http://www.maxfreak.com/diablo3 Diablo 3 News: Diablo 3 is official! Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:02:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To all the Blizzard fans out there, the long-awaited Starcraft 2 beta is out. Players who have signed up for the beta should start receiving their beta keys in the coming days. The way you sign up for the beta is through your Battle.net account. Log in and go to where ... http://www.maxfreak.com/diablo3/archives/starcraft-2-beta-out/ Diablo 3's official site has been updated with new screenshots. As always this triggers the discussion, if Diablo 3's art has taken a new direction, after the previous Art Director was sacked. I think the new screenshots speak for themselves. They're definitely more contrasty and have plenty of dark areas. The ... http://www.maxfreak.com/diablo3/archives/diablo-3-screenshots-2/ Our friends at Diablofans has asked Jay Wilson a question about items, that we all care about: Will there be items as rare in Diablo III that are as powerful from the start, or will players have to slowly improve the quality of their items, through crafting/runes/other systems? Jay Wilson: Throughout the ... http://www.maxfreak.com/diablo3/archives/diablo-3-items-2/ Blizzard's GFX team has been hard at work re-doing the effects: from the humble magic missile to more serious stuff like the Slow Time skill (Wizard). It does look very much like the same skill in Starcraft II - the one that the Protoss mothership had. Anyway, it's a fine animation, ... http://www.maxfreak.com/diablo3/archives/diablo-3-skills-animations/ We have a long time to wait for Diablo 3's release so a ton of rumors have gone by. This last one has to do with the possibility of a console version for Diablo 3. Here's what J. Allen Brack has to say: We just want to make the right game for ... http://www.maxfreak.com/diablo3/archives/diablo-3-coming-out-for-consoles/ For all the Diablo fans out there, a new web-based MMORPG has been announced as being in development - Riftforge. Unlike World of Warcraft and its kin, Riftforge will have a free-to-play mode. Even more importantly, you'll be able to SOLO end-game content by borrowing characters from your friends, hiring mercenaries, ... http://www.maxfreak.com/diablo3/archives/new-online-fantasy-rpg-announced/ Dying in Diablo is something of a tradition. I vividly remember my Diablo I corpse runs and my memory is forever etched with images of Duriel trumping over my dead Ice Sorceress in Diablo II. So what's cooking in Blizzard's lair when it comes to the death mechanic in Diablo 3? ... http://www.maxfreak.com/diablo3/archives/diablo-3-deaths/ Now, ever since Activision and Blizzard merged, I had a feeling that moneytalk will take over. Sure enough, listen to Activion's boss, Bobby Kotick: "Next Blizzard MMO will have a "more broad appeal"... I can't believe 10+ million subscribers is now considered marginal for a MMO! For some perspective, LOTRO has ... http://www.maxfreak.com/diablo3/archives/diablo-3-delayed-why/ Now, this is the first time I hear about Torchlight, thanks to Shacknews. One look at the screenshot and I could swear it's very Diablo-esque. Update: Wildgames have Torchlight for just $6.99 - download it now! Turns out the team has some Blizzard North veterans like Peter Hu; Erich and Max ... http://www.maxfreak.com/diablo3/archives/torchlight-a-diablo-clone/ Blizzard is hard at work figuring out the inventory management. If you compare the screenshots from the initial announcement to the current version, you'll see plenty of differences. Yet, they aren't happy with it. Blizzard states: Inventory management and the systems that surround it are something we're obviously interested in, but not ... http://www.maxfreak.com/diablo3/archives/diablo-3-items-and-inventory/