Diablo II

Diablo Series Video Retrospective

GameTrailers has published a video retrospective for the Diablo series divided into, so far, two parts: one for the first title and one for the sequel and its expansion. While for some of you there probably won’t be much to…

David Craddock/Diablo History Interview

Author David Craddock just released Stay Awhile and Listen: How Two Blizzards Unleashed Diablo and Forged a Video Game Empire on October 27th, a new book that dives into the history of Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard North, and the Diablo franchise.…

Diablo I/II Lead Designer on Diablo III

PC Gamer had a recent Q&A with Diablo/Diablo II lead designer Stieg Hedlund to hear his opinion on Diablo III. While the tone is very polite (and Hedlund admits being objective is difficult for him), it’s difficult to call it…

BlizzCon 2013 Announced

While I’m sure there will be plenty of news and events in store for Warcraft and StarCraft fans at this year’s BlizzCon, one has to assume that Blizzard Entertainment will finally be bringing us concrete details for their promised Diablo…

Gone Forever: How and Why Permadeath Affects Us

GameInformer is offering a brief editorial on permadeath mechanics and why they’re such a requested and well-liked feature, using XCOM: Enemy Unknown and the Diablo games as examples. Here’s a snip: Not only is losing a soldier in XCOM emotionally…

Diablo Creator on Diablo III Continued, Interview

Diablo I/II key developer David Brevik has been interviewed by Eurogamer on roughly the same subject of the interview from IncGamers we posted on yesterday, which caused a rather violent reaction from the Diablo III team. The most interesting part…

Is Path of Exile the Diablo II Fanatic’s Diablo III?

If there’s one thing that I feel will hurt Diablo III’s longevity, it’s the considerable amount of streamlining they did to the skill system. And it appears that GameSpy feels the same way, as they’ve penned a new editorial suggesting…