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How Diablo III‘s Always-On Internet Requirement Makes It a Better Game
Last week’s rough launch of Diablo III neatly illustrated the biggest problem with the game’s ‘always-on’ internet requirement. It was a reminder that consumers have lost a portion of their ownership of the game, that we no longer have complete control even over whether or not our game will start. That’s as true this week…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 23, 2012 -
My Entire Diablo III Play Through in Under Five Minutes
Last week I played through the entire story of Diablo III with my Demon Hunter. It took me some 15 hours. Now you can watch the entire thing a little over four and a half minutes. Taking a cue from what our own Kate Cox did while playing through Mass Effect 3 (see below), for…
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2012 -
Diablo III Sales Were Awesome, But Blizzard Isn’t Sure How Awesome
Blizzard wants to brag about how well Diablo III sold at launch. And they’re throwing a lot of numbers out there. They’re saying that it’s the fastest-selling PC launch of all time, saying that 3.5 million copies have been bought in the first 24 hours. Okay, great! But, wait, that number doesn’t reflect the people…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 23, 2012 -
The Four Best Diablo III Errors You’ll Never Get
Error 37. Error 3003. Error 84. After waiting 12 years to play Diablo III, your game might be throwing up all kinds of errors. But, thankfully, it won’t be throwing up any of these. Here are four Diablo III from the folks at Team Coco. 8 “Diablo III” Server Errors Worse Than “Error 37” [Team…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2012 -
The Most Suspenseful Gaming Moment I’ve Encountered Happened in Diablo III, and I Could Only Watch
A capable party of three was accidentally whittled down to one last night while playing Diablo III, an unfortunate event that predicated ten minutes of tension and anxiety unparalleled in any other game I’ve played. My level 14 Barbarian, accompanied by another Barbarian, level 16, and a level 17 Witch Doctor, were just about to…
By Mike Fahey Published May 21, 2012 -
Diablo III Accounts Getting Hacked, Gold and Items Going Missing [UPDATE]
More troubles are plaguing Diablo III A report on Eurogamer relates one incident when staffer Chris Donlan’s account for playing the hit action RPG was accessed by someone who claimed to have bought it. On the official Diablo III forums, other users are also reporting instances of illicit access and gold theft . Apparently, the…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 21, 2012 -
How To Convert Your Fingernails into a Stunning Diablo Mural
One of the coolest things about Diablo III is the amazing art direction. Evidenced in all this rockin’ original art, it’s one of the things that sets the game apart from its many imitators. This terrific Diablo III nail art by DeviantArtist Undomiele really takes the cake—it’s got recreations of two of the more famous…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 21, 2012 -
Diablo III Runs Fine on My MacBook Air
Owners of MacBook Airs, if you have the 13-inch that I have, you’re fine. Diablo III will run on it and be perfectly playable. Take a look at the video here to see it run on my late-2011 Air at both default settings and low settings. I ran the beta on my Air last September,…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 21, 2012 -
Diablo III Can Be Played Outside, On a Laptop, On a Freakin’ Mountain
For all the concern over Diablo III’s requirement to always be online – and it’s a very legitimate concern, given many people’s twitchy connections – let’s not forget the trivial flip side to that situation: the gamers trying to push the limits of just how connected they can be while playing. Reddit user puttputt has…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 21, 2012 -
Back From Hell: The First Seven Days of Diablo III
Diablo III‘s long-awaited release this week—and its unfortunate launch-day server problems—demonstrated that PC-only titles have not lost the ability to dominate all of video gaming’s conversation. And this was in a week that saw the release of Max Payne 3, another title that fans had been looking to for a very long time. For better…
By Owen Good Published May 20, 2012 -
Are the Diablo III Servers Working? Ask This Android App
Though we seem to be through the worst of Diablo III‘s humiliating server outages at launch this week, who knows when those things will need to be worked on again. Logging in to Battle.net and waiting for the credential verification to time out is a long and stupid way of being told you can’t play…
By Owen Good Published May 19, 2012 -
Blizzard Is Giving You One Final Chance To Change Your Ironic My Little Pony BattleTag
It’s a tricky thing, choosing an online handle. You’ve gotta stick with it forever, so the dumb inside joke or ironically stupid insult you choose will be your name forevermore. As a general rule, Blizzard gives users a one-time-only chance to change their mind on their “BattleTag.” But, given that a good number of people…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 18, 2012 -
Hitler Recaps the Week in Video Games: Special Diablo III Edition
Godwin’s Law states that “as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.” As basically all video game discussion takes place online, let’s just cut to the chase and give der fuehrer’s take on recent topics of interest to gamers. I wanted to rage about Blizzard’s indefensibly…
By Owen Good Published May 18, 2012 -
Blizzard Release Thrilling New Diablo III Gameplay Trailer
OK, so the joke’s a little less poignant now that things seem to be slowly entering a state of relative normalcy, but so long as people encounter lag and server errors in a singleplayer game, it’ll always be relevant. Incidentally, now that the server issues seem to be drawing to a close, is anyone else…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2012 -
Diablo III Has The Best Installation Music I’ve Heard in Years
I’ve been giving Blizzard and Diablo III a lot of crap for the game’s disastrous launch, but I don’t mean to give the impression that I don’t like Diablo III as a game. In fact, I like it quite a bit! All of the little touches Blizzard has included are splendid and hugely enhance the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 17, 2012 -
Diablo III Would Make One Mean Girl
If Diablo III were a girl, she’d probably act something like this. While this video is hilarious, I really hope we don’t run “Error 37” into the ground like we did “arrow to the knee.” There’s nothing less funny than the same thing repeated ad infinitum. I’m looking at you, Reddit. IF DIABLO 3 WERE…
By Jason Schreier Published May 17, 2012 -
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The Face of Underage Diablo III Heartbreak
At a recent StarCraft II match, there was a Diablo III limited edition raffle. The winner was jazzed to get the game. The guy in the white shirt is not that winner on a technicality. A heartbreaking one: his age. Apparently, the guy received a gift card instead of Diablo III due the game’s rating…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2012 -
Blizzard Apologises for Diablo III Launch Mess, Delays Real-Money Auction House
In a statement released tonight, Blizzard has apologised to fans for the technical problems plaguing Diablo III since its launch, and has announced that as a result of these the release of the game’s real-money auction house has been delayed. The statement, signed by “Blizzard Entertainment”, says “we’d…like to say that we’ve been humbled by…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 -
Diablo Widows Get Dildos in French Sex Shop Stunt
Ladies, have you gone lonely as your lovers have spent hours trying to penetrate the secrets of Diablo III (or, more probably, penetrate the game’s login screen). Well then, the French sex shop Absoloo wishes to soothe your frustrations—with a free vibrator. It helps if you read this in your best Hollywood-affected French voice, but…
By Owen Good Published May 16, 2012 -
Diablo III‘s Error 37: “Don’t Call It A Comeback!”
Last night, Diablo III‘s Error 3003 may have been hot, but tonight, it looks like Error 37 is making a comeback! Like Derek Zoolander himself, Error 37 has risen from the ashes of last night’s failed walkoff with so-hot-right-now upstart Error 3003 and emerged once more as the dominant Diablo III error. The original and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 16, 2012