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Diablo III Team Deathmatch shelved, will be replaced
It's taken a while for Blizzard to come out and say it, but here we go: Diablo III's Team Deatmatch will not be happening as originally intended. According to game director Jay Wilson, "... most of our testers didn't feel like it was something they'd want to do beyond a few hours. Without more varied objectives, or very lucrative rewards, few saw our current iteration as something they'd want spend a lot of time in." As such, the company "will be shelving it for now and exploring other options." Wilson explains that the team is "going back to the drawing board on a new replacement" for the mode, which will be free when released. Continuing, he says: "... we're going to first be looking at new modes that play up to the strengths of the character classes, focus on objectives beyond just defeating other players, and possibly even integrate PvE elements and rewards." While that specific PvP mode is out, Diablo III players can expect to get dueling with the arrival of patch 1.0.7, due out next year. Blizzard will have specifics about the new feature soon. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
8:00 PM on 05.16.2013 Diablo III uses the PlayStation 4 touchpad for inventoryIn this video, Blizzard describes the work that's been gone into tweaking Diablo III for console gamers. In a strange turn of events, I feel as if every new detail we hear about the reworked title for PlayStation 3 and PS4 s...
7:30 PM on 05.13.2013 Fired StarCraft player 'Idra' talks about his releaseOn "Real Talk" with JP McDaniel, a YouTube show that interviews gaming personalities, Greg "Idra" Fields talked about the events surrounding his recent firing from Evil Geniuses' StarCraft II team. He talks about a ton ...
8:00 PM on 05.10.2013 StarCraft's biggest jerk fired for being a jerkGreg Fields, more commonly known as Idra in the StarCraft community, was let go from the Evil Geniuses StarCraft II team yesterday after some comments that were essentially the straw that broke the camel's back...
6:00 PM on 05.09.2013 Diablo III auction house exploiters are being 'audited'Let's take a quick jaunt through the recent timeline of this Diablo III "Gold-gate" crisis. First, patch 1.0.8 goes live, brought into the world as an innocent, doe-eyed update aimed at improving cooperative play. H...
4:15 PM on 05.08.2013 World of Warcraft drops 1.3 million subscribersOffering a status update on World of Warcraft during an earnings report, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick revealed that the popular MMORPG lost 1.3 million subscribers during the quarter -- "mainly from the East, but in t...
2:00 PM on 05.08.2013 Diablo III auction houses taken offline due to gold bugFollowing the release of patch 1.0.8 for Diablo III, a bug that allowed players to duplicate gold through the auction house was discovered. And, naturally, some folks ran with the exploit. The auction houses were taken offlin...
7:30 AM on 05.08.2013 Diablo III Patch 1.0.8 is now live, enhances co-opAs Blizzard outlined in the past, the new 1.0.8 update for Diablo III is multiplayer-centric, bringing enhancements like Magic and Gold find bonuses for having more players and notifications for Elite monster encounters. Ther...
3:00 PM on 05.03.2013 Meet the StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm sound teamMaybe you played StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. Maybe you enjoyed the soundtrack disc that came packed in with the collector's edition, or perhaps you simply enjoyed it in-game. With this expansion focusing on the Zerg, I ...
3:30 PM on 04.29.2013 Diablo III PS3 pre-orders include an exclusive itemBlizzard has opened up pre-orders for the PlayStation 3 version of Diablo III which is, rather strangely, starting to sound more and more like the Diablo I would've liked to have played nearly a year ago on PC and Mac. The pr...
11:30 AM on 04.26.2013 Why you need to be watching the Dreamhack Open right nowThe Dreamhack Open Stockholm is only two days and has already begun! As you can tell, the insanity is already in full swing, as commentators Apollo and Artosis are looking super professional. Ninety-six StarCraft II: Hea...
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| 8:00 PM on 05.16.2013 Diablo III uses the PlayStation 4 touchpad for inventory |

In this video, Blizzard describes the work that's been gone into tweaking Diablo III for console gamers. In a strange turn of events, I feel as if every new detail we hear about the reworked title for PlayStation 3 and PS4 s...more
| 1:30 PM on 05.16.2013 Diablo III celebrates its one-year anniversary |

Well, it's been a series of ups and downs (that could have all been avoided if the Auction House was taken down), but Diablo III is now one year old. To celebrate, Blizzard is adding 25 percent extra Magic Find and experience...more
| 1:00 PM on 05.13.2013 Diablo III auction houses return following gold exploit |

Rounding out coverage of the gold-duplicating bug found in Diablo III last week, Blizzard has taken the game's auction houses back online following a fix for the exploit. Some players called for a full server rollback, but ul...more
| 6:00 PM on 05.09.2013 Diablo III auction house exploiters are being 'audited' |

Let's take a quick jaunt through the recent timeline of this Diablo III "Gold-gate" crisis. First, patch 1.0.8 goes live, brought into the world as an innocent, doe-eyed update aimed at improving cooperative play. H...more
| 2:00 PM on 05.08.2013 Diablo III auction houses taken offline due to gold bug |

Following the release of patch 1.0.8 for Diablo III, a bug that allowed players to duplicate gold through the auction house was discovered. And, naturally, some folks ran with the exploit. The auction houses were taken offlin...more
| 7:30 AM on 05.08.2013 Diablo III Patch 1.0.8 is now live, enhances co-op |

As Blizzard outlined in the past, the new 1.0.8 update for Diablo III is multiplayer-centric, bringing enhancements like Magic and Gold find bonuses for having more players and notifications for Elite monster encounters. Ther...more
| 3:30 PM on 04.29.2013 Diablo III PS3 pre-orders include an exclusive item |

Blizzard has opened up pre-orders for the PlayStation 3 version of Diablo III which is, rather strangely, starting to sound more and more like the Diablo I would've liked to have played nearly a year ago on PC and Mac. The pr...more
| 2:15 PM on 04.03.2013 Blizzard's plan for improving Diablo III's multiplayer |

In a new blog post, Blizzard runs down a list of additions and tweaks to Diablo III's multiplayer that will roll out in patch 1.0.8. Running through the list, there's matchmaking tags which are intended to alert others t...more
| 4:15 PM on 03.28.2013 Diablo III director says the Auction Houses 'really hurt' |

At a GDC talk today, Jay Wilson, director behind Diablo III, mentioned that both of the Auction Houses "really hurt the games," reports Joystiq. According to Mr. Wilson, almost every single one of the players in Diablo III&nb...more
| 12:00 PM on 03.24.2013 PAX: Diablo III on consoles 'was not compromised' |

As pretty much everyone knows by now, Diablo III is coming to the PS3 and PS4 -- so naturally, I had to get my hands on it at PAX East. As soon as I tried it on the PS3, I felt immediately comfortable...more
| 10:00 PM on 05.20.2013 Surviving The Last of Us won't be easy |
I feel like we've been hearing a lot about The Last of Us lately, but that's far from a bad thing, as I'm finally starting to get a better idea of how it'll actually play. Here's more talk about the action-survival game, dir...more
| 3:00 PM on 05.20.2013 Jimquisition: Guns Blazing |
Dark Souls 2 is all about going in, guns blazing, and hoping to God it works. Oh dear. Namco Bandai's PR chief recently shone a spectacular light on the broken mentality of "AAA" publishers, describing the promotion of ...more
| 1:00 PM on 05.20.2013 The odds are against you in Batman: Arkham Origins |
Batman: Arkham Origins is a prequel in the Arkham franchise, following a Batman who's more myth than legend at this point in his crime fighting career. This is a younger Bruce Wayne, more agile in combat yet still equipped w...more


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