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Eater of Vegetables

Pootster on reddit uploaded a picture of Larson the Strange which has a very strange byline.  It could be a reference to plants vs zombie which according to the latest Diablo development strategy will be the basis for the new combat system. Details are still unclear but I suspect they will announce it at this year’s Blizzcon.

  • Eater of Vegetables

… Oh wait, they cancelled Blizzcon 2012.

Steve Parker leaves Blizzard

Steve Parker, Senior Game Producer for Diablo 3 is leaving Blizzard. He announced this on twitter yesterday. Reasons for his departure are unknown but there doesn’t seem to be any animosity between him and the diablo team. Sometimes people just need a change of scenery.

Development Hell

It seems the developers of the Mooege educational project stumbled upon the location of the D3 development team. And i wholeheartedly agree.  The current development track is something unheard of in modern projects and for good reasons. Projects that constantly evolve outside the defined concepts tend to grow cumbersome and unfocused. So far things work well in the beta, can’t wait to try patch 10.

  • Development Hell

Systems Changes?

Well everybody and their grandmother were already hyping the release of Diablo 3 when Jay Wilson decided drop a nuke on the whole community. A great deal of core concepts have been changed up to a point were people went WTF? When I read it the first time I checked to see whether it was April Fools, but it’s not.

  •  Removed all three artifacts
  • Added town portal
  • Dedicated potion button
  • Mystic removed
  • Whites no longer salvageable
  • Character Stats changes
  • And several others that have yet to be disclosed

So Diablo release is seemingly miles away and things seem to be falling apart. The changes made are at the core of Diablo and will turn it into a completely different game.