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Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400

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Sword of Justice Trade Paperback Available For Pre-Order

Written by Aaron Williams (Nodwick, North 40) and illustrated by French artist Joseph Lacroix (L’Encyclopédie du mal), Diablo: Sword of Justice is set to release in trade paperback this July!

From the dark world of Sanctuary comes the tale of a hero’s birth. Haunted by his harrowing past, a wanted man named Jacob finds his destiny at the foot of a mountain shattered by the legendary sword of Tyrael, the archangel of Justice.

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Previously released, these five issues will now also be sold together in one volume. Preorder your copy today at Amazon and Barnes and Noble!

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Wed, 22 May 2013 13:40:23 -0400

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Xbox One already has 11 confirmed games

One of the big complaints about the Xbox One unveiling yesterday was the lack of games announcements. That’s true, the focus was almost completely on games and services, and in particular TV, but…

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Wed, 22 May 2013 10:28:37 -0400

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Microsoft confirms indies can’t self-publish games on Xbox One

Sony has made it clear indie developers are very welcome on the PS4, and Sony is happy to let indies self-publish their games. But that’s not the case for Microsoft and the Xbox…

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Wed, 22 May 2013 09:30:47 -0400

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Xbox One vs. PS4: The battle is in the cloud

It’s time for Microsoft and Sony to wow us with the specs and features coming in their new consoles. Let’s see how the battle for your living room is going so far.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 08:31:05 -0400

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10 important unanswered questions about the Xbox One

Now that Microsoft has revealed the next, dubbed Xbox One, we — and the rest of the gaming world — have a plethora of burning questions.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 07:33:19 -0400

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Xbox One hard drive can’t be replaced, but external storage supported

During the unveiling of the Xbox One yesterday, Microsoft dropped some basic specs of the machine. At its heart is an 8-core AMD processor coupled with 8GB of RAM and a 500GB hard…

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Wed, 22 May 2013 04:46:05 -0400

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Diablo 3 Anniversary Bonuses Extended!
Blizzard posted to give an official end time for the week of Diablo 3 Anniversary bonuses. Note that the deadline has been extended, so we’ve still got a couple of days to enjoy the greater experience and Magic Find bonuses.

Just as a reminder for all players, the Diablo III anniversary buff will expire in the Americas on Thursday, May 23, at 9:00 a.m. Pacific (12:00 p.m. Eastern).
For those of you with characters in our other gameplay regions, the buff will be disable on Wednesday, May 22, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific in Asia and on Thursday, May 23, at 12:00 a.m. Pacific in Europe.

Note: We elected to extend the buff by 1 day, so this time frame is bit later than we first communicated. Apologies for any confusion, but yay for another day of demon-slaying buffs!

We had some discussion about this anniversary week bonus over the weekend, but if you’re dying to share more of your exploits, go ahead. I did a quick MP2 Act Two farming game yesterday morning and my HC Monk found 5 legendaries in about 30 minutes (including an Inna’s Hat and BK Ammy and Chest) which is most I’ve ever seen in that short a time. Three of them came in before I was even stacked up, so clearly that +25% MF bonus was the source of my bounty.

And yes, I considered not even starting up Diablo 3 for the rest of the week, as I had nowhere to go but downhill, after that run of luck… but I couldn’t stay away.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 02:01:28 -0400

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Diablo 3 Auction House Improvement Suggestions
Some fans brought up some Diablo 3 Auction House annoyances and got some Blue acknowledgement of their (our) pain.

So i have crafted a decent set of BOA gear, gloves, shoulders, neck, bracers, you know the usual. But for some reason i cant right click them, and search for similar in the AH?!? I could take a screen shot of all my gear, and then bring it up on a 2nd monitor, or print it out, again all of that seems a little extreme for comparing some gear.
Lylirra: We agree, it’s a pain in the booty to try to find upgrades for a BoA item on the AH right now. Not a big issue, but still something that’d be a nice QoL change. Just spoke to Wyatt, and this is something that’s been tasked to be added (don’t have an ETA, though).
while you are at it, mind checking if they can let us compare our items without having to pay 5m to unsocket them first?
Lylirra: I don’t know of any immediate plans off-hand, but I’m happy to make sure that the feedback gets passed on. (Or gets passed on again. I know it’s something we’ve relayed before, and the developers agreed that it would be great-to-have feature.)

