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Diablo 3 Is Now Scheduled to Appear Between April and June

Blizzard has confirmed during a recent investor’s call that the new release window for Diablo III is the second quarter of 2012, meaning you might finally get to see the role playing dungeon crawler sometime between April and June. Diablo 3 has been awaited by millions of fans for quite some time, with Blizzar...

10 February 2012
18:21 GMT

Blizzard Confirms Enhanced Chat Features for Diablo III

The development team working on Diablo III has confirmed that the upcoming hack and slash title will have in-game chat after a community manager wrongly suggested that the function will not be available during a Questions & Answers session on Twitter. Speaking on the official forums for Diablo III Bashiok stated, &l...

9 February 2012
07:12 GMT

Blizzard Removes Companions and Reforging from Diablo III Beta

Video game developer Blizzard has made more changes to the Diablo III beta stage, eliminating both Scrolls of Companion and Scrolls of Reforging from the game.Nethera, a community manager at Blizzard, has written on the official game forum saying, “The companion pets felt like they were mandatory to maximize pl...

30 January 2012
18:41 GMT

Diablo III Changes Ensure the Game Will Remain Popular in the Future

Blizzard has revealed a few more details about the array of changes that it’s recently made to Diablo III, saying that they will ensure the role playing dungeon crawler will be popular for a decade after its release. Diablo III has been eagerly awaited by millions of gamers from all around the world. As you ca...

23 January 2012
05:31 GMT

Senior Diablo III Producer Leaves Blizzard

Steve Parker, who has been working as a senior producer on the Diablo III project, has announced via Twitter that he is no longer working at Blizzard and that he was already getting ready to work on a new project, although he did not mention exactly what it was.His message says, “Hey Twitter, I’m no longe...

23 January 2012
04:52 GMT

Diablo III Developer Says No One Will Remember Game Delays

The developement team at Blizzard working on Diablo III has announced that they have made a number of significant changes to the game and that might mean that it will see yet another delay, pushing it back to late 2012 or even further into the future, but one leading developer working on the game believes that this d...

20 January 2012
22:21 GMT

Major Changes Coming to Diablo III, Game Might Be Delayed

Diablo III is getting a number of significant changes to the game mechanics, including core elements like skills and crafting, which might mean that the game, thought to be launched during March, might now be pushed back to late in 2012. Jay Wilson, who is the director leading the development process for Diablo III,...

20 January 2012
02:56 GMT

Diablo III on Consoles Still Isn’t Officially in Development, Blizzard Says

Blizzard has released a new statement about the possibility of seeing Diablo III on consoles, saying that it’s still not officially in development, thus denying a reveal from earlier this week. Blizzard is a studio that always likes to take its time when it comes to games that are awaited by millions of fans. ...

12 January 2012
15:51 GMT

Incoming 2012: Diablo III

What we know:Blizzard has been working on Diablo III in some way or another since the expansion for the second game in the series, Lord of Destruction, was launched in late 2001 and everyone is hoping that this spring, finally, we will get to play the latest action oriented role playing game in this ground breaking s...

11 January 2012
18:41 GMT

SteelSeries Diablo III Mouse and Headset Drivers Available

The long-awaited Diablo III has no official launch date, despite Blizzard saying that the new title is "on the horizon." But things are on the move, since gaming gear manufacturers like SteelSeries have already issued Diablo III-themed equipment... therefore, here are the drivers for them. The SteelSeries Diablo-the...

10 January 2012
10:21 GMT

Diablo III Will Be Launched on Home Consoles, Says Blizzard

Video game developer Blizzard has officially confirmed that it is working on a home console version of its upcoming Diablo III, with an executive from the company telling the audience that the project was proceeding at a good pace.Micah Whiple, who is one of the community managers working at Blizzard, has answered qu...

10 January 2012
10:17 GMT

Best Buy Says Diablo III Launches on February 1, Blizzard Says Chains Are Making Up Dates

A rather complex marketing display from retail chain Best Buy has indicated that Diablo III, the eagerly awaited action role playing game from developer Blizzard, was set to be launched on the PC on February 1 but the company has moved quickly to squash the information, saying that the game still has not official lau...

