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NoobTalk: Diablo 2 - 1.13 patch (News)

Nov 3, 2009

This is not a simple patch made to fix minor bugs. It is a content pack, which means that new features will be added (of course that bug fixing won't be skipped).

One important thing that will be added is the possibility to re-spec. That really is good news no? The one thing that I did not like about Diablo was the fact that once you added a skill point somewhere, it stayed there forever.

BlizzCon 2009 Goes Live (News)

Aug 23, 2009

BlizzCon 2009 show goes live today 10:00 PST (8 PM GMT)

At BlizzCon 2009 we will cover about Diablo 3, World of Warcraft & Starcraft 2 at our Live Coverage Page.

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Expansion is the biggest news gamers are expecting, including two new WoW Races: Goblin & Worgen.

Diablo 3: 4th Class is what gamers want to see, lots of debate, and the biggest bid have been somekind of Diablo 3 shooter (Archer/Hunter) Class.

Continue to follow the full Coverage about BlizzCon 2009

Watch BlizzCon 2009 Free Live Video Now & 5 Other Ways To Attend (News)

Aug 22, 2009

If you were unable to get Blizzcon tickets before they sold out you can still watch the free live streaming video, pay for video, follow a live blog, or attend many other ways. Check out the free live video of BlizzCon 2009 embedded in the post.

Blizzard Entertainment Goes Bonanza on Twitter (News)

Aug 15, 2009

Blizzard Goes Crazy on Twitter!

You can now follow all of your favorite Blizzard Entertainment news on Twitter. Just head over to @warcraft, @starcraft, and @diablo for all of the news, events, contests, and more. We're starting off with a bang, so you can enter contests for each of the franchises:

Continue to follow Blizzard on Twitter goes Bonanza...

Ozzy Osbourne at Blizzcon 2009 Confirmed (News)

Aug 10, 2009

There have been many rumors about that Ozzy Osbourne will be performing at BlizzCon 2009, well now it is confirmed by DirectTV.

Check out the full story about Ozzy Osbourne at Blizzcon 2009 Confirmed...

Blizzard Q2 2009 Conference Call Exclusive Transcript (News)

Aug 8, 2009

Blizzard Q2 2009 Conference Call Transcript

Michael Morhaime, Blizzard's CEO talks on financial, delay of Starcraft 2, Battle.net 2.0, World of Warcraft in China, Warcraft movie and future release of Blizzard games (Diablo 3).

Continue to read the full Blizzard Q2 2009 Transcript...

Gaming's most facepalm-worthy heroes (Feature)

Jun 26, 2009

When the hero's mistakes end the world instead of saving it. ...

BlizzCon 2009 Tickets Officially Sold Out (News)

May 31, 2009

Blizzard has announced that the final block of tickets for BlizzCon 2009 have sold out.

Those who are looking to attend this year's BlizzCon will either need to win their way in or spend some extra money through a third-party, as the ship has sailed for obtaining tickets from the publisher itself.

Echos Of War Can Haunt Your CD Player (News)

May 29, 2009

BeefJack writes: "Echoes of War is now available as a two disk box set containing music from Starcraft, Warcraft III, Starcraft 2, Diablo 2, Diablo 3, World of Warcraft, Wrath of The Lich King and the unreleased Starcraft: Ghost.

The compilation comes in Standard and Limited Edition flavours, with the Limited Edition containing a bonus DVD on conducting the music as well as art cards and a 32 page booklet."

Blizzard At E3 2009? (News)

May 28, 2009

So far Blizzard Entertainment will not be at E3 2009, (they also skipped E3 2008) however Activision-Blizzard will present this year. Its somewhat fluffy what it means. There is still a chance for we will see some World of Warcraft, Starcraft 2 or Diablo 3 news update at E3.

Here is an official statement from Blizzard representative:

Blizzard Giving Away BlizzCon Tickets (News)

May 25, 2009

Blizzard is giving away dozens of BlizzCon 2009 tickets through their official fansites.

First Batch of BlizzCon 2009 Tickets Sold Out (News)

May 16, 2009

Blizzard has just informed us that the first batch of Blizzcon tickets has now sold out. There will be a second oppertunity for those who did not manage to buy a ticket on May 30th.

For those unable to attend the show, coverage of the show will also be offered as a Pay Per View event, available both via satellite and Internet stream.

