Diablo, the Lord of Terror, has managed to survive just about everything a gamer can throw at him. Like a bad horror movie villain, Diablo always seems to find a way back. Diablo 3 is a game that many have wanted to see developed for nearly ten years, but what will this new game offer gamers? This week we examine what Diablo 3 will bring to the series and how it will differ from the previous games.

Being a hero is hard work. You face off against the most evil thing the darkest, hottest, flame infested pits of hell can throw at you and you come back for more. Diablo, the Lord of Terror, has been imprisoned in a stone, stabbed, shot with ice orbs, set on fire, struck by lightning, beaten with a maul, cursed by a necromancer, and shanked by an assassin, and yet, like that demented goalie from Friday the 13th, he just keeps coming back.

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