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Diablo III may not have a release date yet, but you can start experimenting with your skill trees as Blizzard has posted a skill calculator that allows you to choose six "active" skills, which are the abilities you manually use in combat.

Blizzard has announced that closed beta testing for their blockbuster action-RPG Diablo III has commenced, as the first wave of invitations have been sent out to beta applicants. The beta test will chiefly test server stability and stress testing.

Diablo III game director Jay Wilson revealed that the development team experimented with using gamepads while playing the action-RPG, and made a statement that is sure to raise eyebrows: Wilson claims it worked better than a keyboard and mouse.

Blizzard has announced today that it plans to ship Diablo III for the PC in early 2012.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is fairly early in development, but GSC Game World has announced that it would feature the dreaded "internet always on" DRM that has been inflicted on various games, like Assassin's Creed and Command & Conquer 4 in the past, and for the upcoming Diablo III.

Blizzard North co-founder David Brevik, now working on Marvel Universe Online at Gazillion Entertainment, believes the MMO genre in general is a bit stale. He feels the genre is generally "in a rut," with little exploration beyond 'what's safe'. The MMO game "is a platform," and there's many ways to get people together.

At BlizzCon 2011, Blizzard co-founder and president Mike Morhaime has made gamers an offer: commit to a full year of World of Warcraft, get Diablo III free.

Action RPG newcomer Diablo III, still in its beta phase for PC, is being developed for the home consoles. Right now it's got just three people on it. Blizzard are "trying to build the best" team for its console ambitions as they're "really serious about going back" to them. No public beta is planned.

Eleven years ago, the Collector's Edition of Diablo II was released, and was an instant sensation, commanding eBay auction sales of $200 and more. It basically started the trend of including a Collector's Edition with every major videogame release that has continued strongly to this day.

COO Paul Sams of Blizzard says they've got a group within the studio "focusing on mobile and tablet apps," but so far they've "been around our games." The WoW auction house app has been highly successful. It depends "what the game is" as that decides platforms. They "don't have any opposition" to free-to-play.

It seems that Blizzard had intended to reveal the release date for Diablo III at its BlizzCon event, but for whatever reason, didn't. This was revealed by an 17th August, 2011 email from a blog that accurately leaks information from videogame companies.

Director Jay Wilson of Blizzard's Diablo III says he understands "why they don't believe us," when talking about people's disbelief at a "flat out" console game from the studio. Wilson admits they've "tried this before." However they "never invested in it to the degree" that they are now with Diablo III, which they feel is an 'appropriate product' for console.

While Diablo III is not being in released in 2011, on the 13th December, Diablo III: Book of Cain will be hitting book store shelves. The book will be Diablo persona Deckard Cain's journal, covering the lore of the game's backstory, as well as recapping the first two games.

Blizzard revealed the opening cinematic to their highly anticipated action-RPG, Diablo III. Once again, Deckard Cain finds himself at the center of a plot by Hell to destroy life around the world.

It seems that the auction house in Blizzard's long-awaited action-RPG Diablo III is holding up the release of the game.

[UPDATE: Blizzard is disputing any release date has been created. According to a tweet by Blizzard community manager Micah Whipple, "Diablo III does not have a release date. Any store or person claiming otherwise is guessing."] One has to wonder if South Korea's reluctance to give Diablo III a rating is holding up Blizzard's announcement of a February release date. Retailers in North America and Europe have started gearing up for a launch in early February before any notice from the publisher.

Blizzard community manager Micah Whiple has confirmed that Diablo III will indeed be coming to consoles, and that lead designer Josh Mosqueira is heading the project.

Blizzard has backed off the apparent confirmation of Diablo III for console systems. The publisher is now stating that Josh Mosqueira is not actually the lead designer for a console version of the action-RPG in development, but merely exploring the possibility of a console version. The initial assumption of confirmation came when Michah Whiple tweeted "Yup. Josh Mosqueira is lead designer for the Diablo console project" when asked if Blizzard was working on a console version of Diablo III.

The one feature that troubled the South Korean ratings classification board has been removed for Diablo III - at least for the version being released in that region. The board was concerned that being able to receive real money from the auction house, effectively allowing players to "cash out", constituted online gambling.

Diablo III creative director Jay Wilson announced on the official Diablo III site that the development team has been making numerous changes to the action-RPG. The post was a way to show the publisher's policy of polishing their games to a fine sheen before releasing them. According to Wilson, "Our job isn't just to put out a game, it's to release the next Diablo game. No one will remember if the game is late, only if it's great. We trust in our ability to put out a great game, but we're not quite there yet."