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Blizzard on Battle.net Subscription, Diablo 3 Modding

Diablo III director Jay Wilson said today that the company does not have a great desire to charge a subscription fee for the upcoming revision of its multiplayer client Battle.net. However, the developer did note that Blizzard will likely monetize unknown features of the game.

"We are going to monetize features so that we get to make them," said Wilson. "We kind of have to."

Wilson noted that whatever the content would be, it would have an appropriate value to users.

Fans of map hacking and other Diablo II modifications have little to look forward to with the sequel, as Wilson shot down any talk of mod support.

"We don't have a lot of plans to do that. It would make our lives so much harder" he said, adding that despite the fact that he and many other designers got their start in modding, the team takes a strong stance on what they call the "hacking" of their games.

Wilson also used the panel to reemphasize the trading aspect of Diab...

Taking Stock: The Gibson-Goldstein Index

Welcome to the weekend. Before you rush into your festivities--whatever they may be--take a moment to reflect on the week you've just had. If you've been busy, we're here to catch you up. Let's get started.

Blizzard Fans
Christmas comes early for the Blizz faithful as BlizzCon 08 kicks off. Expect lots more about Diablo III, StarCraft II, and World of Warcraft this weekend. Keep up with our BlizzCon 08 coverage for the latest.

Storage Solutions
The perennial PC gamer's problem of "more disk space needed" hits home consoles hard as Microsoft tackles fitting the New Xbox Experience onto Xbox 360 systems without hard drives. Plus, at the end of last week Ninten...

Far Cry 2 Trailer: Meet the Jackal

Ubisoft sent along a new trailer for Far Cry 2, in the works at its Montreal studio. Viewers are introduced to the Jackal--the player's primary objective--and all the shady characters one must go through in order to reach him.

In development for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Far Cry 2 puts players in war-torn Africa on October 21.

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Halo 3: Recon Details Come Crashing to Earth

Bungie's Halo 3: Recon (X360) has been the subject of much rumor and speculation for months, and some of that still lingers after the game was made official during the Tokyo Game Show this week. With that in mind, let's look at what's set to enter into the standalone Halo series that arrives in Fall 2009.

Destructoid attended a TGS conference where it was made clear that the game takes place "during the events leading up to Master Chief's return to New Mombasa," meaning that the game takes place between the last two Halo games. The official launch trailer shows an Earth setting, and Bungie's Luke Smith echoed that fact: Recon is "less of a galactic romp" than the original Halo 3.

What isn't so clear is how gameplay m...

StarCraft 2 Now A Trilogy, Three Campaigns to Be Split Into Separate Games

Blizzard today announced that StarCraft II will now be split into a trilogy of separate games.

The first game in the trilogy will consist of the Terran campaign, and is set to be titled "Terrans: Wings of Liberty."

The second Zerg-focused title will be "Zerg: Heart of the Swarm," with the third game being "Protoss: Legacy of the Void."

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