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Blizzard Will Take a Big Cut Of Any Money You Try To Make From Playing Diablo III
You’ll have to cough up a significant fee while selling items on the real-money auction house in upcoming action-roleplaying game Diablo III That’s the catch associated with one of the big new features in Blizzard’s big new game: the fact that you’ll be able to buy and sell in-game items with other players in Diablo…
By Jason Schreier Published May 1, 2012 -
Diablo III Will Let You Play On Any Region’s Server
Developer Blizzard today released a full list of the region servers that will be available in Diablo III, again reiterating that you’ll be able to play on any region’s server in the upcoming action-roleplaying game. Game servers will be divided into three regions: The Americas, Europe, and Asia. Any player will be able to pick…
By Jason Schreier Published May 1, 2012 -
Diablo III‘s Big Ad Debuts Tomorrow on Family Guy
Promising “a few juicy bits of never-before-seen Diablo III cinematic footage,” the game’s worldwide TV ad will broadcast sometime during Family Guy tomorrow, which is on Fox at 9 pm EDT/8 pm CDT. Diablo III is scheduled for general release on May 15.
By Owen Good Published April 28, 2012 -
How Many People Did it Take to Break Diablo III’s Servers?
There was a Diablo III open beta over the weekend. You may have played it. Then again, you may have sat around like a bunch of other people trying to play it and being unable to because Blizzard’s servers were melting. Which sucks, seeing as its essentially a singleplayer game, but hey, welcome to 2012.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2012 -
Diablo III’s Witch Doctor is All About the Mana
DIABLO III. WITCH DOCTOR. CONCEPT ART. DRAMATIC VOICE-OVER. LOTS OF GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE. COMING MAY 2012. OK, seriously, I’d be OK with this guy doing the voice-over to just about every game out there. He’s wonderful.
By Luke Plunkett Published April 24, 2012 -
This Weekend, Everyone Can Play Diablo III. Even You. And You.
Listen up. From noon on Friday, April 20 (Pacific) until 10:00am (Pacific) on Monday, April 23, Diablo III will be in open beta. Meaning anyone with a valid Battle.net account can get in on the action. To download the client now ahead of time, click here. Once downloaded and once the weekend rolls around, you’ll…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 20, 2012 -
Diablo III‘s Female Monk Comes to Life in this Stunning Cosplay
Blizzard and master cosplayer Christina Sims team up to present her amazing Diablo III Monk cosplay from BlizzCon 2010 in a more natural setting. When were first introduced to Diablo III‘s Monk class, Blizzard gave BlizzCon 2009 a chance to play the combo-driven character in a desert setting, hence Christina “ZerinaX” Sims trekking through the…
By Mike Fahey Published April 18, 2012 -
Math Genius Appears To Have Guessed Diablo III‘s Release Date Two Months Ago
Yesterday, Blizzard announced that Diablo III will be out on May 15. Reddit seems to have beaten them to the punch. By two months. In January, Reddit poster SweenWSweens said he used a ridiculous mathematic equation to guess Diablo III‘s release date. By figuring out exactly what Blizzard community manager Micah “Bashiok” Whipple meant by…
By Jason Schreier Published March 16, 2012 -
From RPM Racing to Diablo III: A Timeline of Blizzard’s No-Rush Release Schedule
With the long-awaited Diablo III due out in May some 12 years after the release of Diablo II, we decided to take a look back at the release history of the company that puts out a new game “When it’s done.” Aside for the Warcraft franchise, which has seen pretty regular releases since 2002, Blizzard’s…
By Mike Fahey Published March 15, 2012 -
Diablo III Is Coming On May 15
Highly-anticipated hack-and-slash game Diablo III will be out for PC and Mac on May 15, developer Blizzard said today in a press release. You can pre-order the game on Blizzard’s website right now. The third game in the Diablo series, Diablo III will be available both in retail stores and digitally via Blizzard’s website for…
By Jason Schreier Published March 15, 2012 -
Blizzard Tables Diablo III PVP in Favor of a Timely Release
In its continuing quest to release Diablo III sometime before the rabid fanbase burns the building down, Blizzard has decided to drop the game’s player-versus-player arena combat feature for release, adding it into the game via patch at a later date. Diablo III maestro Jay Wilson made the announcement earlier today via the Diablo III…
By Mike Fahey Published March 9, 2012 -
Blizzard Axes 600 Employees, World of Warcraft Dev Team Not Affected
Blizzard, the development studio behind the Diablo, StarCraft, and Warcraft franchises, has laid off 600 employees, it said today in a press release. Ninety percent of the cut staff were in departments unrelated to game development, the company said. Blizzard does not expect the news to affect upcoming games Diablo III, World of Warcraft: Mists…
By Jason Schreier Published February 29, 2012 -
Another 100,000 Beta Invites Go Out for Diablo III
North American subscribers to Battle.net, check your inboxes—and your spam box, in case its settings are too strict. Blizzard sent out another 100,000 invitations to the Diablo III beta overnight. This message comes with a cautionary warning: phishers try to take advantage of this crap all the time, so be sure that anything you click…
By Owen Good Published February 4, 2012 -
Blizzard Still Busily Mucking About With Diablo III‘s Core Systems
Is Diablo III coming to consoles? That’s not a question Blizzard’s going to answer until they finish the PC version, and judging by today’s letter from game director Jay Wilson, they’ve still got quite a ways to go. While we eagerly await the release, developers are still figuring out the game’s core systems. The Diablo…
By Mike Fahey Published January 19, 2012 -
South Korea Won’t Muck Up Diablo III‘s Worldwide Release
There was concern that South Korea’s rating board was throwing a monkey wrench in Diablo III‘s certification. If the game went unrated, then Blizzard’s planned worldwide release would go right out the window. The Korean Game Rating Board finally rated the game, giving it an 18-and-up rating. What was holding up the game’s rating was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2012 -
Yes, We Know Diablo III Is Under Development for Consoles
Thanks, everyone, for pointing out that Diablo III has been confirmed to be in development for consoles via a Twtter post by Blizzard community manager Bashiok, even though we already knew that. I’m not quite sure what all the fuss is about here. Blizzard has been candid about the fact that they had a team…
By Mike Fahey Published January 10, 2012 -
Diablo III Has Not Been Dated for Release, Says Blizzard
Micah Whipple, the Diablo III community manager, says that rumors the game will suddenly release on Feb. 1 are false. “Diablo III does not have a release date, Whipple said via Twitter about an hour ago. “Any store or person claiming otherwise is guessing.” [h/t Dave O.]
By Owen Good Published January 8, 2012
