Tag Archives: RPG

Blizzard’s Rob Pardo asks players to direct Diablo III blame to him

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Myko

When Jay Wilson announced that he was leaving his position as director of Diablo III, the forums were filled with responses. To the surprise of absolutely no one who has visited any forum in the history of the Internet, many of those responses were some … Continue reading →

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Diablo III’s Jay Wilson steps down as game director

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Myko

It’s hard to imagine working on the same game for seven years, but for Diablo III’s Jay Wilson, that was his reality. The game director won’t be making it eight, however, as Wilson is stepping down to move to another position in Blizzard. … Continue reading →

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Diablo III lays out the welcome mat for patch 1.0.7 testing

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Myko

You know that good feeling from an all-around patch that fills gaps, patches up broken supports, and leaves you with a stronger structure? Prepare to feel that when Diablo III’s 1.0.7 comes to town. Currently the patch is in testing, although Blizzard has posted the … Continue reading →

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The Art of Blizzard prepares for debut

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Myko

Blizzard has never been short on absolutely amazing artists, which is why we’re quite keen on getting a glimpse of the new Art of Blizzard book coming out this month. The Art of Blizzard is a huge 350-page coffee table book … Continue reading →

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Blizzard scraps Diablo III PvP mode, starts over

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Myko

You want the bad news first? Here it is: Blizzard has decided that the long-in-production Team Deathmatch mode for PvP in Diablo III isn’t living up to its standards and has scrapped the entire system. Lead Designer Jay Wilson wrote a dev diary in which he explained … Continue reading →

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Blizzard bans thousands of bots from Diablo III

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Myko

Diablo III is a few thousand players lighter today, as Blizzard announced that it had culled the unfaithful (read: botters) from its fold. Community Manager Lylirra issued the grim proclamation: “We’ve recently issued account bans to several thousand Diablo III players who were found to be … Continue reading →

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Diablo III is one of the most-searched terms of the year

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Myko

If games were having a popularity contest, then Diablo III just won by a landslide. Google Zeitgeist posted the most-searched-for terms of the year across the world, and Blizzard’s action-RPG clicked in at number five. While it wasn’t enough to topple Gangnam Style, it was by … Continue reading →

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Blizzard running Diablo III on consoles internally

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Myko

The good news is that Diablo III is now available to play on consoles. The bad news is that you’d have to apply and get accepted for a job with Blizzard to see it. The company admitted that it’s continuing its experiments with a console … Continue reading →

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Blizzard’s response to authenticator lawsuit: ‘Without merit’

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Myko

A few days ago Massively reported that a class-action lawsuit had been brought by players against Blizzard Entertainment. The lawsuit claims that Blizzard’s actions (and inactions) were forcing players to purchase physical authenticators for Battle.net. Today we’ve heard the response from the studio, which is an … Continue reading →

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GDC Online 2012: SWTOR, Diablo III, Koster honored in GDC Online awards

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Myko

Wednesday night saw the Game Developers Choice Online awards being handed out to MMO, social, mobile, and free-to-play games. Star Wars: The Old Republic came away with the awards for best online game design, best online visual arts, best online technology, and best new … Continue reading →

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