Editorial: SimCity, Diablo 3 and a review of customer service
I don't like writing game reviews. I'm a news guy, comfortable moving within and reporting on the binary conclusions of business in the video game industry. Reviews are emotional. Always have been. With SimCity and Diablo 3, I think the already tempestuous machine of game reviews in this industry ...
No cross-platform connectivity for Diablo 3 across PSN, Battle.net
In case there was any doubt, there will be no cross-platform play between PC and PlayStation 3 and 4 versions of Diablo 3. Furthermore, characters from the PC version will not be accessible on PlayStation and vice versa. "In terms of allowing an analog controller hookup for the PC, we don't have ...
Diablo 3 on PS3 and PS4 will allow offline play
Diablo 3 will not require a constant internet connection for local multiplayer on the PS3 or PS4, Blizzard production director John Hight has confirmed. "You can have four people on the same screen - no split-screen, we just zoom the camera out. Or if you're offline," he tells Geoff Keighley ...
Diablo 3 on PS4 and PS3 will feature all major PC updates, first screens
Diablo 3 is heading to the PS4 and PS3 with some goodies in tow, bringing all of the PC version's latest updates, "including Paragon levels, the Infernal Machine event, Monster Power, Brawling, and more," Blizzard writes. The console version will of course have customized controls, a new user ...
Blizzard announces Diablo 3 coming to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4
Blizzard Entertainment's Senior VP of Story and Franchise development Chris Metzen joined Sony during its PlayStation 4 announcement today to say that "Blizzard and Sony have entered into a strategic partnership, through which we will take over the world." The first product of that worldwide ...
Activision Blizzard sees 'best performance in history' during 2012
Activision Blizzard and its many, many franchises brought in $4.85 billion dollars in net revenue over the course of calendar 2012, with $1.76 billion of that hitting its coffers during the three month period ending on December 31, 2012. Digital sales represented 32 percent of that total annual new ...
Diablo 3 director Jay Wilson moves on to new Blizzard project
Jay Wilson, who has been directing Diablo 3 for seven years, has decided to move on to other projects within Blizzard. Writing on the Blizzard forums, Wilson says that while working on Diablo 3 has "been one of the most challenging and rewarding periods of my life, I've reached a point creatively ...
Latest Diablo 3 patch offers dueling without all the pain
Blizzard is hard at work on patch 1.0.7 for Diablo 3 and revealed a preview of the changes it will include, the most notable of which is a dueling feature. In December Blizzard said it would work on a dueling system, though there was no word on how it would work. Today's preview solves some of that ...
Animated short looks back on 2012's big gaming moments
With 2012 coming to a close, now is the time to reflect on what a crazy year it's been for video games. Remember Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City? ...
Diablo 3 'Team Deathmatch' goes back to the drawing board, 'dueling' coming in the new year
Diablo 3's Team Deathmatch mode has been a long-promised addition for players of the loot-hunting dungeon crawler since it first launched seven months ago. Though the mode is up and running at Blizzard, a blog post from Blizzard's Jay Wilson says the Player vs. Player-focused mode "isn't yet where ...
