You’ll need an iTunes account to download it, but the Diablo III Overture is now free on the iTunes store, helping all of us through this difficult period in our lives where we don’t have Diablo III.
The track is an orchestral…something. Overture is definitely the best term, but it doesn’t inspire visions of the dark lord of terror taking control of the world (and my right index finger) again, which is pretty sadface.
It seems that the people at Blizzard have taken a liking to shying away from Diablo traditions. First, Blizzard upset hardcore fans by changing the art style in Diablo III. Now the lead designer has revealed that the gender issue was a major undertaking for the D3 team.
Personally I don’t have a problem with a gender choice. I usually choose to play a female character because I’m too insecure with my sexuality to stare at a man wearing bear skins for hours on end. Now I can finally branch out to a class other than Amazon, Sorceress or Assassin.
What do you guys think? Leave a comment with your reaction to this change.
Jeff Kaplan, World of Warcraft designer, said: “Your ‘WoW’ score would be just one factor that will go into your Blizzard Level. And rather than call it a ’score,’ we just wanted it to be like you’re leveling up on Blizzard games… You’ll have this Blizzard identity, and you’ll be able to see things like ‘Oh, this guy was great at Diablo III, but he never played Starcraft and he was mediocre in WoW. That sort of thing.”
This is a great idea. The only issue I have with it is that Blizzard’s games are already addictive. Now with achievements I think they surpass cigarettes and are on par with heroin.
It’s been a long time coming, but I’m ready. I’m never going to leave my house again once this game comes out.
I am, of course, speaking of Diablo III. Blizzard has just announced the title at the WorldWide Invitational held in Paris. Speculation was rampant in the weeks heading up to the event, but no one was really certain until early this morning.
Here’s a small amount of gameplay featuring everyone’s favorite Barbarian. More media is floating around out there as well, and Blizzard.com has the full preview up and some lore to go with it.
You’ll need an iTunes account to download it, but the Diablo III Overture is now free on the iTunes store, helping all of us through this difficult period in our lives where we don’t have Diablo III.
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