Diablo retrospective and dev interviews for its 15th anniversary

Blizzard has put up a page on their battle.net site commemerating Diablo's 15th anniversary. Mosey on over there to check out the games history, as well as get some developer insight on the series future. There's also a timeline and several other videos including all of the Diablo II cut scenes. Yes, all of this will just make you jones for the game that much more, but they mention that the game is pretty much done already, so it shouldn't be much longer. Right? RIGHT?! 

RIFT dev diary highlights PvP

An integral part of MMO's nowadays is how the PvP is handled. When its done right it can add quite a bit to the game. Blizzard even made an e-sport out of the arena system they implemented in WoW. The devs over at Trion Worlds explain the different mechanics of their PvP and why PvP is handled uniquely in RIFT. From the sounds of it they will focus more on open world PvP, which is something WoW has been lacking since the inclusion of battlegrounds. Check the video after the break for all the details.

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GDC 2011 to Feature talks from Valve, Ubisoft, Blizzard and more

GDC 2011 is still a bit away, coming early March. But with the end of the year looming we can take a quick look at the recently announced talks that are scheduled for the conference. In regards to game design, Blizzard will be represented by Dustin Browder with 'Remaking a Classic: The Game Design of
Starcraft II' which will discuss the design process for this RTS, as well as the pros and cons of creating an e-sport game.

Continuing in the vein of game design, Matt Boch and Dean Tate of Harmonix will be discussing Dance Central with their 'The Design Process and Philosophy of Dance Central' lecture. Notably, this lecture will give some insight into the design process of creating a motion based game using the Kinect hardware.

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Dev Diary Cast - Episode 11 - Blizzcon Edition

This week we talk obviously about some of the Blizzcon announcements, little as they may be. We also talk a bit about Sonic 4, and... actually a lot of it is World of Warcraft and random things so make of that what you will. The music this week is from one of my personal favorites,Chrono Cross, and the remixers are as follows: Who Stole My Stars by Diggi Dis and Time's New Scar by gutzaplus.

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Blizzard reveals the Demon Hunter as fifth Diablo III class

Rounding out the list of champions with a bow user, Blizzard announced the Demon Hunter during the opening ceremony at Blizzcon. While a bit disappointing in the way of big news, the reveal of the Demon Hunter along with the reveal of WoW style arena pvp zones in Diablo III was the biggest news. Be sure to check the Demon Hunter-y action after in the reveal trailer after the break.

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World of Warcraft: Cataclysm locked in for December 7th

While not quite the November date most people were expecting, at least now everyone can stop wondering when they need to ask off of work for a week. Now if your not into the whole freezing you ass off in line with other geeks discussing WoW and umm let's say Reboot, you'll be able to obtain the game digitally at Blizzard's store. Of course if you want to donate more money to Blizzard you'll have to head out into the real world to pick up the $80 collector's edition. 

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm collector's edition announced

The collector's edition for Cataclysm will go for $80 whenever it comes out. The set includes: a 176 page art book, the Lil' Deathwing in-game pet, a behind the scenes DVD, the Cataclysm soundtrack, a Deathwing mouse pad and a starter deck from the Wrathgate series of the CCG. While all these things are well in good, the contents are pretty much identical from earlier WoW expansions.

Then again, you know you'll buy it, even though you don't play the CCG or anything like that. If your a WoW player that is. On a side note, I'll be surprised if this expansion doesn't include an authenticator. Click through for a full size version of the header image if you wanna see all the little text details.

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