Sunday, August 30, 2009

Music compilation featuring Diablo 3 and Starcraft 3 music

You can order the compilation from its official website.
Echoes of War Standard Edition Now Available
The new re-issue of Eminence Symphony Orchestra?s two-disc Echoes of War: The Music of Blizzard Entertainment standard edition has now arrived. The album features 15 unique arrangements, with several pieces from the yet-to-be-released StarCraft II and Diablo III. Ninety minutes of music are featured in all, with bonus tracks arranged by special guests including the critically-acclaimed composer Kow Otani. The new standard edition package, showcasing a redesigned cover art piece, will be available in major retail outlets for $24.98. The Legendary Edition is also available online and at retail for $49.98, and comes with a bonus documentary DVD, nine art cards, and a bonus 32-page booklet. Visit the official Echoes of War website or participating retailer to hear samples, learn more, and order your copy today.

Diablo I & Diablo II working on Windows 7

Thinktechno points out that Diablo I and Diablo II are working on the upcoming release of Microsoft's latest OS, Windows 7.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Towns in Diablo 3

The towns revealed in Diablo 3 so far are:

Bear's Hill, Bramwell, Brennor, Caldeum, Duncraig, Gea Kul, ,Gellan's Pass, Hillsfar, Kehjan, Kingsport, Kurast, New Tristram, Partha, Seram, Sescheron, Seekers Point, Toraja, Tran Athulua, Tristram, Tu'r Du'lra, Tulisam, Ureh,
Westmarc;
diablo 3 map

Diablo III Monk skill tree

diii.net has a comprehensive posting on the Monk's skill tree.

The Monk’s skills were an odd mixture at Blizzcon this year. There were only 8 of them, spread over 3 generically-named skill trees, but all of the skills in the game seemed very polished and worked nicely. I suspect that a lot of others are done but were held back to retain more surprises, and that lots of others must be in the “under construction” phase. There were no skills shown with icon and description, and a “disabled” tag, as was true for the other characters.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Diablo III available for preorder

Diablo III is now available for pre-order at GameStop.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

One more class expected in Diablo 3

One more character class is expected in Diablo 3 according to this article in IGN:

IGN: Have you confirmed how many unrevealed classes there are, to round out the entire party?

Jay Wilson: There's one more.

Diablo 3 will restrict content in some countries

According to interview in Wired, Blizzard is gonna cenzor some of the game aspects for countries like Germany and Australia:

Wired.com: You’ll obviously have to edit content for regions like Germany and Australia, but what about China? Is that a more difficult case?
Wilson: Definitely for regions like Germany and Australia, we will have to change blood if we’re going to sell there. And that’s fine. Those are the standards for those regions, and we don’t really have a problem with catering to what they need and what they want. But China’s going to be hard for us. Because a lot of the restrictions there are really… we may not be able to do them. It may not be possible. With our relationship with NetEase, we recently got new information about what China really wants, and it’s a lengthy list. It’s really hard for us to cater to. We’ll try. There’s no reason we wouldn’t want to go there, but there is a certain point where we’d have to redo so much of the game that it’s not viable anymore.