Diablo III Videos (Trailer, Gameplay Footage)

You’ve no doubt already read up on it all by now, so give your brain a rest and soak up these three Diablo III clips. First, and above, is the game’s official trailer. After the jump, an artwork clip and, best of all, a 19-minute gameplay shakedown.

Blizzard Announces Diablo III

Well it’s official folks! You can all scream like little girls and then pass out from complete exhaustion as Blizzard officially announces Diablo III at the 2008 Worldwide Invitational. Mike Morhaime told the audience at the opening ceremonies that they had a special announcement to make, the lights dimmed, and a guitar player took [...]

Blizzard Splashwatch Day 5.5: The Runes Are A’Glowin

Looks like that image you folks were pouring into our tips email all day was indeed a fan-made fake! This is the latest Blizzard splash page, ice5andahalf.jpg, indicating that ice6.jpg is on its way, more than likely to coincide with this morning’s opening ceremonies of the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in Paris. The runes are [...]

Survey Leaks Guitar Hero IV Playable Rockers Including Hendrix, Ozzy, And Sting

An online survey that may have spilled the beans on the artist line-up for Rock Band 2 may have also given us a peek at what’s coming to Guitar Hero World Tour. According to details from an online survey forwarded to us by a second reader, Guitar Hero World Tour will feature playable digital versions [...]

Rock Band 2 To Get A Jolt Of AC/DC, Survey Says

Oft-requested Aussie rockers AC/DC may be one of the artists coming to Rock Band 2, according to details from an online survey forwarded to us by a reader. The survey boasted of “120 of the biggest rock anthems from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s” including “songs from gods of rock like AC/DC and [...]

Will Half-Life 2: Episode Three Be At E3? Valve Says ‘No’

According to E3.net and various excited internet reports, Half-Life 2: Episode Three will be making its debut appearance at E3, just a few weeks away. According to the site, it will also be joined by titles like Kid Icarus and Animal Crossing for Wii. That’d be great news, if E3.net were the official E3 site, [...]

Samba De Amigo Wii Maraca Controllers Appear

In our previous encounters with Sega, reps have told us that they were “thinking” about maraca controllers for the Wii version of Samba de Amigo. They’re “looking into it,” they say. Well, if this box art from UK retailer HMV is right, they’re pretty much a lock. Dug up by GoNintendo, the included maracas appear [...]

This Samsung Xbox 360 TV Looks Fake (But It’s Not A Bad Idea)

Earlier today, a tipster who wished to remain anonymous sent us the above pic, something he claimed was the Samsung “X-Series” LCD TV. According to the tipster, the television would be the “first on market” to integrate Xbox 360 hardware when it shipped this November in the United States and Europe. The TV was purported [...]

Was There A Better Way To Pitch A Lego: Transformers Game?

Failure was my middle name when I recently spoke to head of Traveller’s Tales, Jonathan Smith.
There I am chatting with him about the upcoming Lego: Batman game and suggesting that a Lego: Transformers game would be fun. He asks me, essentially, for an on-the-spot verbal pitch. As chronicled on my Multiplayer blog, I say
I [...]

Blizzard Splashwatch Day Five - Death Knights, Protoss, And Purple Penguins

Once again Blizzard completely screws with my sleep schedule! After a day of cursing under my breath at all of the people sending in photoshatted pictures of the damned Diablo II box art superimposed over yesterday’s splash, the latest splash image gives me the satisfaction of knowing all of it was in vain. This, [...]