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Diablo 3 Game Designer Travis Day Leaves Blizzard
After 13 years at Blizzard Diablo 3 Game Designer Travis Day has left Blizzard he said on twitter. During his time there he also worked on World of Warcraft.
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Stay Awhile and Listen Book 2 funding now on Kickstarter
David Craddock has been busy working on his second Stay Awhile and Listen book which chronicles the early years of Blizzard North and Blizzard South. Today a Kickstarter page went live.
Reverse-engineered Diablo Source Code Released
A fan called GalaxyHaxz has managed to reverse engineer the source code for the original Diablo and released it on Github. This is not a free version of the game, it includes no game assets, but it will make it more accessible for modders to update, fix and change.
Blizzard heading to Gamescom 2018
Blizzard always pop over to Cologne for Gamescom and this year is no different. It doesn’t look like anything new will be announced based on the line-up, and by new I mean a new game.
Diablo 3 Season 14 is live
That#s right folks, Diablo 3Season 14 has now kicked off and you can do all that seasonal stuff all over again. This is the first season they are adding a theme and this one is being dubbed the Season of Greed.
The Diablo Unannounced Project Gathers Pace
You will probably see news all over the place today confirming Blizzard is “working on an unannounced Diablo project”. To readers here this is not news as we’ve been following the job postings for months. It’s common knowledge within the community that something new in the Diablo universe is being put together. With that in mind let’s take a quick look at what has been going on.
Refining Diablo 3’s Game Systems – GDC talk
This video is a blast from the past, it’s from 2013 but makes for some interesting viewing. In the video, Wyatt Cheng talks about the different Diablo 3 game system the team experimented with such as the rune systems, skill trees, health system and more. Knowing what we know now about the game’s shortcomings you can’t help but be disappointed at the team’s disconnect from Diablo 2. Much of what is discussed can also be found on the Diablo Wiki if you want to look through all the stuff that was removed. Read on for the video…
Diablo 3 Patch 2.6.1a Patch Released
Some patching goodness coming down the pipe for Diablo 3 with the 2.6.1a update for PC and Mac. It’s not a massive one by any means and there are no major changes.
Diablo 3 Patch 2.6.1a for consoles released
The Xbox One and PS4 are playing catch-up when it comes to Diablo 3 patches but there is good news because they have now caught up with the PC.
David Brevik’s new game It Lurks Below hits Steam Early Access today
I’ve mentioned David Brevik’s new game It Lurks Below a few times and today his latest creation is being released on Steam Early Access. Although it’s not an isometric ARPG, many of the features are inspired by his previous work on Diablo.