April PC Sales: Blizzard Runs The Table (News)

May 14, 2009

Every week of April, Blizzard was kicking ass in PC sales here in the States so it's no surprise that they'd have an equally solid showing for the monthly figures. Here are the top 20 sellers for the month of April, courtesy of the NPD:

Diablo: Hellfire The Hell 1.80L Released (News)

May 7, 2009

From Strategy Informer: "This mod from Mordor_XP does many things, including remove bugs from the vanilla game, increase difficulty, improves AI, adds new animations and much more. See File Details for more info."

Battle.net 2.0 is Here (News)

Mar 19, 2009

Blizzard have just launched the first part of their new networking platform, Battle.net 2.0.

Blizzard Invites Fan Writer to Their Offices (News)

Mar 14, 2009

Blizzard is looking to invite one fan fiction writer from their three franchise communities to visit Blizzard headquarters, dine with the developers, meeting the lore-writing staff and receive a Frostmourne sword.

Diablo III: Blizzard Discusses Runes & Orbs (News)

Mar 5, 2009

Blizzard's community manager for Diablo III has been posting on the official Diablo 3 forums today. Two questions popped up, one asking about the "focus like" item on the Wizards hand, which Bashiok reminded us is the offhand Orb.

Diablo II Content Patch 1.13 Incoming - Blizzard Wants Your Suggestions (News)

Mar 4, 2009

Blizzard's community manager for Diablo III has made a post today asking players of Diablo 2 to make suggestions of what their number one change would be for Diablo 2, to include in the 1.13 patch notes.

StarCraft 2 Beta Keys from Blizzard, "and more" (News)

Feb 25, 2009

This was just posted by Karune: Besides the Vespene Laughs contest where you can win Beta keys they are also starting more ways to gain StarCraft 2 beta keys. However, this should be interesting for fans of all franchises, as there is "more" involved.

Diablo III Rainbow Unicorn T-shirt (News)

Feb 20, 2009

Remember the color controversy? Its most enduring legacy, besides possibly spawning the concept of the D3 secret non-cow level, may turn out to be the "rainbows and unicorns" t-shirts the D3 Team wore at Blizzcon 2008. Those shirts were made custom for Blizzard, and have never (and will never) be offered for sale to the public.

These, however, are!

Diablo 3 Dev Team Does Not Have all Classes and Act 1 Done (News)

Dec 4, 2008

Diii.net reports that there has been a misunderstanding growing among the Diablo community since Rob Pardo made a few comments on the game's progress in an interview at WWI 2008, which would imply that Blizzard have all the classes and most of the game ready to play in their office. The rumour has it that a lot of work is done on the game and that Blizzard is just keeping their great game back to spite the fans.

Diablo 3 Will Have Several Expansions (News)

Nov 18, 2008

The IncGamers.com Diablo 3 network site, Diii.net compiles several comments made by Blizzard from different sources which summarize their plans:

We'll see more than one expansion for Diablo III.

Blizzard Bans 350,000 Dirty, Cheating Battle.netters (News)

Nov 12, 2008

Kotaku writes: "Microsoft isn't the only one swinging the account crushing banhammer just before the holiday rush. Blizzard has suspended an impressive 350,000 Battle.net accounts identified as using "third-party hacks" in both StarCraft and Diablo II."

One Hundred Diablo 3 Articles From BlizzCon (News)

Oct 21, 2008

Did you follow the coverage from BlizzCon? Apparently Diii.net did, as they have listed a full hundred of Diablo 3 articles, previews, interviews, videos, video interviews and news items from the last week or so.

For all the fans that wants to read ALL the Diablo news, they can find it covered on the unofficial Diablo 3 site.

Diablo 3 Might Just Come to Consoles. (News)

Oct 14, 2008

Pushing Play has gathered some evidence that seems to point to Diablo 3 making an appearance on a console near you.

360 and PS3 Blizzard games? yes please.

DEBUNKED: Diablo III Not to be Released Before StarCraft II (News)

Sep 14, 2008

A rumour about Diablo III being released before StarCraft II recently appeared. IncGamers are calling BS through developer information.

Sims 2 Apartment Life heads US PC chart (News)

Sep 10, 2008

GamesIndustry.biz reports that the US PC chart was once again dominated by releases from Blizzard and Electronic Arts as The Sims 2 Apartment Life expansion pack made it to the top of the list for the week ending August 30.

According to the latest data from NPD, the World of Warcraft: Battle Chest came in at second, with The Sims 2 Double Deluxe taking third place.

The original World of Warcraft title was fourth, with the Spore Creature Creator in fifth, followed by the only non Blizzard/EA title in the top ten - Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm from Greenwave was in at number six.

