Posts tagged diablo-3 
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 ...
Diablo statue claws its way out of Hell June 2013
Brian Fay, the creator of the impressive Arthas statue, has been commissioned by Blizzard again, this time to summon the demon Diablo in premium-priced novelty form. The polystone sculpture pictured above stands 22 inches atop its base, where it commands a fearsome hand-painted visage and imposing ...
Blizzard celebrates Black Friday with Diablo 3, StarCraft 2 deals
Blizzard's Black Friday offer is sweet and simple: StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty and Diablo 3 are each $20 off, now through Monday, November 26. StarCraft 2 is $20, while Diablo 3 turns out to be $40. These deals are blowing directly through the Blizzard Store. Other Blizzard wares, specifically in ...
Blizzard faces class action suit over account authenticators
Blizzard Entertainment is facing a class action lawsuit over the sale of its Battle.net authenticators, which are used to provide security for player account information for games such as World of Warcraft and Diablo 3. The suit, filed by the law firm Carney Williams Bates Pulliam & Bowman, ...
Diablo 3 surpasses 10 million sold [Update: Expansion incoming, date unknown]
During today's Activision earnings call, CEO Bobby Kotick revealed that Blizzard's Diablo 3 has managed to sell over 10 million copies so far. "Year-to-date, Diablo 3 is the top-selling game overall based on enough meta, digital and retail sales in North America and Europe. Diablo 3 has sold ...
Diablo 3 down for patch 1.0.5 maintenance today, tomorrow
Diablo 3 patch 1.0.5 adds the Monster Power system, which allows players to adjust the difficulty of enemies in Normal, Nightmare, Hell and Inferno modes, along with a lengthy change list affecting the Auction House, Battle.net, Bosses and Classes, among other aspects. Blizzard began launching the ...
Blizzard North considered making Diablo Junior for the Game Boy Color
David Craddock is a freelance writer (and former Joystiquer) who's putting a book together about Blizzard North, the studio that created the enormously popular Diablo series. Up until the book's release (it is called, of course, "Stay Awhile and Listen"), Craddock is doling out some insights that ...
