Gaming & Culture
Diablo III’s real money auction house, which in case you’re just joining us refers to a place you can use actual cash to buy and sell in-game equipment, has been delayed again, and this time Blizzard isn’t saying when it’ll be ready.
For the first 20 levels or so, Diablo III is like skiing down a gently sloping hill, one you’d label whatever comes before “green” at an actual resort. I’ve been worried about this for 20 levels now. I’ve also been a little bored.
Surprise, Diablo III sold to the moon and back since its release last week on Tuesday, May 15, says developer/publisher Blizzard in so many words. In fact the company says more than 3.5 million people picked up a copy of its action-roleplaying trilogy closer during the game’s first 24 hours on sale, which would make it the fastest selling PC game of all time.
I’d rather talk about playing Diablo III, but since I’m working on a poky-band smartphone connection that makes playing much of anything online a lurching debacle, let’s talk about Diablo III‘s always-on requirement, or digital rights management, or hacker-repellent — or just “Blizzard’s albatross,” as I’m sure some of you would rather it be called.
“Has anyone heard whether Diablo III‘s out yet?” I had to double-check myself, spying that on a message board earlier this week. Blizzard’s chthonic action roleplaying game actually arrived on Tuesday, May 15, as expected, but you wouldn’t know it, given the dearth of media hullabaloo.
These six games will capture kids’ attention with their sheer fun factor, all the while encouraging creativity, socializing, and learning.
Have a spare vacation day? Good, because tomorrow, May 15, is the day that two eagerly awaited sequels are being released: Diablo III and Max Payne 3. Let’s take a look at each one and help you decide whether either one (or both) are worth your hard-earned money.
Before Halo and Call of Duty, there was Wolfenstein 3D. It practically invented the first-person shooter genre back in 1992 and today it’s celebrating its 20th birthday with a free in-browser version of the game.
You’ll have to wait a little longer to visit BioShock Infinite‘s theocratic dystopia-in-the-sky: Creative lead Ken Levine says the company has decided to push back the release to February 26, 2013 in order to “give our talented team the time they need.”
Minecraft for Xbox 360 is finally out this week, but one thing it won’t have at launch is mod support, so here’s a list of the 10 best reasons — including werewolves, explosives, backpacks, lasers and tornadoes — to keep playing Minecraft on your trusty PC.
Jason Oda’s “Perfect Strangers: Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now” is perfect. In 70 seconds, the video game sums up what it felt like to watch this classic ’80s sitcom–at least to my nostalgia-addled brain.