Yes to both of those. It’s annoying that I can’t compare my BoA crafted items while I’m in the AH, and I’ve constantly wished for a way to view stats compared without gems included. Whether the gems are in my gear or the gear in the AH, it’s annoying to try to estimate and add or subtract the gem value to estimate the actual item comparison.

While we’re voicing our Auction House gripes, it regularly drives me crazy that there’s no way to mark an item to find it again without having to try to re-search for it. That’s pretty easy with a legendary, but can be tricky when looking for a rare if you’re fiddling with a lot of different stats and values. If an item’s got a low bid and high buyout you can put in a lowball bid just to get it tracked on your auctions pane, but that’s not always an option.

If you’re the first one to comment that the only real improvement to the AH would be deleting it, be sure you get a “FRIST!” in there, so everyone will be sure to notice.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 17:48:29 -0400

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Geekout on air: The Xbox One Edition

Have you heard enough about the new Xbox One? We didn’t think so, in fact we’re still talking about it as you read this. We’ve known about the unveiling of the next Xbox…

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Tue, 21 May 2013 17:23:15 -0400

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Xbox One specs: 8GB RAM, 8-core AMD chip, 500GB hard drive

Microsoft’s new console is on the way, but what exactly is underneath that glossy black exterior? We now have two amazing new consoles on the way to retail shelves later this year, and…

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Tue, 21 May 2013 16:15:44 -0400

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Diablo 3 Infographic: Year One Statistics
Blizzard has issued an interesting disclosure of information about characters created and leveled, monsters killed, gold collected, and more, over the course of Diablo 3′s first year. The infographic is below, and I typed some of the quotes out of it for easier absorption/conversation.

67.1 million characters created worldwide. (91% normal, 9% HC)
Barbarian: 12.8m (1.6m HC)

Demon Hunter: 13.5m (1.2m HC)

Monk: 13.5m (1.4m HC)

Witch Doctor: 10.1m (.9m HC)

Wizard: 13m (1.1m HC)

Pre-game the WD was clearly the least popular character, (or at least the one most complained about) mostly driven by embittered Necromancer fans. I haven’t heard many such complaints in the past year, but clearly the pre-game unpopularity amounted to something, in terms of total play time. (That and the WD was badly hobbled pre-v1.04, until minions got a big buff.)

Anyone else surprised that the DH has the most characters created? I am not surprised that the Barb and Monk take the lead in HC chars though, as they’re by far the most sturdy and survivable. (Though not true for me, as I’ve made many more DHs in HC than any other class, thanks to them all fricking dying!)

Characters created by Region:
Americas: 22.2m. 20m SC, 2.2m HC

Europe: 22.1m. 19.4m SC, 2.7m HC

Asias: 22.9m. 21.7m SC, 1.2m HC

Amazingly close on the total characters created per server. I guess Blizzard knew what they were doing when dividing up the world and assigning different regions to each server?

Look at the HC char numbers though. We might have to take back all those “Asians are hardcore gamers” memes, given the very small % of HC in Asia? (Though there are probably good reasons for not doing hardcore from a gaming cafe, such as risk of interruption and/or disconnect and/or performance issues on rented hardware.)

Difficulty progression:
33% cleared Normal

23% cleared Nightmare

18% cleared Hell

6% cleared Inferno

Total # of Level 60 characters: 12.7m.

24.9% of all characters have reached level 60.

The first part adds up to 80% of characters, which means 20% have not cleared Normal. I’m surprised the number isn’t higher, but I guess the limit of 10 characters per account keeps people from having a dozen mules and inflating this figure. It’s also interesting that almost 25% of characters have reached level 60, while only 18% have cleared Hell.

