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It’s almost Q3.. | diablo 2 cheats

d2 — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:36:10 +0000

Q3 means Beta for Diablo 3 should be here soon according to Blizzard:

We’re still looking good for third quarter, which is before the end of September.

We’re preparing ourselves for an extremely limited, and extremely rough beta. The number of people let in will simply be dependent on concurrency of active players (we want to keep it full), and rough because we expect many issues as we’re trying out a lot of new hardware and systems all at the same time. We’ll get it ironed out before release of course, but while most of our other game tests have been of seemingly releasable products, we’re preparing for this one to be a true beta.

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Interview: The World Design Of Diablo III | diablo 2 cheats

d2 — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:36:10 +0000

Gameasutra has a good interview with Leonard Boyarsky from the Diablo III team. They talk about things from fans to crafting:

What’s challenging about going from wholesale crafting an aesthetic — as you did in Fallout — to working within a certain set of expectations?

Leonard Boyarsky: Well, it’s really just interesting to come in and work with an established franchise, but a lot of the process is the same: trying to find interesting ways to explore the story, to develop the universe.

I think the most interesting thing about the Diablo universe is just that there’s so much richness to it that hadn’t been really explored.

So, I think that’s the way I approached it, looking at what we could do with this universe that really hasn’t been exploited. [VP of creative development] Chris Metzen was really on board with that because he really had a lot of ideas and a lot of things that he wanted to see in the series that hadn’t been brought to the forefront. So, it’s been a very creative process. It’s been very challenging but enriching at the same time.

The entire interview can be read here

Diablo III at Gamescon | diablo 2 cheats

d2 — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:36:10 +0000

From Blizzard’s site they have an interview schedule for Saturday at noon:

Diablo Performance and Interview with Diablo III Development Team

Date:Saturday, 12:00
Description: After a dance macabre from the demonic hordes, Jay Wilson and Josh Mosqueira will be on the Blizzard booth for an interview about the upcoming title Diablo III.

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WSJ Diablo III interview | diablo 2 cheats

d2 — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:54:49 +0000

Usually the Wall Street Journal is known for it’s financial information and not it’s gaming coverage. While that is usually true, it seems that the auction house is truly an economics question

What do black market sales do to affect a game’s workings and its atmosphere, the shared values of its player base? What kinds of values or attitudes are you trying to circumvent?

There’s probably the WoW version of the answer and the Diablo version of the answer. In World of Warcraft there are a lot of negatives around black-market item sales and gold sales. The first one is how it affects people that are actually playing the game: If you see someone farming an area that actually prevents you from being able to go to that area. If you see that might be running bot programs, it really makes you feel worse about the game that people are cheating within it.

But in a Diablo context, even if some of that activity occurred, the game is completely instanced—you’re always playing in your own version of it, or you and your friends are. You’re not really subjected to people that are in your way that are just trying to do black-market activities. Players do want to have the ability to do some of this stuff; they’re going to go and do it. It’s a pretty terrible experience most of the time. It’s not secure; there are lots of chances for fraud; you may not get the item you want; if we catch you we ban you. We asked ourselves, if we allow it, is this really going to be harmful for the game? When we looked at it critically, we felt that in a Diablo context, it would be beneficial that people can do this freely. It’s something that players know is part of the rules of the game. As long as the players know the rules they’re signing on for, then they’re okay with it.

You’ve talked about the auction house being unprecedented in gaming in terms of the way it’s implemented here, but it does seem comparable to social games like FarmVille or Tiny Tower that basically allow you to spend money when you lose patience with the waiting game, or in this case the meta-game of grinding for random drops. It allows players to accelerate their own pace. How much have those games informed this new system?

There have been microtransactions going for a while in games. What no one’s done is the player-to-player aspect of it. We’re taking it a step back and saying it’s up to the player base to decide. It’s not up to us. It’s a player-driven economy; if people find value and want to do this activity, then there have to be sellers and buyers. You don’t really have that sense that, like in some of these games, players feel they have to buy some of the items, or they have to buy gold from the company to even be able to advance in the game. That’s not how we’re designing Diablo III at all. I think the important thing for us is to make sure the game plays really well if you never trade an item.

Read the full interview at the Wall Street Journal

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Q&A at Gameplanet with Alex Mayberry | diablo 2 cheats

d2 — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:54:49 +0000

An interview with Alex Mayberry, Senior Producer for Diablo III.
Blizzard’s Alex Mayberry on Diablo III – Gameplanet Video

Blizzard’s Wyatt Cheng on Diablo III @ Game Planet | diablo 2 cheats

d2 — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:54:49 +0000

Gameplanet New Zealand has continued it’s Q&A this one is with the Diablo III technical director Wyatt Cheng

Blizzard’s Wyatt Cheng on Diablo III – Gameplanet Video

Auction House, Tours, Interviews, FAQ’s, Beta and more! | diablo 2 cheats

d2 — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:54:49 +0000

For the Diablo enthusiast there is a lot of new information for you to devour today. It’s really all too much for one post but you are going to want to check out the below sites to read all about it:

Auction House

Blizzard’s Diablo III Auction House: Buy, Sell Items for Cash – PC Magazine
Diablo III real money auction house announced, gold farmers stunned – Games Radar
Diablo 3 Auction House Introduces Real Money Transactions – G4TV
Diablo 3 will let players buy and sell items for real money – PCGamer

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Runestones System Revision | diablo 2 cheats

d2 — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:54:49 +0000

The runestone system is about getting a revision, however no clear details yet. Is rune system revamped? Bashiok: Personally, I love it, and hope it finds a way in. I’m not so sure about rolling to see which rune effect you get (it could still work), but I *love* the idea of random affixes. That …

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Diablo 3 Auction House Reveal | diablo 2 cheats

d2 — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:54:48 +0000

Blizzard has revealed auction house for Diablo 3. It also has the potential to damage the game economy and overall experience for the many thousands of others who play World of Warcraft for fun Bashiok:We still think that’s true for a MMO in which thousands of players co-mingle in a persistent world and vie for …