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Platform Win, Mac, PS3, PS4 Publisher Activision Blizzard Developer Blizzard Entertainment Release Date 05/15/2012 Price 59.99

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Diablo 3 review: angels and demons

By Arthur Gies on May 24, 2012 05.24.12

"DIABLO 3 QUICKLY MAKES SCANDALOUS DEPARTURES FROM PREVIOUS GAMES. SKILL POINTS AND ATTRIBUTES ARE OUT ... POTIONS ARE A THING OF THE PAST ... TOWN PORTAL SCROLLS? GONE. MAGIC WEAPONS ALREADY HAVE THEIR PROPERTIES LAID BARE." From a thousand feet up, Diablo 3 resembles Diablo Past, more or less. It's still a game defined almost entirely by clicking on things - you click on the ground to move your character to that point, you click on items to pick them up, you click on enemies to make them dead. Enemies yield randomly generated loot. Loot, more than levels or character progression, remains the beating heart of Diablo 3. While all of this is familiar, Diablo 3 quickly makes scandalous departures from previous games. Skill points and attributes are out. Instead, each...

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Diablo 3 designer discusses 'underlying philosophies' of item changes

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Mar 05, 2013 03.05.13

Items in Diablo 3 will continue to undergo changes affecting the link between the frequency of rare items and their subsequent power, designer Travis Day announced via the Battle.net forums. Day writes that Legendary items in particular need to be rare and powerful, rather than just the former. "When a Legendary drops," Day wrote, "the question that goes through a player's mind should never be ‘is this a good item?' It should be ‘how awesome is it?'" Future Legendary items will also be able to roll base stats at the level of the monster that dropped them in order to give players more diversity. The team plans to reduce the frequency rare items drop at in order to "make it fun and rewarding to hunt down new items." According to Day, this simply means that "bad rares" will be less...

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Diablo 3 will not include cross-platform play between PC and PS3

By Emily Gera on Feb 26, 2013 02.26.13

Diablo 3 will not feature cross-platform play between PC and the upcoming PlayStation 3 release, the game's community manager Vaeflare clarified on the Battle.net forums. According to the post, Blizzard has no current plans to allow for connectivity between PlayStation Network and Battle.net, the result of which will be separate characters on the user's Battle.net account and their PlayStation account. It was also revealed Blizzard has no plans to allow for analog controllers to be used on PC, and likewise, as the console edition of Diablo 3 was developed with a controller in mind, the PlayStation 3 version of the title will not support keyboards or mice. Last week it was also revealed Diablo 3 is in development for the upcoming PlayStation 4 console. The PS3 and PS4 versions of D...

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Sony's timing for PS4 was perfect, EEDAR says

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Feb 20, 2013 02.20.13

Sony's timing on its PlayStation 4 reveal "was perfect" and "wise," according to vice president of insights, Jesse Divnich, of market research firm Electronic Entertainment Design and Research "By announcing early and at an isolated event, it allows Sony to capture 100 percent of the attention of gamers, technology enthusiasts, and industry insiders," Divnich said. "Sony's announcement now gives publishers plenty of time to prepare for E3 and it shifts the focus of the show to the software, which ultimately is what gamers look forward to the most." According to Divnich, Sony is now "in a perfect storm of circumstances" that will help hype the next generation throughout the entire industry. He continued to warn third-party publishers against waiting to throw in support, adding that...

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By Michael McWhertor on Feb 20, 2013 02.20.13

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Diablo 3 coming to PS4 and PS3 from Blizzard Entertainment

By Michael McWhertor on Feb 20, 2013 02.20.13

Diablo 3 will come to PlayStation 4 from Blizzard Entertainment, the company's senior vice president, story and franchise development Chris Metzen announced today at Sony's PlayStation Meeting. The announcement is part of a "strategic partnership" between Blizzard and Sony Computer Entertainment, Metzen said. He also announced that Diablo 3 will come to the PlayStation 3 as well, which is already running on the current-gen console and "runs well and looks great," Metzen said. Metzen says Diablo 3 has been customized to play on consoles, with a four-player, full-screen co-op mode for online and offline multiplayer. The hack-and-slash action RPG's user interface, customization, inventory and control over player avatars has been revamped for PS4. The PS3 and PS4 versions of Diablo 3...

