Media Coverage

September 2010

• Blue Post: September 30, 2010 -- Blizzard ramps up the excitement for Diablo III @ Blizzcon 2010 by posting sneak peaks of character gear sets (note: not the same as item sets) starting with the male Witch Doctor.

Class-specific weapon confusion.

• Blue Post: September 29, 2010 -- Another Bashiok post on class-specific weapons stirs up the usual confusion and controversy.

• Interview: September 25, 2010 -- Jay Wilson @ CVG.

• Blue Post: September 21, 2010 -- One of the biggest announcements of the year was made, when Bashiok revealed that Diablo III's maximum level was going to be 60. This change was explained and discussed in numerous posts, on the 21st, more on the 22nd, more end game stuff on the 22nd, achievements on the 23rd, why not more levels just for fun on the 26th.
  • A site vote on Diii.net found nearly 50% of readers very supportive of the Clvl 60 change, with just 16% opposing it.

• Blue Post: September 18, 2010 -- Bashiok engages a long debate about respecs and replayability in D2 and D3.

• Blue Post: September 18, 2010 -- Bashiok drops a bombshell and reveals that passive skills are out of the Diablo III skill trees. (Not until Blizzcon were traits explained.)

• Other: September 10, 2010 -- Blizzard updates the Diablo III page with information about the new health system.

• Blue Post: September 9, 2010 -- All characters will have relaxed stances in town; the Monk's aggressive one in a recent video was just a WiP.

• Blue Post: September 8, 2010 -- Bashiok sprinkles some information about new rune effects and Flux relays an "unofficial" conversation with Bashiok regarding the recent skill rune changes.

• Commentary: September 7, 2010 -- Comparing video game graphics to works of art; the more realistic ones are not the most popular or ageless. Hence Blizzard's stylized artistic approach, as exemplified by Diablo III.

• Blue Post: September 4, 2010 -- Haunt grows ghostlier. Bashiok offers another graphical update about a skill we've never really seen.

• Blue Post: September 3, 2010 -- Bashiok on weapon options, dual-wielding vs. two-handed vs. one-handed weapon options.