Albion Online: Roadmap to Closed Beta Released
Sandbox Interactive, developers of sandbox MMORPG Albion Online, have concluded their 4-week Summer Alpha event and released some impressive player participation and activity stats:
Diablo III Hardcore, or, Am I Mad?
I’ve been playing more Diablo III this week, with a Barbarian who is great fun to play, wading into packs of enemies, and so much tougher than the Demon Hunter that it may as well be a different game. Of course the various patches and tweaks have helped, but there’s more interesting loot drops too.. three Legendary items in my trip through Normal. Though I died to Belial (not getting out of his mess quickly enough), I managed Diablo with ease, unlike when I met him with my Demon Hunter. (more…)
Legendary Pants
I completed Diablo III a while back, with a Demon Hunter.. and played around a little in Nightmare mode. I remember being frustrated because I had to resort to the Auction House: I wasn’t able to take on Diablo in the gear I’d found or crafted along the way. The loot drops were poor, and crafting was just too expensive and too hit-and-miss in terms of the magic effects. When you have to craft four or five pairs of boots to get a pair with your primary stat, that’s not fun.
World-First Diablo III HC Inferno Clear Confirmed
Blizzard have confirmed the world-first Diablo III Hardcore Inferno Clear, which was completed prior to the 1.0.3 patch. Canadian gamer Kripp was playing a Barbarian, and had help from a Wizard friend, Krippi.
He’s uploaded the video of their fight with Diablo, from the Barbarian’s perspective: and it’s a long fight!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaDA7GxAtXM] (more…)