technical issues—like the much-mocked “error 37” issue that prevented players from logging into…
By Jason Schreier Published July 19, 2012 -
Man Dies After Playing Diablo III for 40 Hours
An 18 year-old Taiwanese man has been found dead after booking himself a room at a local internet cafe and playing Diablo III for 40 hours straight. Identified only by his surname, Chang, the teenager reportedly didn’t eat for two days, and was found by an employee on Sunday morning slumped over a table. After…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2012 -
Diablo III‘s Deliciously Disgusting Sounds Were Made With Delicious Food
Believe it or not, my favorite aspect of Diablo III is not the Real Money Auction house. Nope! Nor is it the always-on internet requirement. I know! No, my favorite aspect of Diablo III is the amazing, disgusting, visceral sound design. When my monk plows through a gaggle of succubi, the sound is what makes…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 11, 2012 -
You Can Now Sell Gems, Dyes, And Crafting Materials For Real Money In Diablo III
Commodities are now available in the Diablo III real-money auction house. In an e-mail to Kotaku (and on their official blog), Blizzard said as part of a patch released today, Diablo III‘s auction house will now let you buy and sell gems, dyes, crafting materials, blacksmithing plans and jeweler designs, and training pages. The patch…
By Jason Schreier Published July 10, 2012 -
Diablo III Suffers From A Common Video Game Plague: It Ends
Regardless of how good a game might be, regardless of how many hours of entertainment it provides, a game that dares to end is a game that has damned itself. We don’t want our games to end, and the recent complaints around the Diablo III endgame are a testament to that desire. Taking a look…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 6, 2012 -
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 -
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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