I wish the data that formed this was available, or that more details were provided. A few other questions I’d love to see the answer to:
What’s the average level of death for Hardcore characters? Broken down by class?

What % of Hardcore characters are still alive?

Average level/paragon when completing each difficulty level?

Total number of legendary items found? Average number per character?

Stats on the Auction House would be fascinating. Total and average items sold and bought per account, total and average gold spent and gained, etc.

Anything you guys learned from this chart, or additional details you wish it contained? Click through to see it full size, inserted into the post.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 15:05:55 -0400

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Xbox One has mandatory game installs, additional charge for disc re-use

Back in March, the Xbox One XDK suggested that game installs on the new console were mandatory and the game disc would not be used during play. It turns out that was, for…

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Tue, 21 May 2013 14:36:34 -0400

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Sony’s stock price explodes as first details of Xbox One drop

Microsoft has just spent the better part of an hour introducing the Xbox One, and the general feeling I’m walking away with is disappointment. Viewing Twitter that seems to be the general consensus…

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Tue, 21 May 2013 13:37:20 -0400

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Xbox 720 now officially known as the Xbox One

In a massive tent somewhere far away from blurry Sony videos, Microsoft took to the stage today and announced what has been commonly referred to as the Xbox 720 — now officially dubbed…

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Tue, 21 May 2013 12:21:50 -0400

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Xbox 720 reveal: Watch it live here

Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox reveal is today, at 1PM! We’ll post the livestream here and link off to our coverage. Let the countdown begin!

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Tue, 21 May 2013 10:28:15 -0400

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Disney Research creates free air physical feedback device to compliment Kinect

How successful the Kinect motion controller has been as a gaming input device depends on who you talk to. It’s certainly been a success with homebrew developers happy to experiment with motion sensors…

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Tue, 21 May 2013 08:29:16 -0400

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Ubisoft allows Watch Dogs single-player missions to be pre-order exclusives

As a gamer, I’m fine with retailers securing exclusive items to tempt you into placing a new game pre-order with them. But those items should not extend to actual gameplay, and that’s the…

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Tue, 21 May 2013 07:27:33 -0400

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Foxconn is already assembling the new Xbox for Microsoft

Later today Microsoft is set to reveal the next generation of Xbox, and hopefully tell us the final name of the new machine. We also expect that the new Xbox will launch before…

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Mon, 20 May 2013 20:37:22 -0400

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Diablo 3 Anniversary Bonuses: Coming to a Close
A fan posted some happiness about the Anniversary Week bonus, which prompted a chatty Blue reply. Which prompted me to remember to remind you guys that the week’s bonus time is ending soon. How soon?

Well we don’t know, exactly. The official announcement post went up some time after the bonus we live (I had to figure out the values myself for this post), and it doesn’t give an actual ending time. It just says, “…between May 15 and May 21 will receive a 25% boost to their Magic Find and +EXP stats.” The usual weekly maintenance is coming up early Tuesday morning, which is the 21st, so maybe the bonus will end with the maintenance? Or maybe it’ll last all day Tuesday?

Loving the free Anniversary Boost!
Ever since it was activated, I’m finding legendary and set items all over and the gold drops are wicked. Would be nice to get feedback from other players (positive or otherwise) on how everyone would feel about making that boost permanent? I’m in!!

Grimiku: The anniversary buff combined with the multiplayer changes, and monster density in patch 1.0.8 have been a lot of fun. I keep joining Public Games through the “Any Act — Any Quest” feature, and managed to increase my dps by about 20k in the last few days. I hope everyone is enjoying the anniversary buff, and good luck on finding awesome loot!
I love the anniversary buff, but my luck has been a little more tempered. I found a nice Butcher’s Sickle that sold for a decent amount, but everything else I’ve found was salvaged. I’d like to craft something with additional pick up radius and not lose any other stats, but I haven’t been that lucky yet.

