The game is incredible! This is what I can tell after 15-16 hours of playing. The graphics, the animations, the mood of the game are so awesome, that it deserves to be a third part of a legendary tilogy. And of course it's not for kids.

Blizzard was right when they said: you will die ... we promise!

In low gear of course it might happen that you die on normal, but fun starts on nightmare. Without defensive skills and proper cooperation, the rare monsters can kick your a** easily.

I am playing a barbarian with high amount of Hitpoints, a shield, and passive skills that increase armor, and some rare bosses can bring down 50% of my hitpoints with one single blow. Blizz made a fantastic work with the skills, all of them are useful but of course finding the best combos means the mastering of your class. Below there is a list about the skills that helped me a lot:

• Revenge - Fills back your life based on the damage you cause. It's fantastic when you are surrounded by bigger mob packs.
• Ground Stomp - It's awesome when you stun 6-10 mobs.
• Leap - jumping out from the fight is one thing, but jumping in makes sense, as you can blow away the enemy (you can even save friends with a nice landing).
• Ignore Pain - Fantastic skill, that reduces the incoming damage for a short time. I always use it against bosses.
• Furious Charge - This is a very fun skill, it can also save life.
• War Cry - You can be an important member of the team if you increase the armor all your party members.
• Earthquake - Just drop it down under a big mob pack or a boss, and watch the result :)

... that's for today guys, see you later.

Sixteen years after Diablo 1, twelve years after Diablo 2, and almost four years after the announcement, ... finally the judgement day has come.

This day, in three hours we will be able to play with the most awaited game of history (not counting Barbie Fashion Style)! We will start our first Barbarian, Demon Hunter, Monk, Witch Doctor or Wizard, who will reach level 14 and go beyond the Skeleton King.

Our mates at DiabloExpressions have increased the capacity of the Ventrilo server to 300 to be prepared for the launch. Beside that the guilds on Diablo-Guilds are already collecting their members to raid Hell itself! Join Us on both sites!

Some of you will play the game continuously for 10-20 hours after the release, so please be cautious, and care about your health.

• Drink enough (and not just coke or juice ... drink water!)
• Eat enough (eating is the only real source of energy)
• Stand up from the computer for 5-10 minutes per hour and walk around the room
• Don't take anti-sleeping pills (it's unhealthy and makes no sense on the long term)

... and do not forget! If you need to sh*t, call your mom!

Maybe this was not expexcted during the recent years, but it seems Blizzard is really planning to create a very serious support and content site for Diablo III. The next proof of this was the latest article about the upcoming Character Profiler. This new feature will be released "shortly after the release".

In addition, there was a very important sentence in the article:

On Monday, May 14, you’ll be able to browse an updated Items section, which will include Legendary and Set items, as well as some specific hand-crafted items.

This means we can trigger our crawler soon to update our detailed Diablo III item database. Cool!

SUMMARY VIDEO: If you haven't followed the news about Diablo 3 in the last 3-4 years, then this summary is for you.

We became aware of an issue affecting the previously available German and EU English versions of the digital install downloader for Diablo III, which would not download all the necessary files. If you've pre-downloaded the digital version of the game in these languages before 10:00 AM CEST (9:00 AM GMT) on Saturday May 12, you must obtain the new downloaders to be able to install properly once the game is released on May 15. We apologize for the inconvenience, and ask that you please let friends and acquaintances know so they can begin downloading the working installer that's now available.

1. Obtain the new Diablo III digital downloader using the links below
2. Point the download save at the same directory as before
3. If you chose the correct directory only 50MB will need to be downloaded to fix your install, otherwise you'll re-download the entire ~7.6GB

New EU English Installer
New EU English Installer (Mac)
New German Installer
New German Installer (Mac)

Whether you repair your previous install or download the entire game again, it's necessary to use this new downloader to install and play the game when it launches.

Before the launch, we have received a new wallpaper from Blizz. The image of the cathedral can be found here.

Thanks to the fans of Diablo III, 100% of the dark secrets has been revealed on the Diablo III launch site. This means we have access now to a short, but fantastic, awesome, unbelievable video, which is a co-production of Blizzard Entertainment and animation studio Titmouse (with director Peter Chung). Enjoy the movie!

Jay Wilson is testing the game on harder modes for some months, so he surely can give us some good hints how to survive and beat the game on Inferno Mode. And finally, a new video came out related to the topic.

Of course it's already visible, which skills have a high chance to increase our survivability, but that's not enough. Nice single-target dps is as much necessay, as powerful AoE (area of effect) combos. We will see in one week. Jeeee!!!!!

Blizzard has posted an article about the upcoming animation with the title: "Diablo III: Wrath". The full video will be available, when the comeplte Diablo III launch site is unlocked and the counter reaches 100%. Until that, let's watch the behind the scenes video.

Our movie afternoon has not finished for today, as IGN had submitted a short video, that summarizes the Diablo lore in 5 minutes.

If you do not wish to see any spoilers, please don't watch this video on EW.com (Entertainment Weekly). A lot of fans were expecting something like this, but it's still shocking.

IGN released the last class spotlight video today, introducing the Wizard. We can see really nice action in the video as usual, showing the Wizard annihilating huge packs of monsters. The Archon spell must be awesome!