With the successful kick off of our Friends & Family Beta for Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, we've invited a limited number of friends, family, active players, and influential community members to help us test the upcoming expansion. Unlike any other Friends & Family Beta test we've performed in the past, participants are not required […]

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Now that the Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Friends and Family Beta is live, there are plenty of choices when it comes to how you get the juicy details on the upcoming expansion. We think it’s a great time to ask you, the community, about your favorite Diablo III news sites and streamers! Why are […]

We recently revealed that we’ll be heading to DreamHack Winter 2013, which runs from November 28 to December 1 in Jönköping, Sweden. As promised, here are details on some of the exciting activities we’re organizing during the event. Those of you watching all the fun unravel from home can also take part! Play Hearthstone, Reaper […]

The Diablo® III: Reaper of Souls™ Friends and Family Beta is now underway! In the past, participants in this particular phase of public testing usually only include friends and relatives of Blizzard employees. With Reaper of Souls, however, we've decided to buck that trend and extend invites to valued media contacts and key members of […]

Last week, over 20,000 Diablo III players world-wide participated in our "Choose Your Theme" poll. This was the second poll we've held for the "Design a Legendary" project, one that would ultimately determine the visual look and theme of the Legendary one-handed sword we're designing. Here are the results: Caldeum: 1.7% Westmarch: 9.2% Serpent: 2.8% […]

Malthael has descended on BlizzCon® 2013 and the chill of death is already creeping its way through the convention halls, carrying whispers of Adventure Mode, Pandemonium, Crusaders, and more. Whether you're following along at home, tuning in with the Virtual Ticket, or happen to be on-site bustling between panels and demos, you definitely won't want […]

Many courageous Nephalem have answered destiny’s call and slaughtered thousands of demons since we first announced that the Prime Evil would be returning to Sanctuary on the PlayStation® 3. Now, it’s time to begin a new journey on a brand new platform. From these hallowed halls of BlizzCon® 2013, we’re excited to reveal that Acts […]

The world of Sanctuary is about to get a whole lot bigger. . . Introducing: Adventure Mode In Diablo® III's upcoming expansion, Reaper of Souls™, players will have the opportunity to choose between two different modes whenever creating a new game: Campaign Mode and Adventure Mode. Campaign Mode In Campaign Mode, players reprise their pivotal […]

Now that we've decided what kind of Legendary weapon we're creating (a one-handed sword), it's time to move onto the next stage of design: visual theming. What do we mean by visual theming? In Diablo III, we love to give hero armor and weapons a specific signature, or theme. This theme is the aesthetic thread […]