I’ll pass along the feedback about using buffs for special events, and feel free to keep posting your thoughts on the anniversary buff.

I enjoyed the OP’s appreciation of the “wicked gold drops” for the near beer effect. You know, how you can serve non-alcoholic beer at a party, tell people it’s the real thing, and watch them fool themselves into thinking they’re drunk?

The Diablo community speaks.

I like the EXP and will definitely miss the speedier leveling, but I haven’t noticed any diff in my Magic Find, and I still think it should have been say, +100% for the bonus. Maybe it’s enough for lower level characters or those without MF, but if you’ve got like 400% normally, going up to 425% isn’t making any visible difference.

Just on that point, am I the only one who finds a surprising number of Legendaries before I’m even stacked up? Quick game this morning I found a green spirit stone and an orange two-handed sword, both from trash mobs, when I only had one stack. That’s with a character who was over 270% MF even without stacks, but finding a legendary before I’m stacked up happens quite often, in my anecdotal experience.

As for the overall anniversary bonus, what do you guys think? Good bonus feature? Should have been MOAR?

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Mon, 20 May 2013 19:13:59 -0400

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Diablo 3 Rubberbanding is Still a Problem?
The patch notes for v1.08a spoke of an improvement to the rubber banding issue, and that topic received a lengthy blue post today.

Rubberbanding (especially as it relates to movement-based abilities like Whirlwind, Strafe, and Tempest Rush) is an issue that may not always come with a quick-fix. The source of the problem is not always easy to identify, and sometimes it may not always be the same thing for every player. As a result, there will be times where we implement potential fixes which we know will work for some players, but don’t know if it’ll work for all plays.
In other cases, we’ll make improvements — i.e. changes that probably won’t stop rubberbanding from happening completely, but should at least help reduce the frequency with which rubberbanding occurs. This was the case for 1.0.8a and with previous hotfixes we’ve made throughout the year. Again, we know these fixes may not resolve the issue for every player, but they should help reduce the occurrences of rubberbanding, and lessen the effects should rubberbanding occur for most players.

Now the important thing is that we’re still working on these issues — just because we implemented some changes that we hope will make the situation better doesn’t mean we’ve called it day. So, if you’re still experiencing rubberbanding, here are a few things you can do.

First, you can try performing the following troubleshooting steps to ensure that external causes are not adding to this issue (this isn’t required, but recommended):

Ensure that your network connection is optimized.
Make sure that no other program is interfering with the game by running in a Selective Startup.
Check for updates to any drivers.

If those steps don’t help — or if you’ve chosen to skip them — please let us know so we can continue looking into this issue by posting in the Bug Report forum (and be sure to check out this guide on reporting. That’s really the best location for those types of reports, as it’ll allow our QA representatives to document them and forward them on to our development team for additional review.

(We want your experience in the Diablo III to be as fun as possible, so working on these issues is important to us. That also means we’re extremely grateful for any reports receive that can help us troubleshoot — so thank you to everyone who’s already posted!)

I wonder if some people don’t play that much and don’t notice boss mods and thus confuse Knockback or more likely Vortex for rubber banding? Sometimes a pack of champions with Vortex can yank you back in several times in a row, creating a (dangerous) game mechanic that can mimic a technical difficulty while being nothing of the sort.

This problem varies from person to person and as far as I can tell it’s got a lot more to do with your machine and internet connection than the game. I say that because had a ton of rubber banding issues in the Beta and right after launch, typically when I used Dashing Strike ” target=”_new”>Vault[iki] or Dashing Strike. The technical fixes over the months have made a big difference though, and I honestly couldn’t tell you the last time I saw more than .1 second rubber banding in an entire game, and my main is a Monk who uses Tempest Rush constantly. It used to happen a lot with Tempest Rush, but during the past few months I simply don’t see it anymore, and I’m using the skill for short bursts of movement hundreds of times per game.

Maybe I’m just the lucky one though, and everyone else is bouncing worse than ever? Share your experience in the comments.