Blizzard Release Mobile Wallpapers and Ringtones (News)

Aug 28, 2008

Blizzard have released WoW, Starcraft and Diablo mobile phone Ringtones and Wallpapers, available to purchase directly from them!

You can check out the wallpapers and listen to the ringtones over at the Blizzard site. Here was the announcement earlier from Blizzard earlier:

"Carry a little piece of Azeroth wherever your real-world travels take you with our new World of Warcraft-themed wallpapers and ringtones for your phone. They're part of a new service that lets you download content related to your favorite Blizzard Entertainment games to supported mobile phones. Over 50 pieces of content are currently available, including ringtones of World of Warcraft's capital city themes and the distinctive murloc gurgle, as well as wallpapers featuring character artwork, class and faction emblems, and more. Visit the new Mobile Ringtones and Wallpapers page for more information -- and while you're there, be sure to check out our StarCraft and Diablo mobile content, too.

Mobile Ringtones & Wallpapers page:
http://mobile.blizzard.com/"

BlizzCon Tickets Out! (News)

Aug 28, 2008

The ticket drawings of 1500 tickets is now concluded, and the lucky people who were drawn can now buy up to two tickets each for BlizzCon (the mathematically gifted can count that 1500 x 2 = 3000 promised tickets). For tickets not bought where people only buy one, or where people forget to check their mail, more names will be drawn from the same pool. No word on exactly when though, not even in the BlizzCon FAQ...

Sims 2 Double Deluxe tops US PC chart (News)

Aug 13, 2008

GamesIndustry.biz writes: "The Sims 2 Double Deluxe was top of the US PC chart for the week ending August 2, according to the latest data from NPD.

That was followed by Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice and World of Warcraft: Battle Chest in second and third places.

The taster to the forthcoming Will Wright title, Spore Creature Creator, was fourth followed by the original World of Warcraft release and the IKEA Home Stuff Expansion for The Sims 2 in fifth and sixth."

BlizzCon Tickets Sell Out - Blizzard Will Sell More (News)

Aug 13, 2008

Ripten writes:

"Blizzard fans have zerg-rushed the Blizzard website into submission over tickets to BlizzCon 08. So Blizzard has come up with a solution to sell the tickets in waves.

Did you ever play "Red light / Green light" as a kid? Where you can only run forward when the "it" person says go? Seems that's the game Blizzard is playing with its BlizzCon 08 registration."

BlizzCon 2008 Tickets Go On Sale Aug. 11 (News)

Jul 29, 2008

WorthPlaying writes: "Celebrating its Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft global player communities, Blizzard announced that tickets for its third BlizzCon gaming convention will go on sale August 11, while the event itself will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA on Oct. 10 and 11."

Diablo Defeated by Spam (News)

Jul 9, 2008

Found on the Unofficial Diablo 3 Site Diii.net (also known as Diabloii.net to Diablo fans) have noticed something quite big going on inside the current home of the Lord of Terror; Diablo boards on Blizzard's Battle.net.

It appears that while the game has been shown to be very modern, using cool effects and being more practical than its predecessor, their infrastructure (Battle.net) is still running on the same software as in the "good old day", and what is presumed to be Diablo haters are spamming the boards with hundreds of thousands of posts.

Diablo Archive on Sale (News)

Jul 9, 2008

Pocket Books and Blizzard Entertainment bring fans of the Diablo universe a special gift in the form of the Diablo Archive, a book of 758 pages that compiles in a single tome a reprint of four of the novels released a few years ago: Legacy of Blood, The Black Road, The Kingdom of Shadow, and the rare-to-find Demonsbane.

The Diablo Archive is a must-have on your bookshelf to buff up on the lore in preparation for the upcoming Diablo III, recently announced by Blizzard Entertainment at 2008 Paris Blizzard Worldwide Invitationals.

Diablo III Graphics Creates Aura of Defiance (News)

Jul 4, 2008

Blizzard has unveiled only morsels of what to expect from its upcoming Action/RPG Diablo III through its new website. Already game-fans are protesting the inequities of an incomplete game they've never played in an online petition with over 30,000 signatures.

Blizzard splash screen update, June 26th. (News)

Jun 26, 2008

The Day 4 splash teaser has shown the ice almost completely melted down, and now a shadowy figure awaits with a evil stare.
Another hidden word: Cold.
A new rune looking alot like a solar system, and ofcourse a new piece of the big purple monster puzzle.

