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'Diablo III' announced for Xbox 360, releasing alongside PS3 version Sept. 3

Anthony Tosie — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:59:43 +0100

Activision-Blizzard has announced "Diablo III" will make its way to Microsoft's current-generation gaming console on Sept. 3 alongside a PlayStation 3 version that had already been announced. Read more...

Diablo III dueling mode to be called brawling

John Callaham — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:11:29 +0000

Blizzard has announced that its gameplay features for a PvP dueling mode for Diablo III have caused the team to use the name "brawling" to describe the actual gameplay mode. Read more...

Diablo III game director leaves team, stays at Blizzard

John Callaham — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:20:35 +0000

Jay Wilson, the long time game director for Blizzard's action-RPG Diablo III, announced this week he is leaving the Diablo team but will stay at Blizzard on an unannounced project. Read more...

No Team Deathmatch mode for Diablo III

John Callaham — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:42:55 +0000

Blizzard has announced they have abandoned plans to launch a Team Deathmatch multiplayer mode for Diablo III, although they are still working on some kind of Duel mode. Read more...

10 million Diablo III copies sold; expansion coming

John Callaham — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:41:30 +0000

Blizzard has announced that Diablo III has sold 10 million copies since its launch in May. The developer is also working on an expansion for the fantasy action-RPG. Read more...

Diablo III to add Paragon system for level 60 players

John Callaham — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:10:53 +0100

Blizzard has announced plan to put in a new Paragon for Diablo III, allowing players at level 60 a new way to increase their character stats while also increasing Magic Find and Gold Find. Read more...

Diablo III Starter Edition available for everyone

John Callaham — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 02:48:42 +0100

Blizzard has announced that it is allowing anyone (with a free Battle.net account) to download and play the free Starter Edition version of its action-RPG Diablo III. Read more...

Blizzard fixes Diablo III invulnerable Wizard bug

John Callaham — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:47:02 +0100

Blizzard has now fixed a recently discovered bug in Diablo III that allowed some players to have a Wizard character that was invulnerable while playing the action-RPG. Read more...

Teen dies after playing Diablo III for 40 hours

Tyler Holman — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:38:44 +0100

An 18 year old from Tainan, Taiwan reportedly collapsed and died after playing Blizzard's Diablo III for over 40 hours at an internet cafe without even taking a break to eat. Read more...

Blizzard denies banning Diablo III players just for using Linux

John Callaham — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:30:00 +0100

Blizzard has denied accusations by some Diablo III players that they were banned from playing the action-RPG sequel because they played the game on Linux using the WINE software. Read more...

Some Diablo III 72 hour digital version restrictions lifted

John Callaham — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:12:05 +0100

Blizzard has now lifted the Act 1 and level 13 restrictions for players who buy the digital download version of Diablo III, although other restrictions remain in place. Read more...

Blizzard: Some digital Diablo III version restrictions are in fact bugs

John Callaham — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:01:43 +0100

Blizzard now says that the 72 hour level 13 and Act I caps for people who buy the digital edition version of Diablo III are in fact bugs and will be fixed in a future update. Read more...

Diablo III digital edition buyers denied full game for up to 72 hours

John Callaham — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:32:54 +0100

Blizzard has revealed that it is now keeping people who purchase the digital edition of Diablo III from playing the full game for as long as 72 hours as a security measure. Read more...

Players survive Diablo III in Hardcore Inferno mode

Tyler Holman — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:30:07 +0100

Blizzard has announced that two players have managed to finish Diablo III under the Inferno difficulty while playing in Hardcore mode, which means they did it at the highest difficulty and didn't die. Read more...

New Diablo III patch makes some gameplay changes

John Callaham — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:24:43 +0100

A new client patch for Diablo III has been released which makes a number of gameplay changes to the action-RPG, including reducing the difficulty level for Inferno players in acts 2-4. Read more...

Diablo III is May's number one best selling US retail game

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:10:00 +0100

Blizzard's action-RPG Diablo III was the best selling retail game in May 2012, according to new information from the NPD Group. However, overall retail game sales were down 28 percent. Read more...

Diablo III was first developed as an MMO game

John Callaham — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:26:33 +0100

Max Schaefer of Runic Games has revealed that while he worked at Blizzard, the plan was to release Diablo III as a full massively multiplayer game before scaling back to its current form. Read more...

"Several thousand" Diablo III cheaters banned [Update]

John Callaham — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:06:48 +0100

Blizzard has announced that the company has now banned "several thousand Diablo III players" that Blizzard said violated the terms of its Battle.net service by using bot programs or by cheating. Read more...

South Korean government launches Diablo III probe

John Callaham — Thu, 31 May 2012 23:41:45 +0100

The government of South Korea has launched an investigation into Diablo III after receiving complaints from many of the game's players about the issues surrounding the launch of Blizzard's action-RPG. Read more...

Diablo III stats and hotfixes discussed

John Callaham — Tue, 29 May 2012 08:55:48 +0100

In a new update on the Diablo III web site, Blizzard reveals some stats from the recently released action-RPG along with information about upcoming hotfixes and changes to the game. Read more...