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I Put Dozens Of Hours Into Diablo IV And I'm Only 20 Percent Done
31.5.2023
I was collecting boar tusks for an enterprising child in rain-soaked Scosglen, one of Diablo IV’s five major regions, when it hit me: I don’t have time for this shit.Read more
Diablo IV Reviews Suggest It's More Of The Same, In A Good Way
30.5.2023
It’s been over 10 years since the last Diablo. Nuts, right? Diablo IV arrives on June 6, 2023, and while Diablo III enjoyed a long, active life, it’s certainly time for something new. Diablo III’s move to console shortly after the PC release brought the legendary action role playing game series...
Diablo IV Interview's Questions From 'Fans' Are Very Questionable
30.5.2023
Last week a video was released featuring two senior developers working on Diablo IV: Associate Game Director Joseph Piepiora and Art Director John Mueller. In the clip the pair were presented with a series of questions from “fans”, which they answer at length, but it didn’t take long for some...
Diablo IV’s Necro To Get More Tweaks After Bad Nerf, Blizz Says
16.5.2023
Diablo IV’s Server Slam weekend, which ran from May 12 through May 14, gave players one final chance to scour Hell for loot and kill Ashava the Pestilent before the action-RPG drops on June 6. This open beta came with a handful of changes, particularly some nerfs to the Necromancer that developer...
Here's When You Can Actually Start Playing Diablo IV
9.5.2023
During its successful open beta, action role-playing game Diablo IV had players kicking their feet and blushing their way to hell, and now they can return sooner than they initially believed. Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson clarified on Twitter that, despite what promotional material says...
Diablo IV: Respeccing Will Be ‘Essentially Free’ Up To A Point
26.4.2023
We’ve all been there: Ya sink a bunch of hours into a dense RPG only to find out your character build isn’t working out as well as you’d like. When that happens, it’s time to respec. No two games handle this the same way, and it sounds like Diablo IV will be choosing a middle path between...
Sorry Necromancers, Diablo IV Is Nerfing One Of Its Most Popular Classes
14.4.2023
Diablo IV is still a couple of months away, but Blizzard is already stomping down some of the game’s most popular classes ahead of its June 6 release date. The studio posted a new blog on its website reflecting on the game’s recent beta, and shared what’s basically a full set of patch notes it will...
Diablo IV Will Release Story Updates Every Three Months
12.4.2023
Blizzard has recently expanded on the kinds of updates that Diablo IV fans can expect to see after launch. The developers say they are adding story content to the base game every three months. Diablo IV will also have a battle pass some time after the game is released.Read more
Diablo IV’s Open Beta Stats Reveal The Two Most Played Classes
31.3.2023
Now that Diablo IV’s beta is over, Blizzard has shared some interesting stats about the loot-grinding RPG and the way folks played it. Some of it is expected, like the fact that The Butcher killed over one million people while Ashava the Pestilent murked some 10 million others. But alongside...
Unreal: Diablo IV Streamer Beats World Boss Almost Entirely Solo
28.3.2023
Twitch streamer wudijo has done the unthinkable and beaten Diablo IV’s big world boss, Ashava the Pestilent, (mostly) by himself on the hardest difficulty. I’m stunned, especially since the dragon is already a tough challenge to face.Read more
Diablo IV’s Beta Has Us Kinda Obsessed With Hell
27.3.2023
Diablo IV’s open beta has finally come to an end, meaning we won’t get another opportunity to play the loot-grinding RPG until it drops on June 6. Now that most of everyone at Kotaku had the chance to check out Hell (or at least the emissaries from it you encounter in the early game), we decided...
8 Minutes Of Diablo IV's Character Creator
24.3.2023
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Diablo IV’s Butcher Is Leaving Players Shooketh
22.3.2023
Diablo IV, Blizzard’s upcoming loot-grinding RPG, featured a plethora of difficult bosses and trash mobs to kill during its early access beta last weekend. While players were stoked to jump back into the depraved world of Sanctuary to quell some demons, myself included, one jerk that the community...
Diablo IV Classes Won't Always Feel Balanced, Blizzard Says
21.3.2023
Although Diablo IV’s early access beta wrapped up on March 20, another one will run from March 24 through 26. This window gives you access to all five classes, two of which—the Druid and Necromancer—were initially unavailable. While none have anything in common, other than their propensity to kill...
Let's Talk About Diablo IV's Most Controversial Change
20.3.2023
The first thing I did in the Diablo IV beta was try to roll. After playing games for 30 years I’ve internalized two important things: Always check behind the waterfall, and rolling is always faster than walking. So I rolled. And it was faster. And then I tried to roll again and I couldn’t…not...
Diablo IV Is The Perfect Head Empty, Kill Stuff Game
20.3.2023
Diablo is one of those games you’ve definitely played—even if you haven’t. It’s so influential in its design, from its RPG mechanics to its loot and progression systems, that the franchise has its demonic horns stabbed through countless other games from Borderlands and Destiny to Hades and Phantasy...
Diablo Was On The Catwalk At Milan Fashion Week
28.2.2023
Milan Fashion Week has just wrapped up, and while this is not normally the kind of thing we would be covering on this, a website about anime, reality television and comic books, 2023's show featured a surprise inclusion: Blizzard’s Diablo series.Read more
Anarchist Fallout Mod Claims To Be Funded By The Government
5.1.2023
The Canadian government has apparently used taxpayer money to pay for an anarchist Fallout mod. And not just once or twice, but four times. I have so many questions, mainly: “What does it take to get rejected from a Canadian arts grant?”Read more
Diablo IV Release Date Announced At The Game Awards
9.12.2022
We’ve known that Diablo IV has been coming for three years now, and Blizzard has finally announced a release date for when we can all literally go to hell. Oh, and Halsey was there too. Here’s the cinematic trailer from The Game Awards:Read more
Front Mission 1st: Remake Isn’t The Reimaged Mech Shootout I Hoped For
30.11.2022
Front Mission is an excellent strategy RPG series that deserves to make a comeback. It’s Final Fantasy Tactics’ grittier, grimier, futuristic cousin that swaps out swords and magic wands for submachine guns and giant, half-obliterated mechs slugging it out in a jungle ditch. Some of that charm...