It’s Been few years since the last Diablo Wallpaper Watch and with Diablo IV around now I thought it was time to post another one. There have been a few new artists that have made new wallpapers since then. ROCKETEER was the first new artist to come along, alongside DragonianFantasy and Aerisot. Below is a one of each from them as well as myself. Enjoy! It’s nice to see many more wallpaper artists again. Just like there was back in the early days of Diablo III. Here’s to many more people sharing their desktops and phones. If you have any diablo wallpaper artwork that you want to shar ..read more

Diablo IV Lead Systems Designer David Kim posted part II of his blog on System Design. This time He discusses the changes that they have made to Itemization with the community’s feedback. He also talked about them removing Ancient Gear as well as New statted gear featuring Angelic, Demonic or Ancestral.    In Part I, we addressed many of the open questions from the community about the Diablo IV game designs we revealed at BlizzCon. I recommend checking that out if you haven’t already. Itemization is a huge core part of any Action RPG. We’re focusing specifically on item ..read more

On reddit user TeKo posted a video about his findings on who this summoner is in the Diablo IV announcement cinematic By Three They Come. He breaks down his findings in the video to reveal the info in question. If you don’t want spoilers don’t look below. If you do please enjoy. Don’t worry I also made sure the video was also in a spoiler so you didn’t accidentally click the link to come here. Spoiler: From the video TeKo said: Many people think that the Lilith’s Summoner from Diablo 4 cinematic is Rathma. But many poeple say he can’t be. On reddit Rhykker confirmed the steps that TeK ..read more

When the Diablo Podcast comes back, it comes back with a vengeance. That’s right, two episodes in the same week! That’s the same amount in one week as in two years! Now that I’ve finished congratulating myself, let’s break it down. No, we’re not going to fix itemization just yet. Today I’m joined again by Thunderclaww and we break down the latest from David Kim and the future development of Diablo IV. We go through point by point and discuss our thoughts on what’s next. So join us and stay awhile and listen! Listen via Youtube Listen Direct The post The Diablo Podcast #223 – The Future Deve ..read more

Welcome again as the Diablo Fan Art Watch returns again. I bring you more amazing fan art about the Blessed Mother Lilith. With so many coming in there wont be a shortage of amazing pieces. Here’s the second batch. Featuring amazing fan art by Seok Jeon, Namwhan K, muratgul, Lukacuki, Jo Ngoc Hang, themimig, and LadyLoth. If you enjoy Fan art and want to contribute to this growing community, please stop by the Fan Creations Forum. Many artists visit frequently, posting works in progress looking for feedback and conversation. You don’t have to be “arty” to join in. If you have an ..read more

Blizzard released Diablo 3 Patch 2.6.7a to the live servers. Updates to Lamentation and Shield of Fury have been implemented as we posted in a previous post well as a few other bug fixes. Below you will find the patch notes for the most recent update for Diablo III, Patch 2.6.7a. Last updated November 20 @ 10:00 a.m. PST. PATCH 2.6.7a Table of Contents: Items Bug Fixes Note: All changes apply to all versions of Diablo III, including PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC unless otherwise indicated. Items Lamentation Now increases the damage of Rend by [100-150%] Developer ..read more

Diablo IV Lead Systems Designer, David Kim posted on the Diablo 3 Blog website bringing to players information about feedback on systems. As well as what the team has discussed as well as working with the community with feedback on the systems going forward. I have learned over years of experience that the player community is an incredibly valuable resource to draw upon when designing and refining a game. By working together, we can achieve great things. The biggest challenge with parsing community feedback is that with so many opinions, the takeaways are rarely unanimous ..read more

Stay Awhile and Listen: Book II: Heaven, Hell, and Secret Cow Levels, the second book in the trilogy Blizzard and Diablo-themed trilogy, picks up right where the first book left off – when Diablo went gold. Although the early years of Blizzard North and Blizzard Entertainment were filled with plenty of drama and happenstance, the two were riding high after the tremendous success of Diablo. In Book II, author David L. Craddock recounts the making of Diablo II, StarCraft, and miscellaneous projects leading up to the departure of Blizzard North founders David Brevik, Max Shaefer, and Erich Shaef ..read more

Welcome back everyone to the Diablo Podcast! With the announcement of Diablo IV it’s hard not to get into the hype and speculation mode and as a result. What better pairing for the long wait until release than the podcast? Now that being said, I know I’m not Flux. We’ll have some hiccups until we hit his level but I’m ready for the challenge and I hope you’ll stay awhile and listen. This week I am joined by Thunderclaww, a long-time Diablo player and Reddit Diablo moderator. We dig into his reaction to Diablo IV, Blizzcon, and how playing it felt as well. We also begin to speculate on and sol ..read more

Brandy posted an update on the Official Diablo 3 forums on the changes for the mini patch updating two major changes to the Barbarian and the Crusader. Namely reintroducing the Barbs Lamentation’s Rend damage modifier, and the Crusader’s Shield of Fury that now caps out at 20 stacks effectively nerfing their damage some. Hey all, So as you may have seen elsewhere, we’ll be issuing a small update to 2.6.7 between now and the start of Season 19 to address some balance issues prior to the start of the Season of Eternal Conflict. This patch isn’t going to resolve every balance ..read more