September 13, 2016
Chris Metzen Retires from Blizzard
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There’s not going to be much left of Blizzard’s old guard at this rate because this evening Chris Metzen has announced his retirement.
Lore and Story
June 19, 2016
Diablo III Lead Writer Brian Kindregan Exits Blizzard
The last of the main writers of Diablo III has exited Blizzard. Leonard Boyarsky left long ago, Jay Wilson left the Diablo III team years ago and left Blizzard recently, and now Diablo III’s lead writer Brian Kindregan has announced his departure from the company as well. The news comes via Brian’s blog:
March 1, 2016
Kanai’s Immortal Throne Room Cow Level unlocks
Kanai’s Immortal Throne room cow level unlocks. Take on Kanai’s soul in his Stomping grounds.
September 6, 2015
Blizzard Chat: Skovos and D3 Expansion Hints?
July 24, 2015
Blizzard press conference set for Gamescom – Expansion news?
Gamescom gets underway in Cologne in just over a week and this year Blizzard are holding another press conference on Wednesday 5th. It was a couple of years ago at Gamescom that Reaper of Souls was announced as the first expansion so can we expect another expansion announcement this year? There’s been plenty of rumours flying around that now could indeed be the time.
July 15, 2015
Abd al-Hazir Returns to Diablo 3
May 5, 2015
Guest Article: D3 Expansion #2: Skovos and Druid/Amazon?
One of our long time forum users, Nobbie, has written a well-researched speculative article about the second Diablo 3 Expansion. No such product has yet been confirmed, but most fans expect it to be revealed soon, possibly in August at Gamescom 2015 (RoS was announced at Gamescom 2013). The main topics of speculation about an expansion are 1) where will Act Six take place, and 2) what will be the seventh class? (Assuming it is a full expansion like Reaper of Souls, rather than a smaller DLC type product with just a new class, new Rift tilesets, some new item systems, etc.)
December 11, 2014
Updated: The Story of Diablo
Blizzard has updated their online Story of Diablo. It summarizes the story up to this point (with D3-era Metcons included) and takes the tale through events in Reaper of Souls. The RoS portion of the story begins on page 54, and should be useful for those of you who rushed through the Campaign Mode without really reading or listening, and have only played Adventure Mode since. *cough*
August 19, 2014
Diablo 3 Podcast #146: Patch 2.1, Story, and Blizzcon D3X2?
Lots on this show, including PTR Patch 2.1’s big changes, legendary item buffs, Paragon 1000 achieved, the Stash space emergency and micro-transactions, Diablo 3’s story and “demon soul hooks,” and Blizzcon 2014 Diablo 3 expansion announcement expectations. Featuring Flux, N3rdwords and Neinball.
August 15, 2014
Diablo 3 Story: The Black Soulstone Explained
August 5, 2014
Diablo 3’s Future Plot: Why is Diablo Free?
June 29, 2014
Gheed’s vs. Greed’s Treasure Vault
March 10, 2014
The History of the Crusader
Blizzard continues trotting out profile pieces focusing on key features of Reaper of Souls. Last week they covered the Blood Marsh and its soundtrack, and reading and listening made me melancholy since that was one of my fave areas in Act Five and I want to go explore it now.
February 13, 2014
Diablo 3 Novel: Storm of Light. Review and Contest
The second Diablo 3 Novel, Storm of Light is now available for purchase. It’s set in the few months between the end of Diablo 3 and the start of Reaper of Souls, and provides lots of interesting lore and story background about that crucial interval. This article contains a review/discussion of the book, and a pair of contests to win your own copy of the book, plus a copy of The Order, Diablo 3 novel #1.
February 5, 2014