9 January 2012
04:54 GMT

South Korea Delays Diablo III Rating Over Gambling Concerns

The global release of Diablo III, the eagerly awaited role playing dungeon crawler from Blizzard, might be in danger. This is due to the South Korean Game Rating Board, which doesn’t want to pass a ruling due to the game’s Auction House feature because it resembles gambling. South Korea has always had a very hars...

5 January 2012
15:41 GMT

Blizzard Marks Diablo’s 15-Year Anniversary With Official Timeline

It’s a bit hard to believe but the long running Diablo franchise has turned 15, so Blizzard, its developer, has decided to celebrate this by releasing a special timeline of all the events that happened with the series up until now. Diablo I was released on December 31, 1996, in North America, and soon after th...

5 January 2012
10:54 GMT

Diablo III on Consoles Mentioned in New Job Listing Posted by Blizzard

Diablo III is coming to the PC in early 2012, but its developer, Blizzard, is still experimenting with a possible console edition of the game, which has once again been proved through a new job listing posted by the studio. Diablo III has been a long time coming, with Blizzard teasing fans for quite some time while ...

29 December 2011
19:31 GMT

Blizzard Introduces BattleTags for Battle.net, Unifies Identities

Video game developer Blizzard has introduced the BattleTags feature for all its video games and the forum structure, meaning that all players have the option to adopt an official name that can be used across all Blizzard made products.At the moment players use the character name for each title in order to post on the...

19 December 2011
05:31 GMT

Diablo III Intro Cinematic Introduces Leah, Falling Star

Developer Blizzard revealed the opening cinematic for its upcoming Diablo III hack and slash for all those who are interested in the game, showing old series hand Deckard Cain and his niece Leah as they witness the first stage of a new apocalypse.The first half of the intro is made up of stylish comic book like frame...

12 December 2011
05:17 GMT

Diablo 3 Will Be Built For Consoles, Not Ported by Blizzard

Blizzard, the studio behind hit franchises like StarCraft or World of Warcraft, has once again talked about bringing Diablo III, its next big release, onto consoles, saying that its current team is still exploring the idea, mainly because the company wants to really build it for consoles from the ground up, instead o...

22 November 2011
17:31 GMT

Free Diablo 3 Beta Keys Offered by Blizzard on Facebook

Blizzard has started offering free Diablo III beta keys to fans of the game on Facebook through a special month-long campaign on the social network.Diablo 3 is definitely one of the most awaited games of next year, with Blizzard spending quite a long time developing and polishing the role playing dungeon crawler, whi...

17 November 2011
05:18 GMT

Activision Blizzard Beats Projections, Bets on Call of Duty and Diablo III

For the second fiscal quarter which ended on September 30 video game publisher Activision Blizzard has managed to beat the expectations of the market by posting sales of 627 million dollars (454 million Euro) which is well above what analysts were expecting to see.Profits were also higher than during the same period ...

9 November 2011
15:01 GMT

Weekend Reading: Giving Diablo III Away for Free

A lot happened at Blizzcon this year and most of the talk has been focused around the Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft, mostly the pretty radical ways in which it will change the MMO, and around Starcraft II, mostly the new units and how the mod oriented Marketplace will work.But the one piece of new...

5 November 2011
07:11 GMT

Diablo III Has Close to 16,000 Dialog Lines

Video game developer Blizzard has announced that its upcoming hack and slash title Diablo III will have between 13,000 and 16,000 lines of dialog split between the various characters classes and the NPCs that players will meet throughout the experience.Starcraft II, the real time strategy game from the same developer...

2 November 2011
16:01 GMT

Free Diablo III with World of Warcraft MMO Shows Blizzard Gratitude

Paul Sams, who is the Chief Operations Officer at video game developer Blizzard, has said that the offer of free Diablo III for all those who get an Annual Pass for the MMO World of Warcraft is designed to show the player base how much the developer values them.Speaking to Venture Beat he stated, “We talk about...

26 October 2011
18:21 GMT

Diablo III Tech Is Moddable, Auction Houses Make that Impossible

Diablo III might be one of the biggest launches for 2012 but Blizzard's decision, linked to the Auction House mechanics, of eliminating any modding possibilities, led to disappointment for some of the long term fans of the series.Talking to GameFront at the Blizzcon event, Julian Love, who is the technical artis...

