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Diablo III

Game » consists of 5 releases. First released on May 15, 2012

Diablo III returns to the world of Sanctuary twenty years after the events of Diablo II with a new generation of heroes that must defeat the demonic threat from Hell.

Concepts

A.I. Companion

An AI companion is a computer-controlled ally who follows and aids you through your adventures or who requires your protection. The AI companion's survival is often essential to game and story progression.
Achievements

Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
Angel

The lowest of all the angelic orders, angels are tasked with delivering God's messages to humans in addition to being personal guardians. Angel has also become a generic term for any such kind of heavenly being.
Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
Attributes

Attributes are a numerical representation of a character's abilities who have their roots in RPGs. Today, attributes have spilled over to a wide range of game genres.
Auction House

An Auction House is a place where people can go to buy or sell items they have found or crafted.
Audio Logs

Audio logs are short voice recordings that a player comes across within a game that helps inform the player of the game's story and characters.
Barbarian Protagonist

Games centred around Barbarians. A barbarian is usually recognised by his/her long flowy hair, loincloth and animal skins, lack of clothes and sword (not the same as cavemen).
Barbarians

Barbarians in games are often known for their brute strength, large size compared to normal humans, appetite for meat and ale, general crudeness, and prowess in melee combat.
Battle.net

Launched by Blizzard in 1997, this service provides a solid online foundation to Blizzard's franchises such as the Diablo, StarCraft and WarCraft series. As a constantly evolving service, a new version, Battle.net 2.0, was released in 2010 with the release of Starcraft 2.
Blacksmith

A blacksmith is someone who forges iron and steel to create new items. They are common vendors of weapons and other metallic objects in fantasy RPGs.
Blood Splatter

When blood will splash textures on walls or floors and even roofs.
Blunt Weapons

Bats, hammers, wrenches, maces, staves, or even brass knuckles. These are weapons intended for blunt trauma rather than cutting or slicing.
Book Tie-in

Games that are based upon books or novels.
Burrowing Enemies

Some enemies like to take you by surprise.
Capitalism

Capitalism is an economic theory that supports private property and financial gain.
Character Screen

Games which feature characters who have an accessible character screen which might include their stats / abilites / inventory etc.
Chin Down, Eyes Up

The new badass way to look, as seen on 90% of hit video game covers.
Classes

Classes are different archetypes and playstyles that players can choose to play their game with.
Clear Save

Allows the player to continue playing - even though they have finished the game. This allows the completion of unfinished side-quests or the results of the player's victory in the world to be seen.
Color-Coded Loot

A common concept in RPGs and MMOs, color-coded loot is a concept where the quality/rarity of loot items are defined by a series of colors.
Commerce

Trading systems allow players to trade items, money and other objects between each other.
Controversy

Video game controversy revolves around the psychological effects that video games with graphic violence or sexual content in them can have on players. Other sources of controversy can range from video game addiction in general to specific issues such as ethnicity, gender, politics, or religion.
Cooperative Play

Cooperative play in games allows humans to play together as a team to accomplish a task. Instead of playing against a human opponent, the team must defeat an AI.
Corruption

The act of a noble, just, or otherwise good or heroic figure becoming evil through either external manipulation or an internal shift in beliefs or desires.
Cowardly Enemies

Enemies who don't fight fair or flee when they're running low on health. Examples include Boos from Super Mario and those pesky goblins from Dark Messiah.
Crafting

Crafting allows players to create their own items with the correct ingredients. It is used mainly in MMOs and RPGs.
Currency

Currency has all forms in video games. It is used to buy characters, vehicles, weapons, and more.
Customizable Characters

Some games let players customize their character (or characters). Degree of customization may vary, with some games simply allowing to choose between different types of clothes, while others provide more detailed tinkering of features such as the distance between a character's eyes or hair color.
Damage Numbers

A specific number that briefly floats above an enemy after an attack which displays the exact amount of damage the attack has done.

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5/5 Stars

The first Diablo game in over a decade is also one of the most insidiously satisfying loot treadmills in almost as long.

By Brad Shoemaker

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Game details

Name	Diablo III
First release date	May 15, 2012
Platform	Mac PlayStation 3 PC PlayStation 4
Developer	Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher	Blizzard Entertainment
Genre	Action Strategy Role-Playing
Theme	Horror Fantasy
Franchises	Diablo
Aliases	D3, DIII, Diablo 3

Specific release details

Release Date	May 15, 2012
Rating	ESRB: M
Supported Resolutions	N/A
Surround Sound	N/A
Widescreen Support	No
Features Camera support Voice control Motion control Driving wheel (native) Flightstick (native) PC gamepad (native) Head tracking (native)
Multiplayer Local co-op LAN co-op Online co-op Local competitive LAN competitive Online competitive Local splitscreen Online splitscreen Pass and play Voice chat Asynchronous multiplayer