November 23, 2016
Blizzard Black Friday Sale is now live
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Blizzard is holding their own Black Friday sale but there’s something strange about it. Ah yes! There are no Diablo games discounted whatsoever.
Diablo 3 Sales
August 6, 2015
Diablo III: 30 Million Copies Sold
Diablo 3 long since became the biggest selling PC Game ever, and this week in Activision’s Quarterly Report, they revealed that total Diablo 3 sales have now exceeded 30 million copies, putting the title into the top 10 all time best selling video games. Forbes gaming blog, Diablo III: 30 Million Copies Sold:
May 7, 2014
April 3, 2014
November 7, 2013
October 22, 2013
Diablo 3 Forum Watch #103: Languages in Diablo 3 and In-Game Conveniences
The Blues remain quiescent on the forums thus far this week, so if you’re looking for some good conversation our own Diablo 3 Community Forum is a good stop.
November 8, 2012
Diablo 3 Still Selling “Very well” – Expansion Planned
September 27, 2012
Police Search for Diablo 3 Walmart Thieves
Police in Fort Wayne Indiana are hunting for two men who have been raiding local Walmart stores and stealing copies of Diablo 3. The two men are thought to be aged between 20 and 26, one stocky and the other slender and tall, and they have been lifting copies from the Walmart counters and removing the security Spiderwire devices with a key and marching out. So far around 20 stores have been hit in Indiana and Ohio.
July 30, 2012
Diablo 3 Drops off Top Spot in UK PC Charts
Over the past few weeks I have been keeping you all up to date with how Diablo 3 has been performing at retailers and this week is the first week since launch that Diablo 3 has slipped off the top spot in the UK PC charts. The top ten as is now as follows.
July 17, 2012
Diablo 3 Still Tops UK Charts
Diablo 3 has once again stayed on top of the UK PC charts for another week proving it’s still flying off the shelves this side of the pond. The top five top games look like this.
July 16, 2012
The Most Played Online Games
Much media coverage praising League of Legends is the most played online game in North America, over the past year. The stats are not exact, as they’re extrapolated from a small percentage of players, but it’s a good starting point for debate. Note that this is for the past year, from July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012, so it’s far from even, since Diablo III only existed for 6 out of those 52 weeks. You could also point out that it’s unfair to compare paid subscription titles, paid purchase titles, and f2p.
July 9, 2012
Diablo 3 Still on Top of UK Charts
The UK charts for last week show that Diablo 3 is still king of the PC titles. The major launch on PC last week was Funcom’s MMO The Secret World which did not knock Diablo 3 off the top but managed a respectable second position. It looks like the Diablo name is still carrying quite some weight with gamers, despite a lot of recent negative press on general videogame websites.
July 5, 2012
Diablo III Cracked in China, and Digital Resales Are Legal in Europe
Interesting legal news about Diablo 3 from Europe and China, this week. The bigger news is from China, where Diablo III is technically illegal, as it’s still delayed by the usual Chinese government video game regulatory hell. Eager fans have been paying a fortune to get working copies from Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, etc, but now a more home-grown version is available, via hackers and piracy. To quote from the Kotaku article:
July 2, 2012
Clarifying Diablo 3’s Position in This Week’s Game Charts
June 27, 2012
“Blade and Soul” Surpassing Diablo III in Korea?
Numerous websites are reporting that the open beta test for an upcoming Korean RPG title, Blade & Soul, achieved higher users percentages (20.35% vs. 17.74%) than Diablo III, last weekend in Korean Baangs. Is Diablo III on the way out in Korea, with its first weekend under 20% play time? No, since the concurrency figures from last weekend are a bit misleading, as explained in a short post on GeekOSystem.