In Real Life

‘Hacker’ Asked For Microsoft’s Help Breaking Into Call Of Duty Creator’s Emails

According to a report from Robert Schwartz, the lawyer currently representing Call of Duty creators Jason West and Vince Zampella in their big case against Activision, the notorious “Project Icebreaker” sounds even crazier than we first thought.


PC

Blizzard: Number Of Players Claiming Hacked Diablo III Accounts ‘Extremely Small’

In addition to launch-time connectivity woes, Diablo III has also been hit with claims of hacked accounts and missing items, adding a layer of confusion and worry to an already confusing, worrisome launch.


PlayStation

So Why Are There Dinosaurs On Pre-Earth Cybertron? Blame Shockwave

In the original Transformers cartoon, Grimlock and the Dinobots are created by Wheeljack and Ratchet after volcanic activity unearthed prehistoric fossils near the Autobot base. High Moon Studios’ explanation for the Dinobots appearance in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron makes a whole lot more sense.


May 24, 2012
PC

How Diablo III’s Always-On Internet Requirement Makes It A Better Game

Last week’s rough launch of Diablo III neatly illustrated the biggest problem with the game’s ‘always-on’ internet requirement. It was a reminder that consumers have lost a portion of their ownership of the game, that we no longer have complete control even over whether or not our game will start.


News

Activision-Bungie Contract Has Rules About Everything, Even Easter Eggs

The ongoing legal saga between Activision and former Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vincent Zampella continues to bring all sorts of once-secret documents to light. We already learned that Bungie’s 2010 contract with Activision guarantees the delivery of four “sci-fantasy” shooter games, called Destiny. But what other details are hiding in that 27-page contract?


PC

My Entire Diablo III Play Through In Under Five Minutes

Last week I played through the entire story of Diablo III with my Demon Hunter. It took me some 15 hours. Now you can watch the entire thing a little over four and a half minutes.


PC

Diablo III Shatters PC Sales Records

Kotaku AU

Well the numbers are all in. Apparently is seems as though Diablo III has becomes the fastest selling PC game of all time, shifting 3.5 million units in the first 24 hours of its release.


PC

The Four Best Diablo III Errors You’ll Never Get

Error 37. Error 3003. Error 84. After waiting 12 years to play Diablo III, your game might be throwing up all kinds of errors.


PC

Diablo III Sales Were Awesome, But Blizzard Isn’t Sure How Awesome

Blizzard wants to brag about how well Diablo III sold at launch. And they’re throwing a lot of numbers out there.


May 23, 2012
In Real Life

Even Activision Executives Joked That StarCraft II Was Never Coming Out

StarCraft was released in 1998. By 2010, three years after it had first been revealed, StarCraft II still wasn’t out. If you thought it was understandable that fans were wondering if it was ever actually going to come out, it’s pretty funny seeing even Activision’s top executives thinking the same thing.