Diablo

How quickly can you hit level 70? Diablo 3 player Dat Modz reaches max level in just 65 seconds.

Three years later, despite the warnings that the Diablo franchise is the maker of computer mouse graveyards, my original 2-button mouse still lives, though I admit the plastic has worn off in two fingertip-shaped spots. I might not log into Diablo 3 every day like I do for WoW, but now at Blizzard Watch we have more space to talk about and share the game. We've got you covered (again) for learning the basics of Diablo 3.

So how is your Season 3 going? Are you chasing leaderboards and Conquest achievements or are you just gunning for a level 70 to complete the seasonal transmogrification set?

In World of Warcraft, "hardcore" is a term often found opposite "casual" in those heated debates about whether time spent should be equal to rewards received. But in Diablo 3, "hardcore" isn't a player-generated term to describe other players -- Hardcore is a specific game mode.

Tonight we'll be livestreaming the Diablo 3 Season 3 adventures of an intrepid group of Blizzard Watchers (who are mostly not Diablo experts). Want to join us? Tune in to Blizzard Watch on Twitch.tv at 10 PM CDT!

For today's Know Your Lore, we're putting on our tinfoil hat and speculating about the nephalem of Diablo 3.

Help me out here, guys. I'm a level 11 monk and I don't even have any pants.

Looks like another round of Patch 2.2 hotfixes are in the works or live for Diablo 3. Tyvalir announced upcoming fixes to recent item bugs, and new hotfixes to monsters and bounties:

Tonight we're starting a new livestream to chronicle our Diablo 3 Season 3 adventures.

Diablo Season 3 has begun: are you going to be playing the game through for the latest seasonal rewards?