After scrapping its plans for an in-person event this year due to COVID-19-related "health and safety considerations," Blizzard hopes to "channel the spirit of BlizzCon into the form of an online show." As we now know, the replacement event...

It hadn't struck me until just now that Diablo Immortal – that not-quite-right, built-for-mobile take on Diablo that we first heard about in 2018 – is still unreleased. I figured it had already slipped by. The latest footage co...

It may not be the gift you were hoping for, but you know what they say: Never look a gift Beelzebub in the mouth. Today is the 20th anniversary of Diablo II, one of the most influential and beloved PC games of all time. It seems like a good...

Blizzard is taking a slow and steady approach to talking about Diablo IV, and the longer this potentially-years-away game simmers, the better it sounds to me. The development team's quarterly update for June 2020 covers a big internal playt...

Diablo 2 is an absolute classic. I still play it to this day with folks, whether it's a modded edition or the original. It's just that good, and provided the blueprint for so many dungeon crawlers after it: many of which never man...

Purists wouldn't be caught dead making use of Diablo IV's flexible new control scheme. Anyone's who has ever actually been caught dead because of an accidental attack when they meant to reposition might welcome it with open arms. Blizzard p...

Activision has released Blizzard's financial data, and it kind of hints at what's to come for the company in addition to shedding some light on how their 2019 went. The big win? World of Warcraft Classic is a hit, and according to Acti...

Longtime Gears leader Rod Fergusson is stepping away from the franchise he helped build. In a move announced on Twitter, Fergusson is headed to southern California to take up the mantle as the head on Diablo. 

Diablo IV helped BlizzCon 2019 kick off right, washing off the blowback of Diablo Immortal in 2019. The classic Diablo style is back, and it looks like this is going to be a substantial game with some open-ended gameplay. But it's still a w...

Diablo is back in full swing at BlizzCon 2019 with the reveal of Diablo IV. Going along with its "return to the series' dark roots," Blizzard opened up a fully fledged museum on the show floor, and man does it look crazy. Dubbed the "d...

After the kerfuffle it caused last year, most fans were pretty sure Blizzard wouldn't utter a peep about Diablo Immortal during the opening ceremonies of this year's BlizzCon. They were right. Rather than relive the drama it caused in ...

The veil has been lifted from the "mystery panels" at BlizzCon, and following the opening ceremony, Blizzard is leading with what is arguably the biggest news out of BlizzCon: Diablo IV. The project was allegedly "held back" from being show...

After a non-apology from the current Blizzard president, we're right on to the games. The thing everyone wanted last year! Diablo IV is a thing, and it's been introduced by way of a chilling and stylish cinematic intro. This isn't your...

The original Diablo still kind of rocks, as evidenced by the fact that Blizzard stuffed the thing into Diablo III as an annual event. But now you don't even need to boot up your GOG copy or buy it, as Rivsoft has made the shareware version ...

So this isn't the kind of revival you see every day. Rewind back to 1997: a year after the original Diablo launched on PC. Sierra actually developed an expansion for it called Hellfire, which added several new components in (most notably th...

Activision Blizzard and GOG have partnered up to resurrect the original Diablo for modern PCs. Available for the first time via digital distribution (and DRM free), this port of the eternal classic contains the original 20 FPS, SVGA version...

I was excited for RemiLore: Lost Girl in the Lands of Lore. A Diablo-style action adventure where your main pickups are popsicles and candies, where you can wield a chocolate-covered banana as a weapon, all set in a bright and colorful...

I never understood what the complete rush is for Diablo IV. I mean...Diablo II is pretty much an infinite well of enjoyment, especially with mods, so I can wait for Blizzard to ensure that D4 actually launches when it's ready. Spe...

While people might not have gotten a five second title card for Diablo IV at BlizzCon, which is assuredly in development, Diablo is getting a few other celebrations this month. In addition to Imperius' appearance in Heroes of the Storm...

[The Goku Effect is something that may be slowly lost to time. As more and more games begin to favor a scaling challenge, there's something nostalgic about the choice to go back to the beginning and stomp all the trash mobs that used to giv...

It's been a week of pure outrage. Outrage over the fact we're this late with the Nintendo Direct information and couldn't correct the course of time with our oily bodies. So, while we question the decisions that were made up until this poi...

Blizzard Entertainment has denied reports that they intended to announce Diablo 4 this weekend, before then deciding to pull the announcement.The new statement was made in response to news outlet Kotaku reporting that the fourth entry in th...

Blizzard ended last Friday's BlizzCon keynote on an announcement that earned immediate derision from the majority of the developer's fans. Diablo Immortal, an action RPG on mobile, was the clincher. As the reaction over the weekend has cert...

Sometimes, salt is justified. I've covered the Destiny series since the beta period for the original and have witnessed occasions such as its developer essentially telling people to "shut up buy our game," and an instance where they ou...

Diablo on mobile is going to be a dangerous prospect for some of us. Blizzard closed out its BlizzCon conference with Diablo Immortal, an action-RPG for iOS and Android that promises "authentic Diablo gameplay at your fingertips." It's set ...