While World of Warcraft is the king of the MMORPG world and Starcraft is busy keeping people in Korea busy, sometimes a little change can be good. According to the Internets, Blizz is working on a brand new franchise that will be released in MMO-form. Looking for details or a release date? Don’t hold your breath. They’ve still got Starcraft II and Diablo III in the works.
In case you fucking missed it, Blizzard spun the gaming world on its ass this weekend by announcing the long-awaited Diablo III. Along with assorted details here and there, a magnificent 20-minute gameplay video was released, showcasing graphics, environment, new classes and more. You can head on over to Blizzard.com for the real deal but I recommend hitting up ShackNews as they have the best selection of videos and most of the news compressed for ya!
Blizzard went all out this year for their April Fool’s day festivities, and I am loving it! Blizzard has released four April Fools’ themed pranks on their official website. Have you heard about the new face-melting Bard hero class in World of Warcraft which integrates Guitar Hero-like gameplay to the MMO? Or how about that Blizzard will be giving WoW the console treatment?
Be sure not to miss the newly announced Tauren marine units for Starcraft II and a new expansion for Diablo II called Loot Pinata! You know there is some fanboy sitting around and believing everyone of these is true. Poor old chap. — Andrew Dobrow
Equally unique and blindingly bright colored, the Smooth Creations Diablo Gaming PC has the looks to match its monster specs. The Diablo packs in a Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 processor, 2GB of RAM, two 250 GB hard drives in a RAID configuration, and two, yes two, GeForce 8800 GTX cards.
If the bright yellow gold color is too much for your eyes to bear, than Smooth Creations offers to cover it up with any color of your choosing. The entire system comes with a matching LCD, speakers, mouse, keyboard, PC, and get this, a matching iPod! Prices start at around $5,000 for the system without add-ons. — Andrew Dobrow
