Daily news from Diabloii.Net http://www.diabloii.net 2008-05-12T01:00:02+01:00 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.diabloii.net Flux http://www.diabloii.net/n/657224/what-makes-an-action-rpg The RPG Vault has [URL="http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/870/870952p1.html"]posted a nice article[/URL] by Blizzard North founder and Diablo creator Max Schaefer, in which he discusses what makes an RPG, an ARPG, and where Diablo fit into that metric. [QUOTE]I was fortunate enough to work on all the games in the Diablo series, a title that is today most commonly considered an action RPG. The arguments about how to classify it were strangely heated, with some people insisting that it was a fu.. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.diabloii.net Flux http://www.diabloii.net/n/657220/new-wiki-help-forum Following in the wake of the new [URL="http://www.diabloii.net/wiki"]Diablo wiki[/URL] comes an even newer [URL="http://forums.diabloii.net/forumdisplay.php?f=127"]wiki support forum[/URL]. If you've got questions about the wiki, need technical assistance, want to find out how and where you can help, or just want to chat about all the wikitastic power now at your fingertips, this is the place to do it. It's also a place to find out what's being worked on for future wiki content, and I've made [U.. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.diabloii.net Rushster http://www.diabloii.net/n/657069/blizzard-office-tour-movies This week we dropped by Blizzard's offices to check out the WoW expansion, and while we were there we took a tour of their new HQ. We have two movies showing the office tour as well as a trip around the new Blizzard museum which has all sorts of Diablo goodies on show. [LIST] [*][URL="http://www.worldofwar.net/wowtv/media/260/Blizzard_Office_Tour_May_2008/"]View the office tour movie[/URL] [*][URL="http://www.worldofwar.net/wowtv/media/258/Blizzard_Museum_Walkabout_May_2008/"]View the Bliz.. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.diabloii.net Rushster http://www.diabloii.net/n/656180/forums-upgraded-with-new-stuff As part of our continual site revamp we have upgraded the [URL="http://forums.diabloii.net"]forums[/URL] which has added a few new bells and whistles with additonal social-networking type features and other tweaks we hope everyone appreciates. If you're a regular forum user (we know some of you have been here for around a decade plus ;), then you'll spot the changes pretty quickly. Enjoy the new features folks. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.diabloii.net Elly http://www.diabloii.net/n/654087/activision-blizzards-ceo-bobby-kotick-interview Another new [URL="http://www.portfolio.com/executives/features/2008/04/10/Interview-With-Activision-CEO"]interview with Activision Blizzard's CEO Bobby Kotick[/URL] has appeared on Portfolio.com where he answers more questions on the Vivendi/Activision merger which was announced last December. Here's a primer... [QUOTE]In 1990, Bobby Kotick bought 25 percent of failing videogame maker Activision for $440,000, with financing from his mentor, casino king Steve Wynn. Since then, the company has be.. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.diabloii.net Rushster http://www.diabloii.net/n/653683/diablo-3-evidence-so-far The [URL="http://forums.diabloii.net/forumdisplay.php?f=121"]Diablo 3 forums[/URL] have been a hotbed of action this week and people are now scouring for evidence of the Diablo 3 announcement in this [URL="http://www.diabloii.net/wiki/Diablo_3"]forum thread[/URL]. You can of course add your own thoughts and evidence in the thread so feel free to do so. Blizzard keep really tight-lipped about upcoming games so it's been rather fun watching the online investigations by rabid fans. Much of the e.. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.diabloii.net Rushster http://www.diabloii.net/n/652845/should-diablo-3-be-an-mmo While rumours run rife about a Diablo 3 announcement at this year's WWI, there has been much discussion here on whether Diablo 3 should actually be an MMO like WoW. The recent on-going poll in the [URL="http://forums.diabloii.net/forumdisplay.php?f=121"]Diablo 3 forum[/URL] suggests that fans would rather it was not an MMO. The monthly fee is what puts people off the idea but this thread by Drixx [URL="http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?t=651998"]gives a run-down[/URL] on why it may be th.. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.diabloii.net Rushster http://www.diabloii.net/n/652115/site-revamped Welcome everyone to the new look Diabloii.Net. We worked out that it's been about 10 years since the site had a make-over, yes it's been that long! Elly, Flux, Wuushu and myself have been working hard these past few weeks to bring everything up to speed on the site and you'll notice a few changes. Diabloii.Net has had so much Diablo content over the years that it made sense to finally get all the content you guys are using into a [URL="http://www.diabloii.net/wiki"]Wiki[/URL]. This means that .. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.diabloii.net Rushster http://www.diabloii.net/n/651842/vivendi-activision-merger-approved Vivendi and Activision have been given the green light by The European Commission to merge it has been revealed today. Although the deal was announced back in December, the two companies still had to get approval for the merger in the EU and get through all the red-tape. The merger gives Vivendi a 52 percent stake in a new Activision Blizzard setup which has an annual revenue of $3.8 billion. The Commission said for "all categories of game software, the combined firm would continue to face.. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.diabloii.net Rushster http://www.diabloii.net/n/651840/diablo-3-info-page On the back of our shiny new [URL="http://forums.diabloii.net/forumdisplay.php?f=121"]DIII forum[/URL] Flux has gathered together all the Diablo 3 info going back to 2000. It should keep you straight on which rumour surfaced when and who said what and how much nudge, nudge, wink, wink was involved. You'll find some pretty impressive fake DIII artwork too. If there's anything missing feel free to add it, if you are a [URL="http://forums.diabloii.net/register.php"]site member[/URL] you can edit t..