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World of Warcraft Pandaria expansion lumbers forth September 25

, Jul 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week Blizzard Entertainment has let loose all of the info regarding the next big expansion for their massively popular MMoRPG game World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. What began as an April fool's joke is now made real, with a September 25th launch date for an expansion for the fantasy game with no less than a whole new playable race of characters: giant pandas. These pandas are called the Pandaren and also usher in a new region to the game's environment: Pandaria. Read The Full Story

Advocacy group threatens legal action over Diablo III always-on DRM

, Jul 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Diablo III has attracted a healthy amount of controversy since launch, with most of that controversy focused around the game's always-online requirement. Blizzard's announcement of the always-on DRM was met with considerable outcry from fans, and it caused plenty of problems on launch day, as Blizzard's Diablo III servers repeatedly crumbled under the stress of so many logins. It was enough to send any gamer into a rage, and now a German consumer advocacy group called the Federation of Consumer Organizations is looking to do something about it. Read The Full Story

Diablo III exploit makes Wizard characters invincible

, Jul 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

A new exploit has been discovered in Diablo III that makes Wizard characters essentially invincible. The exploit reportedly works for both Softcore and Hardcore characters, which has some players up in arms and others scrambling to complete Hardcore more before Blizzard issues a fix. In the meantime, Blizzard has been removing forum posts that mention the exploit in a effort to keep the amount of people using it in-game to a minimum. Read The Full Story

Diablo III player dies after 40 hour session

, Jul 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

Sad news coming out of Taiwan today, as a teenager has died after playing Diablo III for 40 hours straight without any food. 18-year-old Chuang booked a private room at an internet cafe on Friday, July 13 and played Diablo III all the way through until Sunday, July 15, when he was discovered slumped over his desk by an internet cafe employee. Initially, Chuang appeared to be fine - only tired - but after getting up and walking a few steps, he collapsed and was rushed to the hospital, where he later passed away. Read The Full Story

Diablo III is the Worst Game Ever Made

, Jul 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

I have played Diablo III for dozens of hours. I have beaten the normal difficulty level with one of my “Heroes,” and I have made solid progress with a variety of characters representing each class. I came to the new sequel already a fan. I played through and beat Diablo II perhaps a dozen times, at nearly every difficulty level with every type of character. But now I’m done. I’m moving on. It finally hit me: Diablo III is the worst game I’ve ever played, for hours and hours and hours.

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Diablo III “Starter Edition” rules implemented

, Jun 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

In the game Diablo 3 week it appears that Blizzard Entertainment is implementing (or the public is just realizing the existence of) a "Starter Edition" rule which has users new to the game locked down in several areas for 72 hours after they first start up the game. This list of lockdowns includes no access to the auction house, limited leveling, and no Global Play. Users are able to access each of these, and more, once they've had their account for a total of three days (real time, not in-game time, thankfully). Read The Full Story

Diablo III patch 1.0.3 keeps the town safe

, Jun 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

Though it's been a given that once you're in Tristram or any number of other towns inside the game in the past, Diablo III has had to be patched to keep the beasts at bay. Today's patch includes an extra portal at each end of the bridge from New Tristram to The Weeping Hollow in order to keep citizens of the town safe as well as to make it a bit easier for people to exit into the field of battle. Too bat everyone can't have the staff helicoptering powers of the Monk or this wouldn't be a problem! Read The Full Story

Diablo III Real Money Auction House officially launched

, Jun 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

Today is the first day that users will be able to toss real hard-earned cash at virtual items in the game Diablo III online. This game has for some years now been teased to have a real-money auction house (in addition to its more basic virtual gold auction house), and upon the game’s launch earlier this year, it’s been the most widely anticipated feature not to be included with the initial build. Today when you head online to Diablo III you’ll more than likely see an update to your software and a couple of new user agreements before you’re allowed to play.

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Diablo III takes cheaters to the cleaners

, Jun 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week Blizzard will be bringing "thousands" of Diablo III hackers, botters, and cheaters to the banning chambers as they ramp up their efforts to keep the game a completely clean, safe, and enjoyable environment for all players. This wave of cuts is sure to create some controversy as there is currently no offline play mode for the game, even if a player wants to play by his or herself - because of this, no hacks will be tolerated anywhere in the game at any time. Read The Full Story

Diablo III down-time portends Real-Money Auction House launch

, Jun 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

You may well be experiencing some heavy down-time on Diablo III today or over the past couple of days due to Blizzard's newest security update that will in the end reveal the first release of the real-money auction house for the game. The update comes aside a key changed to the site's Terms of Use which includes a brand new requirement for a Battle.NET authenticator attached to one's account before they can use the auction house. This update will lead you into a world where you can both pay and earn real cash sums in exchange for digital goods, a service which did exist via eBay in the Diablo II iteration of the game, but never officially tied to Blizzard Entertainment itself. Read The Full Story

Diablo III summer patches and hotfixes announced

, May 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

The folks at Blizzard Entertainment have released a gigantic update to the game Diablo III that will have all gamers jumping for joy - unless you're a Monk. This update will have the Monk class pushed back in several ways - specifically in the rune department where what you love and know as Overawe is, as Blizzard says, "good, but we don't think it's so far out of line that we're going to swoop in and hotfix it out of existence." As for the rest of the fixes, they're all coming for the same reason as this first hotfix: balance. Read The Full Story

Diablo III PvP patch tipped by Blizzard

, May 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

The most successfully launched game of all time Diablo III has had a massive set of updates tossed at it today by its creator, Blizzard Entertainment, along with news of an upcoming Player Versus Player (PvP) patch. One of the more entertaining elements of the predecessor to this game, Diablo II, was players’ ability to fight one another in character vs character combat. Losers dropped their gear and a single human ear with their name and level attached to it, and the winner took the spoils. All that may very well be coming around again soon for D3.

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