Blizzard senior producer Steve Parker has announced that his work on Diablo III is over, and he\'s leaving the company for new opportunities.
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Last week, Blizzard revealed some of the major changes and cuts they'd made late in their development of Diablo III. Apparently, they haven't stopped slashing features, as it has been announced that they've axed companion pets and scrolls of reforging.
Blizzard has sent out an additional 100,000 Diablo III beta invites to US gamers. Players have been advised, however, to directly check their Battle.net accounts, as email phishing has also been reported as well.
Upcoming action-RPG Diablo III from Blizzard won't be allowing more than 4 players together in a game, despite having 5 character classes to choose from. No reason was stated. There won't be any voice-chat support at launch as the studio wants to make sure it works perfectly. There are also no plans for a higher resolution pack of textures - no 'ultra'.
You can put down the pitchforks and torches - Blizzard's Community Manager Bashiok has admitted he was "stupid and wrong" to say Diablo III had no public chat channels. In the light-hearted dig at himself, Bashiok confirms the public chat will be arriving in an upcoming beta patch for the action-RPG. Only some "catastrophe" could cause them to be removed.
Activision-Blizzard has released a financial report for both the calendar year 2011 as well as its fiscal fourth quarter. For the quarter ending on the 31st December, revenues were $1.41 billion, slightly down from the $1.43 billion made in the same period last year, while Activision-Blizzard made $4.76 billion in revenue for calendar 2011, compared with $4.45 billion in 2010.
One of the chief complaints about Diablo III since the beta was launched late last year was that it was kind of easy. However, Blizzard is letting gamers know that it's just the beta - in the full version of Diablo III, players will have a real challenge in the Nightmare, Hell and Inferno difficulties. "You will die a lot" is the main message given by a video just released by the developer, which originally aired during last year's BlizzCon.
Videogame retailer GameStop has revealed the contents for Diablo III's Collector's Edition, as well as the price of the special edition - it will cost $99.99 USD.
Blizzard continues to tinker with Diablo III and inform the internet community about their changes. This time, they rework the entire rune system that was introduced in Diablo II and refined in III. According to game director Jay Wilson, one of the major "system changes" that was teased a few weeks ago are now live in the current beta, and most of the changes are aimed at the rune system.
Nvidia has released the latest WHQL drivers for Geforce chipsets, boasting performance in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by "an amazing 44.5%" in some cases. Ambient occlusion now native. The manufacturer has posted a lengthy article exalting the latest 295.73 drivers and what improvements they bring to some of the latest titles. They've tweaked their PhysX platform too.
Blizzard has responded to the community after an "obviously sarcastic" post from a dev said they were "unsteady about where Diablo III stands," and that fans should 'temper expectations'. There's nothing "further from the truth," assures game director Jay Wilson. The latest build of Diablo III is "in great shape," while the beta enjoys 'good shape' status. Retail date "in the near future."
Blizzard has confirmed that the publisher is laying off approximately 600 employees worldwide, and of those layoffs, roughly 90% will be unassociated with game development. Blizzard also noted that none of the layoffs are related to the World of Warcraft dev team.
Italian gaming site MMORPG-Italy has proclaimed that the release date for Diablo III has been leaked as the 17th April, and interestingly, game director Jay Wilson refuses to confirm nor deny the date. When asked about the leak, Wilson stated, "I cannot debunk or confirm," which is an interesting statement unto itself, in that Wilson is not ruling it out.
Blizzard has revealed that it will be announcing the release date for Diablo III in the "near future", and it seems that when Diablo III ships, it will lack a PvP mode.
Blizzard has officially announced today that Diablo III will be released for the PC on 15th May, 2012. Presales have already started, which allows fans to reserve their digital copies from the official website.
Runic Games, the developers of Torchlight II, have expressed excitement on their official site about the announcement by Blizzard of Diablo III's release date, the 15th May, despite the fact that Diablo III is a direct competitor with their action-RPG. "Congratulations to the Diablo III team for announcing a release date! That's got to be a such a feeling of relief to be on the home stretch. We're excited to hear the news, and we can't wait to play," began Runic's post.
Major US videogame retailer GameStop announced in its investor conference call that the company has signed a digital distribution deal with Blizzard. The first title that GameStop will offer digitally from Blizzard is Diablo III, which will be launching on the 15th May.
Blizzard seems to once again be confirming a console version of Diablo III, despite backing off an initial confirmation in January. A Blizzard executive is talking about a console version of the game as if it is already in full development.
Fansite Diablo Fans usually goes for the big score when it comes to April Fool's Day pranks, and this year's is a good one, if a bit obvious. While Blizzard has skirted around the topic of a console version of Diablo III, the fansite has taken the time to parody the situation and announce the action-RPG for the one console no one has counted on: the Nintendo Wii.
Diablo III will be sealing fates come mid-May, especially for those who are always hungry for a challenge. Blizzard's answer to that is Inferno which make it "progressively more difficult." Monster levels "aren't linear any longer," revealed Bashiok, instead the challenge ramps up with Act III and IV reserved for "the most elite players only" if you give Inferno a whirl.