With the advent of Salvaging in Diablo 3, as well as the perceived increase in the value of gold, it was suggested in the battle.net forums that perhaps Diablo 3 should include some sort of auto-pickup feature for loot. As it stands now, it appears that practically all drops will have some value in Diablo Read more...
With BlizzCon 2010 just two short months away, the BlizzCon fan art, original song and movie contests are well underway. Thousands of dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to the top three picks for each category. Entries must be received by September 27th in order to be eligible. All winners will have Read more...
Blizzard just unveiled a very exciting new feature that will be introduced in Diablo III… an Artisan Caravan. Players will have access to a support cast of loyal artisans who will follow their character throughout Sanctuary, assisting them on their adventures. Unlike the static characters seen in Diablo and Diablo II, these new support characters Read more...
It seems Runic Games has decided to postpone their planned MMO in favor of a sequel to their wildly popular Torchlight franchise… Runic Games announced today that a sequel to their award winning dungeon crawl RPG Torchlight, will be available in the spring of 2011. In addition to loads of new content and improved graphics, Read more...
Bashiok just made an interesting post on the Diablo III forums. It seems the devs have posted a shot of their “Monster Wall” on Twitter. The Monster Wall is apparently an area in the Blizz headquarters where they post pics of various monsters and character armor. Although a huge tease, this image gives somewhat of Read more...
Seems the Blizzard devs are quite pleased with the effect they’ve achieved in Diablo 3 which highlights dungeon entrances and exit areas. Apparently they’ve managed to implement an indicator that is subtle, yet awesome. Here’s what Bashiok had to add to the conversation during a recent Battle.net forum thread where fans were hoping for blue Read more...
There was a suggestion put forth on the Diablo 3 forums the other day, encouraging developers to consider altering a character’s appearance based upon their chosen talent tree and skill set. The idea was to help visually define and characterize a player based upon their specialties. Some examples were: having a stone skin Barb take Read more...
Blizzard representative Nethaera tackled some community questions and concerns surrounding the proposed changes to Battle.net and the Real ID system. Questions range from the disclosure of players’ real names to people in their extended network, along with possible Facebook integration for other games in the Blizzard universe (StarCraft II will be the first game to Read more...
Anyone who has played Diablo 2 on Battle.net long enough can speak of the horrors and frustration that go along with muling items. For anyone unaware, muling is the process by which you transfer items from one character to another. Players do this in order to transfer more useful items to characters and classes that Read more...
A thread was recently started in the official Battle.net forums regarding a Blizzard quote about a new Barbarian armor model that had been introduced into the game. It was described as the most epic Barbarian armor the game will offer, and something that raised a few eyebrows amongst the developers. With so little information about Read more...
