Saturday, June 28, 2008

And in the end... (two bits of blizzard news)

It was a Diablo 3 announcement. Well, probably best not to listen to me ever again. To sum up, Diablo 3 is coming out, it looks a lot like Diablo 2 and if you care about Diablo right about now you will be going mental with joy. If you don't, you'll probably be feeling a wee bit disappointed. Still, Blizzard make awesome games, so expect Diablo 3 to carry on that tradition. The game was demoed at the Worldwide Invitational in Paris this morning, and pics, videos and all sorts of other things can be found right here. Fingers crossed for a Lost Vikings redux next.

In other Blizzard news, the company have introduced a new security device for World of Warcraft, a sort of key chain that creates a user specific code every time you log into the game, meaning only someone with the key chain can access your profile. It's an extra level of security over the usual Username and Password but, inevitably, you have to pay for the device. Whether or not it'll catch on remains to be seen, but a move towards physical security devices for use on the internet is an intriguing one.