So Diablo III launched last night in North America, Europe, and Latin America. Something like 2 million people pre-ordered it. Of course, the Blizzard servers had a hard time keeping up with the pent-up demand. A lot of us think there should have been more testing, but I’m actually just wanting to talk about the internet connection DRM requirements.
Month: May 2012
Trying to Get Into Diablo III? Maintenance Time
This is the latest bulletin:
1:55 p.m. PDT – Starting at approximately 2:15 p.m. PDT, we will be bringing Diablo III servers in the Americas offline for urgent maintenance to address several issues that are impacting the game. We anticipate that maintenance will last for about an hour and that servers will be available at approximately 3:30 p.m. PDT. We will provide further updates as they are necessary. Thank you for your patience.
PC Gamer Posts Torchlight 2 Class Videos
Torchlight II, an upcoming action and roleplaying game for Macs and PCs, with elements of steampunk and fantasy, features four classes, the Outlander, the Embermage, the Engineer, and the Berserker. PC Gamer has put together videos on all four of them.
Rovio’s Angry Birds Follow-Up – Amazing Alex
The follow-up to Rovio’s Angry Birds has been announced, via Finnish website Yle. It’s called “Amazing Alex”, and it’s based on the Casey’s Contraptions games, which Rovio recently purchased, and will be out in two months. Like Angry Birds, it’ll be a puzzle/strategy game, and like Angry Birds, there will probably be a Mac OS X version of Amazing Alex.
Tomb Raider: Underworld for Mac – May 31, 2012
Yesterday, Feral Interactive announced another port of a popular game – Tomb Raider: Underworld will be avaialble for Mac gamers later this month (May 31st) for $25. The hardware requirements are not too bad, and she fights tigers and shards. What else needs to be said?
Republique Kickstarter – Down to the Final Hour
A few weeks ago I told you about Republique and its Kickstarter project. It’s down to the final hour, and it has met its goals, and upped the ante for this horror/action/survival game from Camouflaj! Remember, a pledge of $15 or more will get you a Mac OS X copy of this game.