Diablo III

Blizzard's first console game in 15 years turns out to be quite spectacular - and delivers perhaps the greatest couch co-op play of this generation.

Your children, like it or not, are attracted in their weaker years to the occult, and a game like Diablo III fuels their imagination and makes them feel special, while drawing them deeper and deeper into the bowels of El Diablo! Eek! Satan!

Blizzard knows how to set the stage and keep gamers coming back, day-in and day-out. Whether it's to marvel at the sights by your lonsome or tackle challenges with friends, there's always something that'll give you that itch for one more click in Diablo III.

With atmospheric graphics, a stirring soundtrack, deeply customizable characters, and non-stop action, Diablo III is the king of action-RPGs and a crown jewel in the late PlayStation 3 library.

We've spent the past few days hacking and slashing through hordes of monstrosities, hoovering up loot, dazzling fellow adventurers with grandiose spells, instilling fear into the hearts of our enemies, and preventing Hell from consuming the world. Not literally, of course – we are referring to Blizzard Entertainment's latest RPG and its first in-house console production since The Lost Vikings II o...

The world of Sanctuary has once again been infested with demonic creatures. Does Diablo III come out unscathed, or should it be banished into the depths of hell?

The true power of Diablo III lies in its replayability thanks to its versatility, which is the greatest kind of ability there is for a game like this. Playing through once from Act I all the way to Act IV’s conclusion isn’t going to be enough for most gamers and that’s perfect because it’s the way it’s meant to be. With all those dungeon randomisations, boss events, challenging difficulty, co-op p...

Diablo III is a maths game. It’s also an RPG but, somehow, that feels much less important to the never ending quest for statistical perfection. Diablo itself is much heralded as the greatest of all dungeon crawling games, a peculiar genre that focuses less on story and more on exploration and treasure snagging. It is basically designed to appeal to anyone with even the slightest hint of OCD and do...