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WorstUsernameEver
February 29, 2012

Blizzard Announces Around 600 Layoffs

In what has to be a Blizzard Entertainment-only thing, we received a press release from the Diablo, Warcraft, and StarCraft developer that they’re laying off around 600 employees, though most of them are apparently unrelated to game development and the…

BuckGB
February 11, 2012

What the Current RPG Can Learn From the Original Diablo

In a new blog entry on Gamasutra, author Joshua McDonald outlines some of the lessons that (action) RPG developers could learn by paying closer attention to Blizzard’s original Diablo. I actually agree with most of these (in particular the first…

WorstUsernameEver
January 25, 2012

How Diablo Saved the Computer RPG

1UP’s Thierry Nguyen penned an editorial with an arguably very controversial thesis, namely that the original Diablo reinvigorated a dying RPG market. I’m not sure if the article does enough to support it, but at least it works as a…

BuckGB
January 5, 2012

Blizzard Celebrates 15 Years of Diablo, Video Retrospective and Interviews

I’m still not quite sure how the last fifteen years flew by so quick, but the fact of the matter is that the Diablo series has been with us through the entire fast-moving time period. And to celebrate, Blizzard Entertainment…

BuckGB
December 27, 2011

Diablo: Sword of Justice Comic Book Interviews

As today is turning out to be one of the slowest news days of the year, I thought I’d turn your attention toward a couple of new interviews with Aaron Williams and Joseph Lacroix, the writer and artist responsible for…

BuckGB
December 20, 2011

Blizzard Entertainment Holiday Card Gallery

Blizzard Entertainment is hosting a new holiday card gallery featuring many of the Diablo-, StarCraft-, and Warcraft-themed art pieces they’ve created over the years, including a brand new Diablo III piece featuring the Witch Doctor. You know, the kind of…

BuckGB
December 20, 2011

The Contest That Spawned Diablo’s Deckard Cain

In what has to be one of the neatest stories I’ve read in awhile, this post on Reddit outlines the history behind the name of Diablo’s most famous wizened sage, Deckard Cain. In short, the name comes from that of…

WorstUsernameEver
November 24, 2011

Torchlight II Podcast Interview

The 52nd episode of the unofficial Diablo podcast features another Torchlight II-themed interview, this time with Runic Games’ own Max Schaefer, while also delving into his previous work on Diablo and its extremely successful sequel. The interview clocks at about…

BuckGB
November 2, 2011

BlizzCon 2011 Wallpaper

Blizzard Entertainment has treated us to a new wallpaper in various resolutions that features the official artwork created for this year’s BlizzCon. The key art depicts “a trio of Blizzard notables”, including World of Warcraft’s Thrall, StarCraft’s Sarah Kerrigan, and,…

BuckGB
October 27, 2011

BlizzCon 2011 Day One Highlights Video

Those of us unable to attend last weekend’s BlizzCon can at least get a taste of the events that transpired there, courtesy of this new “day one” highlights video. Maybe next year I’ll make a point of getting out there…