Diablo

Battle.net Rebranding Strategy Revealed

No, it’s not one of Blizzard Entertainment’s elaborate April Fools’ jokes. Instead, the company has realized that slapping the name “Battle.net” on the global network infrastructure that has served as the foundation to all of their games and other services…

The Future of the ARPG

If not for the contributions of David Brevik, the Schaefer brothers, and Stieg Hedlund in the early days of the Diablo series, the action RPG scene that we’ve come to know and love would likely be considerably different, if existing…

Ten Isometric Action RPGs Worth Trying

I’m not sure that any of us are suffering from a shortage of role-playing games to play at the moment, but if you’ve managed to chew through every title that interests you and are looking for something new to occupy…

Original Diablo Pitch Document Released

After giving an extensive speech on the development of the original Diablo at this year’s GDC, David Brevik has published the original pitch document for the 1996 action-RPG classic on his own personal blog. The document was published in .pdf…

David Brevik on the Making of Diablo

Gamasutra has penned an excellent write-up of David Brevik’s presentation at this week’s Game Developers Conference, in which he talks through the early days of Condor, their relationship with Silicon & Synapse (which would become Blizzard Entertainment), how they eventually…

Blizzard Job Postings Hint at New Diablo Project

Fansite DiabloII.net alerts us to the fact that Blizzard has recently posted a number of open positions at the company for an “unnanounced project” in the Diablo universe. It’s not clear whether this is a new expansion for Diablo III…

Blizzard Entertainment 25th Anniversary Video

It’s hard to believe that Blizzard Entertainment is already celebrating 25 years of successful video game development and existence, but that’s exactly what we learn in this new two-and-a-half minute celebration video. From Diablo to Warcraft to Hearthstone, it’s nearly…

The 50 Most Important PC Games of All Time

Starting in 1962 and running the gamut all the way to present day, the editors at PC Gamer have cranked out a list of what they feel are “the 50 most important PC games” to ever grace the platform. The…