If you ever wanted to reminisce about the good old days, Project XII has written an article over his own user blog which has been featured on Hellforge entitled "Top Ten Monster Comebacks", which is a list of the 10 critters he'd like to see return from previous games in Diablo III.

GameBanshee has a new interview with Diablo III's Lead World Director, Leonard Boyarsky.

Boyarsky is well known for his work on Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines and Arcanum for Troika Games, and most fans of Troika should be familiar with his work on the original Fallout, the latest sequel to which is being released in only a couple of months.

In the interview, Leon discusses his responsibilities to the Diablo III team and the role he plays in the game's development as well as the direction of the game's technology, artwork and Blizzard's decision to keep the isometric viewpoint of the original games that so many other titles, including Fallout 3, have abandoned for a more 'next-gen' first-person-viewpoint approach.

The Diablo II Original Soundtrack is now available via iTunes for those who wish to download and play at leisure.

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that a wide selection of music from its popular games has been added to the iTunes store. Much of this music was originally available only in collector’s editions of the games, or at special events such as the company’s BlizzCon® gaming convention. Six Blizzard Entertainment® soundtrack albums are currently available:

• StarCraft® Original Soundtrack
  
• Diablo® II Original Soundtrack
  
• Warcraft® III: Reign of Chaos® Original Soundtrack
  
• World of Warcraft® Original Soundtrack
  
• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade® Original Soundtrack
  
• World of Warcraft: Taverns of Azeroth Original Soundtrack

The albums have been placed on a new Blizzard Entertainment hub page within the iTunes store. This page also hosts content such as the BlizzCast™ podcast and trailers and gameplay footage from upcoming Blizzard Entertainment games, with more material to be added in the months ahead. In addition, the “Diablo III Overture” from the company’s recently announced action role-playing game, Diablo III, is available as a single and has been highlighted as a Discovery Download, making it free to download until Tuesday, September 9.

Players in the regions iTunes serves (North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan) can purchase the music at standard rates for each of those regions. For more information, please visit Blizzard Entertainment iTunes Store

Game Informer got a three-pages interview with Jay Wilson. Most of it is stuff we have heard often. However, one snippet might be of interest to diablo fans. The special effect sounds composer in Diablo III was who did them in Diablo II.

Jay Wilson answers how they approach character roster when creating new classes for Diablo 3.

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Blizzard has released a timeline of the Diablo Universe which provides a chronological background for the history of Sanctuary for those who are geeky about lore.

Media galleries have also been updated with four new pieces of artwork and four new screenshots.

Thanks for the heads up, AlaskanFireDragon

Jay doesn't exclude Item Gambling from Diablo 3, but it is not yet determined. He also talks about death mechanic. Mercenaries are back renamed as Followers. Read the transcript here.

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