Longer is already known that Diablo III will be optimized for today's very popular widescreen 16:9 and 16:10.

The competent Diablo II players to ask because of course, as Blizzard will compensate for the advantages of a larger viewing area for example in PvP not to settle the difference between victory and defeat hardware.

Bashiok commented on Battle.net forum

We're supporting all the normal and widescreen (16:9 / 16:10) resolutions. Switching from a normal to widescreen aspect you want to see more playable space, but within each aspect ratio you're not going to get more info gamespace. [...]

The advantages (especially in PvP) could therefore be limited, since you will only see a little more of the map. Blizzard is also the sight of the light radius and objects limit on the card, so that even with an old 19 "(4:3) monitor can still play under fair conditions?

Somewhat recently we've been trying out the line of sight mechanic (maybe so called fog of war by some). It's not dependent on light radius, it's simply what's blocked by geometry. It introduces all sort of technical issues for us, that they're not insurmountable, but it's something we're playing around with.

Tactically quite interesting, then, that monster can hide (or?) Were behind an obstacle, the system should find its way into Diablo third Indirectly, he also confirmed that the light radius, from which this feature is independent.

It is unclear to what resolution you choose a minimum in order to not suffer any disadvantage. Possible would be 1280 × 1024, as this format is supported for many years by all 17 "and 19" monitors. This would fit very well to 1080p (1920 x 1080) and also owner of a small laptop displays (eg 1280 x 800) would have no great disadvantage. But it would just another "Camera Height," which provides the player with low-resolution graphics with slight losses, an ident siches image.

Let's wait and see.

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At the last Blizzcon it was announced that the new Battle.net Blizzard is "2.0" are increasingly relying on social networks.

The first step is Starcraft II players be able to add their Facebook friends on Battle.net. This feature is probably also exist in Diablo III, so that one can find his friends very easily. However, whether even the German StudiVZ / MeinVZ integration will get is not yet known.

Source: Blizzard press release

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At 3.6. starts at 4 clock (CET), the first early ticket sales for BlizzCon 2010th

For $ 150 you can proudly assure you one of the coveted tickets. The Blizzcon 2010 of 22 - 23 10th again at the Anaheim Convention Center to take place in California. Besides Diablo 3 is also a lot of Starcraft 2 and are the new WoW-Addon "Cataclysm".

The second Sales promotion will run on 5.6. to a reasonable amount of time (19:00 h). However, if you really want to take the long way up, which will probably make sure the alarm clock.

See you in California

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