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Blizzard has said new Diablo III purchasers will no longer be limited to Act One of the game, something noted in the latest patch for the RPG.

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Just over a week since the release of patch 1.03, Blizzard has pushed out a small incremental update for Diablo III.

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Blizzard has said new Diablo III players who purchase the game digitally will be restricted to the Act I of the RPG for the first 72 hours at the most.

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Blizzard is handing out refunds to players of Diablo III in South Korean over server issues stemming from Error 37. The firm’s refund policy originally allow for returns of a game already used, but South Korean law guarantees refunds of products within seven days; therefore, the firm had to comply. Players under level 40 can apply for a refund starting June 25 and until July 3, and going forward, those who are level 20 and below can obtain a refund within two weeks of purchase date. Those above level 40 are out of luck. Last month, the Korean Fair Trade Commission steeped into Blizzard’s Seoul offices to investigate after numerous claims were filed against the firm. Via WSJ.

Diablo III community manager, Bashiok, has confirmed the world’s first Diablo III completion on Inferno difficulty with a Hardcore player. Video – with potential spoilers – through the break.

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Users have reported a new glitch introduced with Diablo III’s patch 1.0.3, but an easy solution is available.

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In the Americas, Diablo III is currently being readied for patch 1.0.3. In Europe the patch maintenance will start in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday June 20 and finishing around midday, while in Asia it will take place after that. Global Play will not be available on servers in regions that have not yet been patched. Head inside for a handy guide.

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Blizzard believes it has finished stomping the European server issues raised during Diablo III’s troubled launch.

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Cowen analyst Doug Creutz has said Diablo III sold 1 million units at retail during May in the US. Citing NPD figures, Creutz said Max Payne 3 and Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier both sold 400,000 units each, which is 200,000 units below what the firm estimated for each title. Despite the lower than predicted sales, both titles were the best-selling console titles at retail for the month. Thanks, Gamasutra.

Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Television wants to ban gaming bots which gather resources in gaming, as well as the ability for players to trade and farm virtual items.

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Steve Gibson, vice president of Borderlands 2 developer Gearbox, has told VG247 he doesn’t believe real-money auction houses for action-RPGs – such as the one just implemented in Diablo III – are possible on consoles.

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Runic boss Max Schaefer has said Blizzard originally intended to develop Diablo III as an MMO. Speaking with Games.on.net, Schaefer, who was the executive producer on Diablo and Diablo II, also said he was rather pleased when he found out the studio would be implementing always-online and auction houses into the game. “[Runic] already decided we were kinda going the opposite way with that, ” he said, “so when they came out with those announcements it was good for us because we could draw some distinctions between the two games.” According to Schaefer, pre-sales of Torchlight II on Steam went up 40% the day Diablo III released, and have remained steady.

Blizzard has said Diablo III’s real-money auction house will launch this Friday, June 15. The date was announced in an in-game notification, which originally stated it would launch on June 13 – the same day as the US. Thanks, Eurogamer.

Hey, you know how Diablo III’s Auction House is live? That patch which enabled that also includes a couple of tweaks and bug fixes, most notably that “if the authentication service is busy, the login checkbox will now wait at ‘Authenticating Credentials’ until a player’s login attempt can be processed. As a result, players should no longer encounter Error 37 when logging in”. Farewell, Error 37! We loved hated you. More details on Battle.net. [image]

So remember how Blizzard said it would begin issuing Diablo III bans “in the near future”? Thousands of players have already experienced this firsthand.

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Although not every currency is up and running at time of writing, Blizzard has opened the doors on the Diablo III Auction House.

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Games.On.Net is reporting that Blizzard has removed multi-language support for the Russian version of Diablo III via a patch.

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Blizzard would like to remind cheaters that you can be permanently banned from the game if you get caught – and since we’re talking always-on DRM, that is a serious threat.

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Blizzard will update Diablo III specifically to support Apple’s newly announced, Retina display-equipped MacBook Pros.

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Blizzard has announced that in preparation for the launch of the Diablo III real-money auction house, it has made some changes to account-security measures required to use Battle.net Balance.

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