Diablo Archives

Diablo remains an incredibly influential title today Games like The Division and Destiny both draw heavily from the game, and it's pedigree permiates a ton of other RPGs still. Well, here is an interesting little bit of History Co-founder of Blizzard North, David Brevik has released the original pitch doc for the game It's 8[...]

In that 25 years they created multiple popular franchises including Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, Heroes of the Storm and Hearthstone and in the next year we'll get to see their new franchise Overwatch and the first Warcraft feature film by Duncan Jones But the most amazing thing that goes with Blizzard is the community that has[...]

Diablo, WarCraft and StarCraft helped to forge the powerhouse we know today though So much so, there are certainly a sect of fans asking for a return to those kinds of games. Well, according to this new job posting (via IGN) for a Senior Software Engineer, remasters could be coming from WarCraft 3, Diablo 2 and[...]

By Joe Cammisa   [audio:http://joecam.net/SML/SML-e113.mp3] Monday night is here and it's time for The SML Podcast, Episode 113: Joe is a Filthy Hypocritical Liar, here on Bleeding Cool! This week we tackle the important issues as we talk about a new Diablo update, Destiny controversy, Batman PC issues, and the fact that I am a filthy hypocritical son of[...]

Of course we have the requisite Diablo talk as well as chatting about Neverwinter, PC gaming, Elder Scrolls Online's console release, Guitar Hero Live vs Rock Band 4, and the Microsoft/Oculus partnership! Check out the mp3 of the show here or check out the YouTube version! If that doesn't work for you, you can check us out[...]

Diablo III is known for it's top down point of view This is an evolution from the 2D way the original game was rendered, with Blizzard deciding to keep the aesthetic as graphical power grew. I have always wondered what Diablo III would look like from another perspective though YouTube user monstrousd3 has now satisfied that curiosity[...]

As usual we discuss what we're playing including Diablo III, Dragon Age Inquisition, Microsoft Bingo, Smash Bros., and plenty more. Lastly, we announce a NEW CONTEST! Send us an email at theSMLpodcast (at) gmail.com and give us a synopsis for a story-free video game's movie adaptation (like the fact that there's a frickin Tetris movie in[...]

Spoiler: There's a lot of Diablo still being played… Check out the mp3 of the show here or check out the YouTube version! If that doesn't work for you, you can check us out on iTunes and subscribe to us and get all of the episodes a few days early! Music this week honors the Mario Kart 8 DLC[...]

leaks and rumors! Kris is proud of me that I am still playing Diablo to the point of being on Act V and level 65 Since then I've actually beaten Act V, so I'm sure he'll be even more proud of me once he reads this Which he won't. We also talk random other gaming news of[...]

By Jared Cornelius The summer season is edging closer and closer to an end for many of us.  September brings a lot of things including a brand new school year, a return to college, or maybe even a revised work schedule and it's almost a little difficult to believe another summer has  practically come and gone.  At the cost of many of you losing your[...]

By Jared Cornelius Welcome back to Live(ish) From The Games Shop.  Last week's 4th of July celebration reminded me of independence, independence from retail releases that is.  Yes, dear reader, the trend continues with only a very niche title being released at retail.  But don't fret, this week digital returns and indie games come to save you[...]

Borderlands 2 plays a bit like a first person shooter version of Diablo, with new gear and equipment dropping from enemies, making it perfectly suited for loot driven gamers.  The PlayStation Vita version includes all six character, two of the DLC expansion packs, and cross saves between the Vita and PlayStation 3 versions.  One downside is the Vita version only has two[...]

By Joe Cammisa [audio: http://joecam.net/SML/SML-e059.mp3] Joe Camissa writes: Monday night is here and it's time for The SML Podcast Episode 58: Niero Deatho Experienceio here on Bleeding Cool! This week Kris Huber and myself are joined by Niero Gonzalez, founder of the popular gaming site Destructoid ! We talk about Dtoid's recent GDC party, how the site got started,[...]

By Joe Cammisa [audio:http://joecam.net/SML/SML-e058.mp3] Joe Cammisa writes: Monday night is here and it's time for The SML Podcast Episode 58: Botchainterview here on Bleeding Cool! This week Kris Huber and myself are actually joined by sometime co-host Tim Robinson to talk all things Diablo, repeatedly, because Kris can't shut up about it[...]