Media Coverage

December 2010

• Other: December 31, 2010 -- Visiting the blog of the biggest Diablo merchandise collector on earth. More odd stuff than you can imagine, on display.

• Commentary: December 27, 2010 -- Revisiting debates on two issues Blizzcon resolved; a "sexy" character in D3 and the mysterious burning tower that turned out to be Bastion's Keep.

Diablo, by Glowei.

• Picture: December 23, 2010 -- Christmas artwork featuring a demonic, Barbarian Santa Claus. The image was previously used for December in the 2010 Diablo III calendar.

• Picture: December 22, 2010 -- The "Encounters" page debuts on Blizzard's Diablo III site, plus numerous new screenshots. The page is just general info on combat, but the images are nice.

• Blue Post: December 21, 2010 -- Bashiok brings a year end surprise with news that all of the attributes in Diablo III have been completely reworked. No more strength, dexterity, etc. The attributes have all new names and combined, more complicated functions. Check the wiki articles for mfull details on the five new attributes: Attack, Precision, Vitality, Defense, and Willpower.

• Picture: December 15, 2010 -- New Artwork of Diablo courtesy of Glowei, with the full image from this year's Blizzcon program cover.

• Picture: December 12, 2010 -- High quality photos of the game interface pop up, taken at the Korean Gstar expo.

• Other: December 9, 2010 -- Blizzard continues to leak like a proverbial sieve, as a rough cut of the ending cinematic for the first SC2 expansion pops up online. The cheesiness of the movie's plot provokes a huge fan discussion of the declining (?) quality of Blizzard's game storytelling.

• Commentary: December 6, 2010 -- Fan vote reveals strong support for all new characters in the expansion. If a D2 char must return, the Paladin and Necromancer are neck and neck in popularity, with the Druid a strong third option.

• Blue Post: December 3, 2010 -- Bashiok comments on gore, decapitations, and Diablo III's planned M-mature rating.

• Blue Post: December 2, 2010 -- @Diablo comments on damage types and explains the difference between poison and disease damage.

• Other: December 2, 2010 -- Blizzard product release date schedule chart is leaked on a Chinese MMO site. Rumors swirl about heads rolling in their Chinese offices, and while Blizzard never officially confirms or denies the document, the subsequent confirmation of codename "Titan" for their next gen MMO provide strong supporting evidence for the legitimacy of the chart.
  • Full details in the Release Date article.

November 2010

• Picture: November 30, 2010 -- A jigsaw collection of screenshots maps out the very short Highlands Passage level from the Blizzcon 2010 demo build.

• Blue Post: November 30, 2010 -- @Diablo shares a lot of info about how the ladder ranking system might work.

• Picture: November 28, 2010 -- Nice collection of concept arts showing the evolution of the Demon Hunter class design.

• Blue Post: November 25, 2010 -- Bashiok shares some new info on the ever-changing Class-Specific Weapon issues of Diablo III.

• Video: November 22, 2010 -- Ninja gameplay footage from Korea. Good picture, terrible action.

• Other: November 16, 2010 -- Blizzard's long-rumored Diablo console project confirmed by job postings on Blizzard.com.

• Picture: November 14, 2010 -- New artwork showing the Witch Doctor's "tentacle armor", by Trent Kanuiga.

• Blue Post: November 12, 2010 -- Bashiok answers some questions about the Demon Hunter's pistol crossbows.

• Blue Post: November 12, 2010 -- Bashiok says Item Sets will probably wind up being an end game item.

• Interview: November 10, 2010 -- A WoW producer talks about WoW's PvP influence on Diablo III's Arenas, and kicks off a huge fan debate about what lacked in WoW's PvP and how D3 is not repeating its mistakes.

• Interview: Interview with Battle.net lead Greg Canessa on future plans for the service.

• Blue Post: November 3, 2010 -- Bashiok argues against "skill hording" as a game strategy, and for easy respecs. A day later he gave some more replies on this subject. Then later that day, he tried playing a Barbarian and Wizard without spending any skill points and reported back on his findings.

• Blue Post: November 2, 2010 -- Bashiok reveals that the male Barbarian will probably have his backstory changed, making him just another new adventurer instead of the D2 barbarian returned. Fans strongly dislike the idea, but came to understand it better after reflection.