Is StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty going to make 2009? Blizzard isn't saying, sticking to the "it's done when it's done" release date. But there's definitely one big Blizzard-developed title in store this year. What is it? Blizzard COO Paul Sams wouldn't confirm whether that game is, indeed, the firs...

Blizzard has updated the official Diablo III website with a set of four bits of artwork and five new screens, one featuring an opponent that could even the bravest player pee a little. We've seen quite a bit of Diablo III since the game was announced, so when I was first flipping through the new art...

Now that Blizzard has Activision, undisputed masters of *ahem* "getting the most out of a franchise", looking over their shoulders, would a console port of Diablo III really surprise you, were it to happen? OK, no, look. Calm down. I said were it to happen. Because while it's not confirmed, or even ...

Where did people ever get the idea that this time of the year is considered “slowâ€� when it comes to games? The volume of releases may not be as enormous compared to the usual fourth quarter deluge, but it’s still of considerable size and its quality is certainly not suffering. And have you...

After years of hoping, praying, cajoling, and begging for a follow-up, Blizzard has finally announced Diablo III, and fans all over the world cheered before getting down to business - complaining. A petition has gone up at whiner headquarters PetitionOnline, with over 2,000 fans signing on to compla...

By: Lesley Smith Diablo III is so in right now. After the unsurprising announcement about Blizzard Entertainment’s latest game, we pinned down man of the moment, lead designer Jay Wilson, down for a chat about the latest installment in the Diablo franchise. Kotaku: So, Jay, what can you tell us ab...

When I left Blizzard in '03, Blizzard North had done quite a bit of pre-production work on Diablo III, as well as some protoyping on the 3d-game engine. Today at the Blizzard Invitational in Paris, they announced the release of Diablo III. Since much of the work we had done on Diablo III was concept...

Filed under: PC, Meta (about Joystiq) Wow. We have had tons of news, downloads and new content for Big Download this week . . .and that's just for Diablo III. Let's take a look at the highlights for the past week. Exclusive Features Games for Windows Press Conference : We attend Microsoft's press ev...

Why content yourself with a blurry screen or a low-quality stream when you can get your Diablo III fix directly from the source? Blizzard has the official website for the game up and ready, already filled with pages of screenshots, a gameplay video, and the cinematic trailer, as well as concept art ...

What the hell, Blizzard? All of that teasing, all of those runes, and here it is, the Diablo III splash page. No fancy transition from the ice to this, just wham, bam, thank you fans. Oh well. At least we can still have fun figuring out what the penguin and Lost numbers signify. I think the penguin ...