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Mafia 3 World Designer Joins Blizzard as Senior Designer for Diablo
Some recruitment news specific to the Diablo franchise. Former Tales from the Borderlands creator and Mafia 3 world designer Harrison Pink has joined the Diablo team.
Community Talk
Diablowiki Updates
Diablo 3 Composer Russell Brower Leaves Blizzard
Russell Brower, the man behind the music in Diablo 3 and many other Blizzard titles has left Blizzard.
Blizzard Giving Away Necromancer Stuff as Season 11 Starts
It’s time for Season 11 and Blizzard is celebrating the Season launch which includes the Necromancer for the first time with a giveaway.
Blizzard CM on subscriber only Twitch channel – No balance changes. No improved communication
It was only a two days ago Blizzard issued a statement that they needed to up their game when it comes to Diablo 3 community communication. Blizzard CM Nevalistis answered questions on a subscriber only Twitch channel so nothing seems to be changing. You can read a synopsis of what was said after the break.
Stacks fixed following 2.6.0a Patch
Blizzard is busy sorting out numerous issues with the Diablo 3 2.6.0 patch and it Blizzard is dropping patches to fix specific issues.
Blizzard share their Philosophy on combating Diablo 3 Exploits
Following the recent Diablo 3 Gem exploit and rollback, Blizzard has released a further statement this evening on their thinking behind punishing exploiters and how they need to communicate more with players.
Legendary Gem Exploiters Apparently Rolling back Blizzard’s Rollback
The recent Legendary Gem debacle is not going away following Blizzard’s recent Legendary Gem rollback. Now cheaters appear to be using Blizzard’s own system to get their high-level gems back.
Legendary Gem rollback and Double XP Weekend – Not Everyone is Happy
Following the Diablo 3 2.6.0 hotfix release and the exploit mess, Blizzard has revealed their plans moving forward. This includes a roll back on Legendary Gem levels but they are not prepared to discuss “additional actions” on the use of the “exploits” by individuals. There’s also a double XP weekend as promised.
Diablo 3 patch 2.6.0 hotfixes are now live
After a three-day delay, Blizzard has now pushed the Diablo 3 2.6.0 hotfixes to the live servers.
Hotfix expected to go live Monday 10 July – Do not use the “Exploit”
The hotfix before the weekend was slightly delayed and Blizzard is asked all players to avoid using the DH’s Grim Reaper with Aura of Frailty. Blizzard has officially called it an “exploit” and it’s being worked on as Blizzard released a statement.