Diablo

Diablo III On a Control Pad Sounds Great

Given the nature of the game, and the financial realities of 21st-century game development, you should all be expecting Diablo III to appear on a console at some stage. So try not to let the following statement from Blizzard’s Jay Wilson freak you out too much. Because it’s for the best! “One of the reasons…

This is How the Diablo III Beta Ends

Last night Crecente took us through the first ten minutes of the Diablo III beta test with his Witch Doctor. Now let’s take a look at the beta’s final moments with my lovely Monk. After helping rid the town of New Tristam of various lingering undead creatures and retrieving the crown of the Skeleton King,…

This is Diablo III Running on my MacBook Air Without Breaking a Sweat

I don’t have the best MacBook Air, but I’ve got a pretty good one. 1.7 GHz Intel Core I5. 4GB of RAM. Can it run Diablo III? It sure can. Watch. (Now all I need is a mouse! Trackpad = Diablo death.) UPDATE 5/21/12: Here’s the finished game running on my Air You can contact…

Ten Minutes With Diablo III’s Witch Doctor

The closed beta for Diablo III Beta kicked off a bit earlier today, granting a lucky few access to an early build of the much-anticipated dungeon crawler from Blizzard. Here’s a couple of videos to show you what greets players when they first log in (below) and what the first ten minutes or so of…

Hell Yeah! The Diablo III Beta Is A Go!

Hurry! To the Battle.net account! Blizzard Entertainment has just dropped word that the long-awaited closed beta for Diablo III has begun and that the developer has “started issuing the first wave of invitations to participate in the testing process.” If you registered for the Diablo III beta, log into your Battle.net account, then click on…

The Truly Dedicated Gamer Plans Their Diablo III Character In Advance

All of the active skills, passive skills, and runestone modifications available for the five character classes of Diablo III add up to millions of possible character builds. Get a head start on setting up your own with the Diablo III Skill Calculator. A recent addition to the Diablo III community website, the skill calculator lets…

China Not Only Has Diablo V…

It also has the Diablo V expansion pack. Meanwhile, the rest of the world patiently waits for developer Blizzard to finish Diablo III. Oh, China. Thanks for the tip, Victor! You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips…

‘Blizzard Music’ is Your Nostalgia Time-Waster of the Day

Do you love Blizzard games? Any of them? The new Blizzard Music site, launched today, lets you listen to snippets of every song on the official soundtracks for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, StarCraft II, Diablo II and so much more. And then, after listening to the clips, you can click through and buy them on…

Watch People Playing the Diablo III Beta, Right Now

As is customary, Blizzard’s first beta for Diablo III – which has now begun – is with employees and family of the company. That probably doesn’t include you. But that’s OK. You can watch other people play! There’s no non-disclosure agreement covering the beta, so those employees and their families are free to broadcast whatever…

Leaked Diablo III Footage & Screens Show, Wait For It, Menus!

Over the weekend, website Force Strategy Gaming threw up some supposedly leaked screenshots and, more importantly, footage from the upcoming Diablo III beta. The gameplaywon’t have much of interest unless you’re a die-hard Diablo fan. Of more general interest – or maybe, as a menu fetishist, this is just me – is the game’s front…

Blizzard Launches Diablo III Community Site, Beta Sure To Follow

The official community site for Blizzard’s hot-hot-hotly anticipated dungeoneer Diablo III has launched, giving the game’s hordes of fans a centralized place to post about, you know, how mad excited everyone is about the game. The activation of the community site seems to underline a high probability that the Beta will be released soon, at…

Watch Blizzard Open the Gates of Hell in Cologne

We showed you that fancy bit of 3D street art Blizzard created for Diablo III earlier this week. Now we have a sped-up video showing how the artists made it look like demons were bursting from the city’s streets. You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find…

Blizzard Is ‘Very, Very Serious’ About Diablo for Consoles

Sounds like Blizzard is now a bit more serious about “exploring a Diablo-related concept for consoles.” What was something of an understated “interest” in bringing on talent for a version of Diablo III for video game consoles now sounds almost imminent. At Blizzard Entertainment’s Gamescom press conference, Diablo III lead designer Josh Mosqueira said the…

Diablo III’s Gates of Hell Open on the Streets of Cologne

A street artists turned Cologne’s Rudolfplatz into a scene from Diablo III. In the pic above a group of developers check out the art in person. You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.

See Just How Crazy Your Diablo III Character Can Look If You Play On ‘Inferno’

For Diablo III, Blizzard is giving players a chance to fight the hardest of hellspawn with the game’s “Inferno” difficulty. Faster, stronger and tougher enemies that mean big risks and big rewards. What kind of rewards? Crazy, ornate high level armor, for one. Blizzard Entertainment showed off what some Inferno-class items look like at its…

Diablo III Beta Will Begin by September, Still No Final Release Date

Diablo III‘s beta will hit by September, hopefully before, Blizzard game director Jay Wilson said during a Gamescom press conference today. When’s the game coming out? “When it’s ready.” Got it? Read more about Diablo III and its “inferno difficulty.”

Diablo III Just Got Harder Than Hell With New ‘Inferno’ Difficulty

Diablo and his minions will dole out the most extreme player punishment in Diablo III, thanks to its fourth, harder than Hell difficulty level known as Inferno. Blizzard revealed the harsh, high-level difficulty gameplay feature at Gamescom today, explaining what it means for the most dedicated of Diablo III players. Blizzard Entertainment game director Jay…

An Angry Diablo 3 Fan’s Appeal to Blizzard, Presented Without Commentary

Blizzard Thinks Always Online Diablo III Shouldn’t Surprise You

Blizzard really thinks you should get with the times. There’s really no reason why an always-online Diablo III should shock you, Blizzard VP of Online Technologies Robert Bridenbecker says in an interview with MTV Multiplayer “I’m actually kind of surprised in terms of there even being a question in today’s age around online play and…

There are Other Games to Play On a Laptop (at an Airport) Besides Diablo III

As a man about to embark on a 20-hour flight, comments like this—from Blizzard’s Rob Pardo in response to the news Diablo III requires a constant internet connection—make me pull little sad faces. Diablo 3 Will Require Players to be Online When Playing [1UP] You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at…