Diablo III

Building Battle.net

Gamasutra managed to corner Blizzard Entertainment’s Greg Canessa for an interesting interview about the challenges involved with building the modern Battle.net, why the company needs their own online platform, what sort of functionality they might add to it in the…

Diablo III Preview

Blizzard Entertainment’s next Diablo installment has been given the preview treatment over at Gameplanet, and once again the article’s information is based upon the build shown at last month’s BlizzCon. As you enter the dungeons of the hold in Diablo…

Diablo III Interview

Diablo III lead world designer Leonard Boyarsky and art director Christian Lichtner were on hand at this year’s BlizzCon to tackle a fistful of questions about Diablo III for the folks at Blizzplanet. Here’s the deal: So have you done…

Diablo III Forum Activity

In his most recent responses on the official Diablo III forums, community manager “Bashiok” addresses questions about the newly announced Demon Hunter profession, death penalties, forcing players to create Battle.net characters, and more. On the announcement of the Demon Hunter:…

Diablo III Previews

In addition to this video preview of Diablo III’s PvP in action on G4, there’s a lengthy hands-on preview of the action RPG juggernaut over at Slashdot. A snip from the latter: The story is handled in two ways: Lore…

BlizzCon 2010 Wallpaper

In response to fan requests, Blizzard Entertainment has released a new wallpaper in various sizes that sports the sweet artwork used to identify this year’s BlizzCon. Now you too can adorn your desktop with an image of Diablo himself, World…

Blizzard Entertainment Interview

Edge Magazine managed to corner World of Warcraft designer Rob Pardo during last weekend’s BlizzCon for an interview about the evolution and growth of the company’s fan event, the lack of “meaningful competition” for WoW, whether they’re collaborating with Bungie…

Diablo III Preview

VideoGamer is the latest website to conjure up a hands-on preview of Diablo III after checking out the hotly anticipated action RPG sequel firsthand at this year’s BlizzCon. Commentary from lead designer Jay Wilson can be found throughout the article,…

Diablo III Interview

Kotaku has published an article-style interview that they conducted with Diablo III art director Christian Lichtner and designer Jason Bender during BlizzCon about the game’s newly revealed Demon Hunter profession. Personally, I think they were listening to the fans on…

Diablo III Preview and Interview

In addition to another hands-on preview of Diablo III at Shacknews (this one covering the Demon Hunter), there’s an article-style interview with lead technical artist Julian Love on IncGamers. First, a snip from the preview: The new skill system, revealed…