26 October 2011
05:51 GMT

Diablo III Collector's Edition Showcased, Includes Lots of Goodies

Diablo III has received quite a lot of details over the weekend after the end of Blizzard's BlizzCon event, and now we get to talk about the special Collector's Edition, which includes a variety of in-game and real life goodies for true fans of the role playing dungeon crawler.Diablo III has been expected a...

25 October 2011
06:58 GMT

Loot Balancing One Reason for Long Diablo III Development Process

One of the leading developers working on Diablo III at Blizzard has said that one of the main reasons for the long development cycle for the game is the need to get the balance of the loot system right.Kevin Martens, who is the lead content designer working on Diablo III, told Gamasutra that, “That balance is h...

24 October 2011
18:41 GMT

Get Free Diablo III With World of Warcraft Annual Pass Subscription

Blizzard, after unveiling the massive Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft, confirmed another interesting detail about the online role playing game and a new Annual Pass subscription program, which gives loyal players a free copy of Diablo III, the studio's next big game.World of Warcraft, while sti...

24 October 2011
18:01 GMT

Diablo III Gets Impressive Cinematic Trailer

Blizzard has been going all out with the promotional efforts built around its BlizzCon event, trying to get the gaming community interested in the new World of Warcraft expansion and the Heart of the Swarm expansion for Starcraft II.But the star of the show was undoubtedly Diablo III, the hack and slash role playing ...

24 October 2011
08:07 GMT

Auction Houses in Diablo III Are Just One Part of Dynamic Loot System

When Blizzard announced that it will include real world money powered Auction Houses in its upcoming Diablo III a lot of fans reacted angrily, accusing the company of only trying to create a new revenue stream for the game.But the developers have said that their only reason for this new system is to give players even...

24 October 2011
05:48 GMT

Diablo III Release Delayed Into Early 2012 by Blizzard

Blizzard has just announced a brand new release window for its eagerly awaited Diablo III role playing dungeon crawler, as it is now scheduled to be launched in early 2012, instead of the previous end of the year estimate.Diablo fans were treated with massive news at the beginning of the week, as Blizzard kicked off ...

23 September 2011
08:53 GMT

Diablo III Feels Great With a Console Controller, Blizzard Says

Just as the closed beta for Diablo III is being rolled out, Blizzard has revealed a few interesting details about its ongoing tests with the role playing dungeon crawler on consoles, and how their controllers are much better suited to its type of gameplay.Blizzard has been mainly a computer-based developer, as many o...

22 September 2011
18:01 GMT

Blizzard Opens Diablo III Beta, Announces Final Stages of Development

Video game developer Blizzard Entertainment has announced that the closed beta stage for its upcoming hack and slash title Diablo III is now open and that the development process for the game is now in its final stages.The beta is only offered in English and will allow those who are selected to play through a small p...

21 September 2011
07:09 GMT

Diablo III Auction House and Battle.net To Support PayPal

Blizzard has announced that its upcoming Diablo III role playing game will support popular online payment service PayPal for the new Auction House feature announced last month, while its current Battle.net online service will soon allow players to make purchases with just a valid PayPal account.Blizzard caused a lot ...

15 September 2011
17:11 GMT

Blizzard Launches Skill Calculator for Diablo III

Video game developer Blizzard has launched a new Skill Calculator application that allows all those interested in their upcoming hack and slash title Diablo III to see how different builds of their future character will work.All those who are interested can access the Battle.net service, verify their age and they wil...

14 September 2011
18:11 GMT

Diablo III Community Website Now Available

Blizzard has released a brand new gathering place for fans of its Diablo role-playing franchise, as the company launched the official Diablo III community website. Diablo III is the next big project from Blizzard, as the company has worked on the new-generation role-playing dungeon crawler for quite some time, pro...

25 August 2011
18:11 GMT

Blizzard Serious About Bringing Diablo III to Home Consoles

Video game developer Blizzard seems to have confirmed that versions of its upcoming hack and slash Diablo III title are being prepared for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3, although it seems that they will be launched later than the PC game.Josh Mosqueira, who is the lead designer working on the console versions of...

19 August 2011
14:51 GMT

id Software Believes Always Connected Games Are Best for Gamers and Companies

When video game developer Blizzard announced that the upcoming Diablo III will need to be always connected to Battle.net via the Internet a lot of fans of the franchise and PC gamers in general were highly critical of the company, saying that the choice is nothing more than a ploy to introduce DRM measures via the ba...