Diablo 3 at WWI Confirmed, Ask Questions to Diablo Devs (News)

Jun 25, 2008

As gamers around the world have noticed, there has been a lot of "high quality rumours" running around on what game Blizzard will announce at WWI this year, reported on numerous sites, as well as N4G as well. Many are "sure" about Diablo 3, and most voices saying that a StarCraft MMO or new IP will come have been squelched.

The Blizzard splash image has also sent fans rampant with speculation on what it can mean, with vocal voices from all three of Blizzard's IPs. Everything from the WoW movie, Lich King-related, StarCraft or Diablo.

Diabloii.net, a 10 year running Diablo fansite, which (at least used to) have contacts inside Blizzard have now proclaimed that it IS indeed Diablo 3 that will be announced at WWI, and are taking questions from fans who would like them answered this weekend.

Hidden Ex-Blizzard Artist in Splash Screen (News)

Jun 25, 2008

The Blizzard Splash Screen they are showing this week before WWI contains the obvious "ice" image, with strange runes. What some people don't know is that in the page's code, there are hidden images, and they seem to be pointing straight at an ex-Blizzard artist (or perhaps not so "ex" any more).

XFire Covering 'New' Blizzard Game Release (News)

Jun 13, 2008

Eric Brighteyes of Diabloii.net alerted all Blizzard fans that Xfire have posted details of their coverage of the upcoming WWI event to be held in Paris later this month. Not that startling in itself but they do mention:

"Get behind the scenes with Xfire during WWI to:
Follow the opening ceremony and discover what NEW game will be announced in our chat rooms together with hundreds of other Blizzard fans"

Slip of the tongue, accidentally or accidentally on purpose or hype generator? You decide.

All Available Diablo 3 Information (News)

Apr 16, 2008

Diabloii.net, one of the oldest and the biggest Diablo fansite out there, has naturally taken on the mantle for Diablo 3. Looking at all the fansites, it seems a new Diablo 3 buzz wave is on it's way, and according to Alexa, the Diablo community is reaching the size it had back in 2002! If there ever was a good time for Blizzard to announce Diablo 3, it's now.

Awaiting this announcement that hopefully will come on WWI 2008 in Paris, there has been a huge compilation of Diablo 3 facts on Diabloii.net's Diablo 3 information page. It contains the entire timeline and events, including Flagship-related, as well as known project statuses from sources of information reaching from today back to '00. They report:

"On the back of our shiny new DIII forum Flux has gathered together all the Diablo III info going back to 2000. It should keep you straight on which rumour surfaced when and who said what and how much nudge, nudge, wink, wink was involved. You'll find some pretty impressive fake DIII artwork too.

If there's anything missing feel free to add it, if you are a site member you can edit the page and you're welcome to do so. Click for the Diablo III info page."

So, is D3 at WWI in Paris a bet?

Blizzard WWI Paris Sold out (News)

Mar 26, 2008

Blizzard has just announced that they sold out all the tickets for the World Wide Invitational in Paris this year.

"All available tickets for the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational are now sold out! Taking place over Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th of June at the Porte de Versailles Convention Centre in Paris, France, the 2008 Worldwide Invitational looks set to be another exciting Blizzard Entertainment gaming event. Be sure to check the 2008 Worldwide Invitational website often for ticketholder updates, the latest news on the tournaments, panels, and showcased content, and other news on what to expect at the event!"

Too bad if you missed the chance of buying a ticket, but the lucky who did will probably have a great time in Paris this upcoming summer.

Diablo or Starcraft MMO Announced by Blizzard? WWI 2008! (News)

Feb 11, 2008

WoW IncGamers got a sniff from Blizzard that they are going to hold another World Wide Invitational (like a mini-BlizzCon for the gamers and the games industry) in late June this year. Considering that StarCraft II was release during the WWI 2007 in Korea, one wonders what this one in France will give. Is there some game French games like in particular, or is it just convenient to have it near the World of WarCraft centre? Make sure to check all news sites in June!

Starcraft and Diablo go MMO? (News)

Jun 15, 2006

Thursday 15 June 2006 Recent reports that World of Warcraft developer Blizzard will be turning all of its franchises into massively multiplayer online games have been put down to a misunderstanding by the company. The initial revelation was based on an alleged comment made by Vivendi Universal Games, Blizzard's owner, during a presentation given to Wall Street. If true it would, of course, make for a truly juicy snippet of news, as it would mean that the much-loved Starcraft and Diablo series ...

Diablo FAQ (FAQ)

May 29, 2008

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Feb 24, 2006

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The Butcher (Hint)

Jan 23, 2006