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You’ll need good co-op buddies if you want to get the most out of Diablo III’s highest difficulty setting, and Blizzard is prepared to support your quest. The developer will introduce a player profile system on its forums, allowing you to check out each other’s equipment and achievements. The system launches just after the game which comes out on Tuesday. More details here.

Thanks, GameSpy.

Blizzard has said there is an issue with the German and EU English versions of Diablo III’s digital install downloader causing it skip some necessary files. Those who pre-downloaded the digital version of the game in these languages before 10.00am CEST (9:00 AM GMT) today, will need to get the new downloader in order to install the game properly once it’s released on May 15. For instructions and links to the new downloaders, hit up Battle.net.

Blizzard’s Jay Wilson has said Diablo III’s development team implemented the Auction house into the game because players like to trade for real money, and now they won’t have to do it outside the game anymore.

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Activision-Blizzard has posted better-than-expected 2012 financial results for Q1 FY12, and noted the Call of Duty franchise had 40 million monthly active users as of the end of March – compared to Battlefield 3′s 6.2 million MAU.

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Blizzard has released the Dibalo III short Diablo III: Wrath which details the Eternal Conflict between angels and demons. The short was directed by Peter Chung and animated by Titmouse. It’s below. Game’s out May 15.

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Blizzard considered getting well-known actors in for Diablo III’s voice overs, but had to give up due to prohibitive costs.

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If the idea of a non-isometric game bearing the Diablo game fills you with horror and outrage, you’re not alone; the game’s director is right on board.

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When Blizzard tested Diablo III’s Inferno difficulty, it ran detailed testing to ensure it found an appropriate challenge level – and then threw that data straight out the window in favour of turning the dial all the way up.

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Stern Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia expects Actvision-Blizzard’s Q1 FY12 financial results, which will be reported on May 9, to be in line with street expectations and feels the firm’s Diablo III will be a potential catalyst for the firm’s stock pricing. Speaking in an industry note, Bhatia said with that even with Diablo III “releasing after a gap of 12 years,” it has the “potential to sell more than 4 million units life-time, including 3.5 million units this year.” The analyst noted Diablo II had sold 4 million units by August 2001 within 14 months of its release in June 2010.

Likely the game will sell extremely well, and we expect many people to call in sick to work come May 15.

Blizzard has announced a Global Play feature for Diablo III which will allow you to play online with your buddies no matter which region they reside in due to region-free servers.

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A series of Diablo III class reveal trailers winds up with the Wizard.

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The TV wants to sell you Diablo III, but why go to all the bother of lifting your eyes from the laptop to the widescreen when we have the latest commercial right here?

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BradyGames announced the Diablo 3 strategy guide in both a Signature and Limited Edition series. Get the goods on each below courtesy of GameFront.

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Blizzard has announced several, global launch events for the release Diablo III which kick off on the evening of May 14.

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At lot of you tried out, or tried to try out Diablo 3 over the weekend. There were so many of you, that log-in issues, trying to creating or join games, and chat problems were reported. According to Blizzard’s community manager, the beta saw 300,000 concurrent users; however, the total number of users is unknown at this point but the firm said it was “a lot.” Hopefully, those who played are ready to start all over again come May 15, because according to the firm “nothing from beta carries over to retail… characters will be wiped,” and all achievements earned during the beta were “there just to test out the achievement system.” Buck up little barbarian: there’s only four more weeks to go, counting the rest of this week.

The latest Diablo III hero spotlight is shining directly onto the shadowy Witch Doctor, exposing this murky figure to the cold, hard light of scrutiny and really laboured analogies. Just watch it.

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If there weren’t enough reasons to move to Canada (public health care, maple syrup, the entirety of Quebec), this steelbook case for Diablo III is the period at the end of the immigration forms.

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Blizzard has released a new class video, this time it delves into what make the Monk so special. These reclusive, holy warriors have been honing their bodies for years in order to become “weapons of righteousness” to become a weapon “of the gods themselves.” You can find out more on the Monk class below. Blizzard has also announced the beta will end on May 1 to prepare for the game’s launch on May 15.

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In the latest Diablo III developer diary, the team discusses the satisfaction of getting Battle.net community features in place in the weeks leading up to alpha testing.

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Blizzard has released a developer diary featuring Diablo III director Jay Wilson, art director Christian Lichtner, and lead software engineer Jason Regier discussing the various stages and state of Diablo III development. It is around the 5 minute mark and posted below. Game’s out on May 15 for Mac and PC.

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