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Introducing the Auction House!

The Auction House has been announced at the press event, providing a great way for players to trade and gain loot. There are two variations of the AH, one that permits trading for in-game currency and the other uses real world currency for it’s transactions. The Auction House uses an anonymous player to player transactional [...]

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Diablo 3 Will Require Internet For Gameplay

Much to the dismay of hardcore LAN partiers everywhere, Diablo 3 will require an active internet connection to play. However, looking on the bright side of things, it seems Blizzard has totally revamped the party/social experience of the “waiting lobby” in Battle.net. You now have a visually appealing friends list, which gives you an at-a-glance [...]

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Diablo 3 Press Event Details @ Midnight

It’s finally here, the night we’ve all been waiting for. At midnight, the non-disclosure agreement that bound visitors of Blizzard’s press event (which has been going on the past several days) will be lifted and details surrounding Diablo 3 and the beta will start to flood blogs and message board net-wide. Stay tuned or join [...]

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Diablo 3 Official Beta News Tomorrow

Finally, the moment we have all been waiting for is nigh upon us. During the last public conference call Blizzard Entertainment CEO Mike Morhaime announced that he would reveal more details about the Diablo 3 beta at the next financial results conference call. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) intends to release its first quarter 2011 results on Monday, after the closing of the market this past week.

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Blizzard Suggests Diablo 3 For Consoles

Mike Morhaime, President of Blizzard, suggested recently in an interview that Diablo 3 might make an appearance on console gaming systems. However, there has been no official confirmation or press release regarding the issue, just exciting speculations that drive us hardcore Diablo fans wild.

Read his full comment after the jump.

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PC PowerPlay Magazine Features Diablo 3

PC PowerPlay’s article on Diablo 3 pretty much highlights everything we already know, but it also touches base on some of the recent heated debates about the color palette chosen for the aesthetics of the Diablo 3 environment. It also sheds light on a couple reasons behind some of the unique concepts that drew such a large fan base to the Diablo series. Grab high quality scans of the article and artwork after the jump!

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Diablo 3 Respec System Confirmed

Bashiok announced on the World of Warcraft forums that there will be a system put in place for Diablo 3 players to reset their skill points, allowing more ease of experimentation with skill points as you gain, or even just allowing you room to mess up once in a while, and not have to make a brand new character as a consequence. Bashiok also notes that players will not be able to respec as liberally as in World of Warcraft.

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Confirmed Features & Character Pages

Several sections have been added to the Diablo 3 Knowledge Base, as you can tell by looking in the navigation bar at the top of the website. First of all is the Confirmed Diablo 3 Features page, which highlights all the features that have been Blizzard-confirmed so far. Second, pages have been created for the Barbarian and Witch Doctor classes, and of course, new pages will be added as new classes are confirmed for Diablo 3 by Blizzard.

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Diablo 3 Unlikely Pay To Play

Rob Pardo revealed in a recent interview with 1UP that in the most likely case, the payment structure (Buy the game, play free online.) of Battle.net will not be changed. Blizzard is not planning on utilizing a subscription model like in World of Warcraft, but rather follow the model of its predecessor, Diablo II. Rob also shares more on Battle.net, the Diablo 3 development process, character classes, and The Secret Cow Level.