11 August 2011
16:21 GMT

Player Reaction to Diablo III Always On Announcement Surprised Blizzard

A lot of people were surprised and somewhat annoyed by the fact that Diablo III, the next big game launched by Blizzard, will require a constant connection to the Internet and to the Battle.net service in order to work, even for the single player section of the title.And now a representative from Blizzard has express...

8 August 2011
17:21 GMT

A Gamer's Week: August 7

This week has been dominated by the announcements that Blizzard has made about Diablo III, from the fact that the game will require an always-on Internet connection to run to the fact that there will be no mods allowed for it. But we also managed to deliver a Softpedia review for Pro Cycling Manager 2011 this week...

7 August 2011
04:21 GMT

Weekend Reading: Losing Mods for Diablo III Makes the PC Poorer

Fans of Diablo III and of PC gaming, which developer Blizzard has long been a champion of, might have been prepared for an announcement that the game requires a continuous connection to the Internet, considering that it was already a requirement for Starcraft II, and for the fact that real money could be used to buy ...

5 August 2011
08:41 GMT

Diablo III Beta Cover Early Game, Skeleton King Fight

Blizzard has fired a big salvo of information about Diablo III towards those eagerly awaiting the game and some of it is squarely aimed at those who are interested in taking part in the beta stage for the hack and slash title. The developers are saying that only the very early stages of the game will be included, ...

2 August 2011
08:38 GMT

No Mods for Diablo III, Marketplace Still Coming to Starcraft II

We already know that players will need to always be online in order to be able to play the upcoming Diablo III and that the game will now offer an auction house system that allows for the use of real world money and now Blizzard has dropped another big piece of news about its next big project by saying that the title...

2 August 2011
02:38 GMT

Diablo III Will Require Always-On Internet Connection

Blizzard has revealed that any player who is interested in playing the upcoming Diablo III will have to be constantly logged into the Battle.net service and maintain a continuous Internet connection.The company says that this is necessary because Diablo III is deeply integrated with Battle.net and Blizzard is very ca...

1 August 2011
10:56 GMT

Diablo III Will Have Official Real Money Item Auction House

Developer Blizzard has revealed that its upcoming hack and slash video game Diablo III will have a system of official auction houses that will allow a player to buy in-game items using real world money. Blizzard says that it will not be offering any times directly through it and that it will be up to the players t...

1 August 2011
04:58 GMT

Playable Diablo III, StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm Coming to Gamescom 2011

Blizzard has confirmed that it will be bringing playable versions of both its upcoming Diablo III dungeon crawler role-playing game, as well as the recently confirmed StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm, at this year's Gamescom conference in Cologne, Germany. Blizzard has quite a lot of projects set to appear in ...

8 July 2011
18:01 GMT

SteelSeries Announced Diablo III Branded Peripherals

Even though there is still some time left until Blizzard releases the Diablo III RPG, SteelSeries has already announced a range of Diablo branded peripherals that support the look and feel of the third installment of Blizzard's title. SteelSeries' new peripherals range includes, the Diablo III Mouse, a ...

6 June 2011
09:33 GMT

Diablo III Enhances Customization via Runestones

Diablo III might not be ready for launch during this year, although a beta testing phase is sure to come in the next few months, but the developers working on the hack and slash game at Blizzard seem to be interested in keeping players updated with information on the game, now offering details on the runestone system...

26 May 2011
05:40 GMT

Blizzard Shows Off the Followers of Diablo III

Blizzard might not yet be sure when Diablo III, its highly expected hack and slash game, is launched, but the company is eager to deliver more information on the experience and show potential players the new features of the title. A new trailer, which you can go ahead and download from Softpedia, shows off what Bl...

13 May 2011
09:37 GMT

Blizzard Announces Beta for Diablo III for Third Quarter of 2011

Diablo III has long been in development at Blizzard and now it seems that the latest installment in the hack and slash series might be playable before the end of the year, even if the developers working on it refused to set a clear launch date or even confirm that the game will be delivered in 2011.Mike Morhaime, who...

10 May 2011
18:31 GMT

Call of Duty DLC First Strike Drives Activision to Bigger Profit

Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that it has managed better than expected financial results for the fiscal quarter between January and March, when it managed to generate 1.4 billion dollars in revenue. During the same period of last year, the company reported 1.3 billion dollars in revenue an...

10 May 2011
09:04 GMT


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