Now you can get your favorite ringtones and backgrounds for mobile phones… 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 [ Read More ]
The never ending debate about Diablo 3 art direction controversy continue… Bashiok try to defend it and the Diablo 3 devs made such choice. There has and continues to be a very strong push towards keeping the art stylized, but realistic, and this is especially true for the size of armor and weapons.
Those shots are just of different areas than what was shown at WWI, and aren’t hinting at some larger shift in lighting. They were taken with the specific intent to show off the range of theme and architecture that is occurring even within a single dungeon. Plus we tried to work in a bit more [ Read More ]
We all remember corpse explosion from Diablo 2, it was completely overpowered, see how the Diablo 3 Devs going to handle this and artificial intelligence (AI) in Diablo 3. Well you can make your mongrels explode, that’s a pretty cool way to un-summon them… Minion management is a possibility, but that also definitely complicates the [ Read More ]
The Penny-Arcade Expo will be (August 29th-31st 2008, and the Blizzard & Diablo 3 Community managers will represent there. Just a quick mention that some Blizzard community managers (Eyonix, Bornakk, Karune and myself) will be at PAX which is this weekend in Seattle helping answer questions and running the booth. If you’re going, stop by and [ Read More ]
It’s very hard to predict Blizzard game, thought they always says: when it’s done, then its done. It seems like that Diablo 3 will be released after Starcraft 2, so its most likely after 2010. It’s also fits well with the 5 years development cycle. TVG: A lot of people were rumouring that Diablo III [ Read More ]
What do we really know about the Diablo 3 Witch Doctor class so far… Hails from the Teganze, an area of the Torajan jungles. A self-sacrificing people that believe in an alternate reality called the Unformed Land, which the Witch Doctors are able to tap into for their powers. Similar to Necromancer in function, but [ Read More ]
What we know so far about the Diablo 3 Barbarian Class. The Mount Arreat area, home of the barbarians, was devastated in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. The barbarian people have subsequently fallen into decline. Some barbarians have been turned into inhuman beasts. Confirmed abilities: Cleave: hits multiple enemies in one swing. Ground Stomp: a [ Read More ]
We all know the loot is one of the funniest things about Diablo games, so how will teh Diablo 3 loot system really be? If there are different characters of different classes, do they get loot drops geared towards their class? Wilson: No, all loot can drop for all players. We have the opportunity to [ Read More ]
We all remember followers from Diablo 2, will Diablo 3 feature mercenaries… Will there be mercenaries which can be hired and can they use a full equipment including amulets, rings, belts, gloves and boots? Jay Wilson: Yeah, we call them “Followers” now, but we are bringing them back. We have not announced any kind of [ Read More ]
