Blizzard Warns: Use of Game-Modifying Software Can Lead to Permanent Suspension

By Wes Davis, a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020.

Diablo 4 player trading is suspended “until further notice,” Blizzard says, after a glitch is discovered in the RPG game which allows for the duplication of gold and items. As the Diablo 4 1.1.2 update removes an exploit relating to dungeons, Blizzard says that accounts that are found using the gold and item duplication bug will be “actioned.” Blizzard says it will update Diablo 4 players and reinstate trading once the glitch has been resolved.

launched the firstfor its cloud gaming services. The streaming company launched Netflix Games in 2021 and released an official Netflix Game Controller iOS app last week. While the app’s release foreshadowed the next step in Netflix’s cloud gaming ambitions, the beta’s launch is still a big surprise.

Heads up—I'm about to get into some major spoilers for Act 2 of Baldur's Gate 3. There's no way to talk about this new bizarre speedrun category without getting arms-deep into Gale's backstory, and the optional ending it gives you.

You might be 20 hours into Baldur's Gate 3, or 50, or even 100. Maybe you're one of the 360 who beat it already, or maybe you're pushing forward but the end is still nowhere in sight. It's a big game, with a lot of branching paths and side quests that can prove game-changing. Aaaand then there's Mae, a YouTuber who got through it in ten minutes and three seconds.

The last 24 hours were quite frightening for the Earth, as major solar storm prediction models said that a highly energized cannibal CME could deliver a glancing blow to the Earth today, August 9. However, it never came, leading the scientists to believe that the CME narrowly escaped the planet. Investigations are still ongoing to see whether the CME could have been delayed. However, there is some bad news as well. In the early hours of August 8, another X1-class solar flare erupted and sparked a deep shortwave radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean. Concerns are now rising on whether it will also send another CME towards our planet.

Just as Lilith’s hatred continues to permeate through the very fabric of Diablo 4‘s Sanctuary, Elon Musk and Mike ‘Qwik’ Ybarra’s Twitter relationship continues to blossom – something I didn’t think I’d type once, never mind twice. The pair have been discussing the RPG game yet again after Musk was heard playing Diablo 4 during a Twitter Space, but this time it’s resoundingly more positive.

Blizzard Global Community Director Adam «Pezradar» Fletcher confirmed that they are looking into additional social features like Looking for Group, Trade and General chats similar to how Diablo 3's chat system was structured. Currently, the social systems are limited to local and clan chat without a proper way to handle trading or group finding sources.

Monopoly isn't the only game to tear apart friendships.

Diablo 4‘s Sanctuary is an expansive, diverse world, but did I expect to hear that Elon Musk is hacking and slashing his way through Blizzard’s latest RPG game? No, no I didn’t. During a recent Twitter Spaces, you can hear the X CEO tearing Lilith’s legions asunder, but he claims you “don’t need a lot of skill” to actually play Diablo 4.

Look, we can all think of video game developers and publishers who aren’t exactly the best with their player base. They tend to push more for the money side of things versus giving us the best possible title. However, plenty more developers want to work with the fanbase to get the best out of their games. A great example is Bandai Namco, who very recently had a closed network test for their upcoming fighting title Tekken 8. The test went well enough, which should’ve been the end of things for a bit. Except, some players are taking advantage of the situation.

EA group general Manager Samantha Ryan has left the company.