| Diablo III Accounts Being Hacked |
| It’s only been five days, but we’ve seen what appears to be the first big rush of “hacked” Diablo III accounts. Numerous players have reported changed passwords or an inability to log on at all, while others have logged on to find their best items, gems, and gold all stripped. There doesn’t seem to be [...] |
| Diablo 3 Secret Level Music… Backwards! |
| If you’ve played in the level, or just watched videos of it, you’ve probably noticed the very weird, stilted, pinging piano music. It’s almost as if something is being played backwards? In fact it is. Click through for a video showing the level, with just the music, played backwards. That part starts at about 38 [...] |
| Blizzard Tidbits and More Socketing and Item Concerns |
| A few quick hits from and on various game issues, from their Twitters and B.net forums. One issue that’s come up in forums and even in reader emails is that Diablo 3 sometimes defaults you to a different region than you wish. If you load up D3 and suddenly you’ve got no characters, check the [...] |
| End-game Items Broken? Legendaries much Weaker than Common Magic Items? |
| Our affiliated site Diablo 3 Markets have posted some pretty concerning stuff about how Weapons and Legendaries have been tuned in the end-game. It appears that the best Legendary items may be drastically undertuned, and common Blue weapons being far superior and relatively easy to obtain. Head over to the article for more details. A [...] |
| Diablo 3′s Inferno Difficulty Has Been Defeated |
| Team Method finished off the final boss of Act Four and they have now completed the Inferno difficulty. Well, “completed” is a relative term, since as many of you guys have pointed out their progress through Inferno was largely an exhibition of run-and-stun techniques, as most normal monsters were bypassed with all the battles concentrated [...] |
| Hardcore Observations: Still Alive |
| Between the minions of hell and the dreaded Error 37, hardcore players have it rough. One of the largest struggles has been the sheer lack of information – many abilities and character builds that work well in softcore simply aren’t terribly viable in the hardcore realm where small mistakes can mean death. The Incgamers strategy [...] |
| Great Diablo 3 Developer Interviews |
| In addition to the slew of quickie video interviews, the recent days have seen some more substantive interviews with the Diablo 3 developers. Julian Love & Leonard Boyarsky interview with Rock Paper Shotgun. A lengthy conversation recorded on launch day, this transcript covers numerous issues including the pleasures of co-op, better story integration, character balance, [...] |
| Diablo III Inspiring Filmmakers |
| Not Hollywood films, but some nice creations by fans who are bored or frustrated with the wait. The first offers a tragic Western-style short that expresses the unutterable anguish of fans who are depending on snail mail to bring them salvation damnation. What would Diablo III be like if it was a girl? No, this [...] |
| Another Glut of Diablo 3 Team Interviews |
| We already posted a huge slab of Launch Night interviews, and thanks to fmulder and his GoogleFu, here are a bunch more. These are all quickies filmed from various launch night events, so don’t expect a great deal of introspection and detailed insight into the creative process. Jay Wilson video interview with RPad TV. Christian [...] |
| More Diablo III Reviews |
| We posted the first very early a few days ago, and here are some more that have popped up since then. News is very busy, so I’ll just link and score to keep this post short. Reghardware: 85%. The Escapist: 4/5 stars. The Toronto Sun: 4.5/5 stars. Wanderson 75: 4/5 stars. We’re going to be [...] |