Blizzard recently updated their Diablo 3 community site with some important steps to ensure you're prepared for May 15th - when evil is unleashed. Here's a short pre-launch checklist, along with a few other things to note... … [Read more...]
Shared Stash
Diablo 3 will be introducing an amazing new inventory system known as the Shared Stash. Rather than have one item chest that's unique to each character, Diablo 3 players will have access to an expandable Shared Stash that will be usable by all characters on one account. Those of you who played Diablo 2 know what a hassle it was to mule items between characters... not to … [Read more...]
Diablo 3 Followers
Diablo 3 will have three new NPC character classes which will assist adventurers on their journeys. These 'Follower' classes will act somewhat similar to the mercenaries from Diablo 2, but with much more depth and customization, along with certain limitations. Diablo 3 Followers will be much more viable and interesting than the D2 Mercs, but they are not intended for use … [Read more...]
Diablo 3 Beta Testing
In their May 9th conference call, Blizzard announced that Diablo 3 beta testing is scheduled to begin sometime between July 1st and September 30th, 2011. They've also stated that they're pushing very hard to get Diablo 3 released sometime later this year. Given that beta testing is scheduled to begin within as early as two months, it's pretty safe to assume that Diablo 3 will … [Read more...]
Diablo 3 Weapon Animations
No real earth shaking news here, but Bashiok posted an interesting little response to a thread that was begun in the Battle.net forums yesterday. The topic was in regards to the planned animations for various weapon types in Diablo 3, and whether or not they would be unique for each weapon. Someone quickly chimed in to inform the other poster of Blizzard's plans for weapon … [Read more...]
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