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GAME’s administration has cast a blemish on what should’ve been one of the most exciting days of the year for Aussie PC gamers. It was revealed early today (after rumours emerged yesterday), that customers who pre-ordered the highly anticipated dungeon crawler were receiving emails saying they wouldn’t be able to …
Read More »Diablo fans already queuing for HMV launch
Blizzard’s long-awaited RPG doesn’t even go on sale for another 16 hours but fans have been queuing for three days now. Eager consumers have set up camp outside HMV’s flagship store on Oxford Street ahead of tonight’s official launch party. They have been there since Saturday. The first person in …
Read More »GAME Australia can’t refund Diablo III pre-orders
Customers who have paid a deposit for Diablo III at GAME Australia have been left out of pocket. Having entered administration yesterday, the retailer has confirmed not only that it won’t be stocking Blizzard’s RPG, but also that it can’t afford to refund any deposits placed. Due to the appointment …
Read More »Diablo III projected to sell 3.5 million units in 2012
With Diablo III launching later this month, analysts have begun weighing in on what the commercial reception will amount to in terms of units sold. Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia (via GI.biz) estimates the game will sell 3.5m copies in 2012 alone, and will end up moving around or beyond …
Read More »Diablo III real-money auction house detailed by Blizzard
Blizzard has unwrapped Diablo III’s auction system, revealing both in-game gold and real-money auction houses. Players will be able to switch between the two houses as they wish, which are separated into three regions independent of one another: The Americas, Europe, and Asia. The full corresponding countries for these regions …
Read More »Diablo 3 beta ‘peaks at 300k concurrent users’
Encouraging start for next big MMO
Read More »Diablo III gets May 15th release date
Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that the hotly anticipated Diablo III will be released on PC and Mac on May 15th. The game will be released simultaneously across the globe and can be purchased either from retail or directly from Blizzard’s Battle.net website. Alongside the English language version the game will …
Read More »Diablo III due in Q2 2012
RPG fans still have a while to wait for the return of Blizzard’s hugely popular Diablo series. The publisher’s CEO Mike Morhaime announced that Diablo III will be released in the second quarter of 2012 – anywhere between April and June. The new release window was given during an investor …
Read More »Diablo III senior producer departs Blizzard
Steven Parker says studio 'is going to kill it' with fantasy RPG
Read More »Blizzard: ‘Diablo III feels better with 360 controller’
Highly anticipated PC RPG Diablo III plays even better” with an Xbox 360 controller, says the game’s director. Jay Wilson told PC Gamer about the challenges Blizzard faces of working on its first console port, as well as its advantages. One of the reasons why we’re exploring the idea of …
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