Diablo III is a well thought out, extremely polished game that for the most part stays true to its spirit of its predecessor. However, as the weeks go by more and more inherent design flaws are being unveiled, most of them related to server stability, class balance and difficulty. Ultimately, this leads one to believe that Blizzard may have lost their way over the course of a grueling and mysterious 11-year development period. Invariably, most [...]

A hotfix was quickly and stealthily implemented, but it wasn’t in time. Videos were posted and the word was spread – players had successfully managed to duplicate items in Diablo III. So much for the implementation of controversial DRM protecting cheats from ever getting through security – or is it?     Over this past weekend, not one, but two videos were posted showing players exactly how to duplicate rare pieces of crafted gear. Sadly [...]

As someone who works in the arts, I can understand the need to protect my work. In the years I’ve been in this line of work, I’ve published several video game strategy guides that people can purchase, download and read at their will. Naturally, I’d prefer it if people were to actually buy it in order to get the most use out of it, meaning I’d be less than thrilled to find readers have been [...]