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Diablo 3 patch 1.0.7 now live for American regions

By Jenna Pitcher on Feb 12, 2013 02.12.13

Diablo 3 patch 1.0.7 is now live in American regions, Blizzard announced today. Those who log in from a European or Asian client will have to wait until it goes live in those regions. Players will receive a download prompt when the patch becomes available. American players won't be able to log into European or Asian clients for Global Play until the patch is live in those respective areas. Patch 1.0.7 includes a new Brawling feature where two to four players can pummel each other in a new zone called The Scorched Chapel. The new zone features four different areas: the church, the graveyard, the river and the lake. Also, Blacksmiths and Jewelers receive new rare crafting recipes as part of the patch. General changes range from characters no longer playing out a flinching animation if...

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Activision Blizzard full-year revenues hit $4.8 billion, sales driven by Call of Duty, Skylanders, Diablo 3

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Feb 07, 2013 02.07.13

Activision Blizzard reported full-year revenues for calendar year 2012 at $4.8 billion, attributing its success to best-selling franchises Call of Duty and Skylanders and the high sales of Diablo 3, the company reported in its latest financial earnings report. For the fourth quarter ending on Dec. 31, 2012, net revenues were a record $1.77 billion, up from 2011's net revenues of $1.41 billion. Of the company's earnings for calendar year 2012, the digital sector represented 32 percent of total revenue at a record $1.54 billion. Full-year earnings exceed the company's initial forecasted outlook of $1.4 billion in revenue. During the company's quarterly earnings call today, Activision's Eric Hirshberg said the Skylanders franchise has earned over $1 billion in revenue since launching 15...

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Rob Pardo responds to negativity on Battle.net forums, takes 'full responsibility' for Diablo 3

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Jan 20, 2013 01.20.13

In a recent thread dedicated to Diablo 3 director Jay Wilson's departure, chief creative officer Rob Pardo discouraged players from bashing Wilson for Diablo 3's quality, placing blame on himself. Wilson announced his retirement on the Battle.net Diablo 3 forums on Jan. 17. The response, which spans more than 170 pages, drew some ire from users, prompting Pardo to respond in turn. "This thread saddens me greatly," Pardo wrote. "I know that the Battle.net forums have earned a reputation for rough justice, but I do not believe justice is being served by how people are speaking about Jay's departure from Diablo 3." Pardo continued that he's proud of the Diablo franchise and the team's work on Diablo 3, but acknowledged that "the Diablo community deserves an even better game." "If you...

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Diablo 3 director Jay Wilson moves on to other Blizzard project

By Samit Sarkar on Jan 17, 2013 01.17.13

Diablo 3 director Jay Wilson is leaving his position to work on another project within Blizzard, he announced today. Calling the development of Diablo 3 "one of the most challenging and rewarding periods of my life," Wilson said that after seven years on the game, he has "reached a point creatively where [he's] looking forward to working on something new." To that end, Wilson will be leaving Diablo 3 and "transitioning elsewhere within Blizzard" over the next several weeks. "This decision was not an easy one for me, and not one I made quickly, but ultimately it's what I feel is right," he said. Wilson added that his departure from Diablo 3 "will not negatively impact [the studio's] ongoing support" of the game, and that he "won't be abandoning the team" during the transition period...

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Latest Diablo 3 patch introduces tweaks to the interface and reactions to taking damage

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Jan 16, 2013 01.16.13

The upcoming patch for Diablo 3, patch 1.07, makes a broad number of changes across the board in addition to adding PvP dueling, including tweaks to the Battle.net interface and how characters react to taking damage, according to the patch notes posted on Battle.net. With the new PvP dueling system, Blizzard intends to create a "safe, opt-in location" where players can challenge each other without suffering the "griefing" players would in Diablo 2. Groups of two to four players can now challenge one another in a new zone specifically designed for this type of dueling. The zone is accessible by speaking with a specific character, Nek the Brawler, at the New Tristram inn. Blizzard has increased the base item pick-up radius to 3 yards from the original 1.5 yards, and players' who are...

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  • Windows
    • Released 05/15/2012
    • Price 59.99
    • Publisher Activision Blizzard
    • Developer Blizzard Entertainment
  • Mac
    • Released 05/15/2012
    • Price 59.99
    • Publisher Activision Blizzard
    • Developer Blizzard Entertainment
  • PlayStation 3
    • Publisher Blizzard Entertainment
    • Developer Blizzard Entertainment
  • PlayStation 4
    • Publisher Blizzard Entertainment
    • Developer Blizzard Entertainment