Diablo III

Indie developer Jeff Vogel has criticised Blizzard's insistence on maintaining a constant internet connection in order to play the game, saying it's "bad for PC/Mac gaming". Vogel's comments come in light of Diablo III's disastrous launch yesterday, in which server problems prevented anybody from playing it - even in single player. More >

Players who trade items with a Templar early in the game are met with Error 3006, which boots them out of Battle.net and leaves them unable to log back in. A post from Takralus, a member of Blizzard's community team, confirms that a fix is in the works. More >

To tide you over, our friends at PC Gamer are reviewing the game as it happens. Tom Francis' Diablo III review is a work in progress, updated after every hour of play - and yes, he's had the odd lag spike and a few random dropouts, just like the rest of you. More >

Shortly after the game's servers were switched on late last night, the complaints began, with players finding themselves unable to log in to, and therefore play, the game. Problems persisted past the login screen, with users experiencing problems with character creation and being arbitrarily logged out. More >

The long-awaited PC action-RPG Diablo III will be released on May 15, Blizzard Entertainment has announced. The news means Diablo III will finally be in PC gamers' hands just under four years after it was first announced, in June 2008. More >

Parker made his announcement on Twitter, writing: "Hey Twitter, I'm no longer working at Blizzard or on D3. I've had a great 5 years there and those guys are going to kill it with Diablo." More >

Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that long-awaited PC action-RPG Diablo III will also be coming to consoles. The company's community manager responded to a fan query on Twitter with the words: "Yup. Josh Mosqueira is lead designer for the Diablo console project." More >

In a press release, Blizzard has announced that Diablo III has been delayed, and will now be released early next year. More >

Upcoming action-RPG Diablo III has entered closed beta, developer Blizzard has announced. The beta features part of the games first act, with players able to choose from any of the game's five classes: barbarian, witch doctor, wizard, monk or demon hunter . More >

Following Blizzard's decision to make Diablo III online-only and to include a real-world currency auction house, it has revealed - hardly surprisingly - that the game will not allow thirdparty mods. "For a variety of gameplay and security reasons, we will not be supporting bots or mods in Diablo III, and they’ll be expressly prohibited by our terms of use for the game," says Blizzard's FAQ. At the top of the variety of reasons are surely the concerns that mods could disrupt online play and the game's economy.

Blizzard's forthcoming action RPG will be online-only and will include a real-world currency auction house. Blizzard will take fixed flat fees for listings and sales, though players will get a number of free listings each week. "It came from the standpoint of watching the players from Diablo II and WOW and seeing there was a demand for this, and that was something players wanted," explains game director Jay Wilson. "If they want it so bad that they’re willing to leave the game, go to some other website, risk being banned, risk credit card fraud, account compromise – that’s a lot of risk, and that means that’s a lot of demand that players have." For a full explanation by Blizzard game design lead Rob Pardo and Wilson, read our feature at the link below.

In a job posting on its website, Blizzard's Diablo team seeks a senior software engineer "responsible for overseeing Playstation 3 architecture design as well as other PS3-specific game code development to maximize platform performance."