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 their entries showcased at BlizzCon 2010 - this October 22nd and … [Read more...]
DPS Meters in D3
Are there plans to implement a system in Diablo 3 by which players can compare each other's damage done..? Nope. In a recent thread on the Battle.net forums, Bashiok dismissed any rumors or concerns about their being some sort of damage meter included in Diablo 3. His comment was in response to this post: in wow there is dps charts and it makes the game feel more like a job … [Read more...]
Diablo III Artisans
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 are going to be unique, … [Read more...]
Torchlight 2
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, Torchlight 2 is also going to feature multiplayer … [Read more...]
Diablo 3 Monster Development
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 an idea as to what they're working on and how far along things … [Read more...]
Glow effect on dungeon entrances
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 input on this new effect... Quote … [Read more...]
Character looks affected by talents
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 on a granite-like appearance, a frost wizard … [Read more...]
Real ID Q&A
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 include this … [Read more...]
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