Diablo III

Diablo III Female Witch Doctor Media

Blizzard Entertainment has updated the official Diablo III website with a selection of new media for the female version of the Witch Doctor, including seven screenshots, two pieces of concept art, and the character’s in-game 3D model.

Blizzard’s Core Game Design Concepts

Gamasutra has put together a summary of the panel discussion that Blizzard’s Rob Pardo gave this week during the Game Developers Conference. The topic was the company’s “core design concepts”, which one could argue are the best in the industry…

Diablo III Screenshots

Hooked Gamers is offering seven new screenshots from Diablo III, which we presume are from a press kit being handed out at the Game Developers Conference. The images depict the wizard and witch doctor in action.

Diablo III Forum Activity

It’s been several weeks since I last rounded up the discussions going on over on the official Diablo III forums, so today I’ll rectify that with a hefty update. This time, Diablo community manager “Bashiok” discusses Bind on Equip items,…

Diablo Sequels in Development

Another tidbit from the same Activision-Blizzard SEC filing, but we’ll keep ’em separate for interest’s sake: an interesting turn of phrase reveals Diablo has more than one sequel coming up, though what exactly this entails is unclear. Our Blizzard business…

Diablo III Male Wizard Media

Blizzard’s official Diablo III website has been updated with an animated 3D render of the male wizard, as well as two new screenshots depicting the character in action.

BlizzCast Episode 13

Blizzard Entertainment has released a thirteenth BlizzCast episode, and while the primary topic is the freshly launched StarCraft II beta, there’s also a World of Warcraft/Diablo III Q&A toward the end. Zarhym: Ok so is the respec system in Diablo III…

Fallout 3 and Diablo III Controversies Examined

Destructoid’s Jim Sterling has apparently had enough of “franchise fanboys”, as he’s decided to editorialize about the commotion that erupted during the development of Fallout 3 and the ongoing petition to make Diablo III a darker, more macabre experience than…

Battle.net Interview

IGN is hosting a five-minute video interview with Blizzard’s Greg Canessa that focuses entirely on what we should expect from their Battle.net relaunch later this year. During the interview, Greg discusses the three key design goals that they have for…

Diablo III Female Barbarian Animation and Concept Art

Blizzard has unveiled another of Diablo III’s possible class/gender combos in the female barbarian, whose build and face say “I can kick your ass”, but whose chainmail bikini still says “I’m in a videogame”. Though they were once misunderstood as…