Hasta La Gadget!

It is safe to assume that a fair number of us grew up in arcades, feeding those machines quarter after quarter as a rite of passage, where we pick up all the different skills along the way in order ot master a particular game, moving on to other different titles afterwards. When it comes to dungeon hack and slash titles on the PC platform, the preferred mode of control by many would be the classic keyboard and mouse combination, something which has long been taken as the de facto standard. How about transforming your Diablo 3 experience, character exploits or not, into a totally different one? What you see demonstrated in the video above is a DIY project that sees Dave Niewinksi to transfer the essence of Diablo 3 into an old-school arcade machine, and I would say that his efforts have been pretty much successful from what we could see.

Made out of plywood and emblazoned with decals that were borrowed from Blizzard and cgtextures.com, Dave’s very own arcade cabinet relied on a VB.NET-powered program it order to have the physical controls and the game work in tandem without any hold up whatsoever. There were no modifications made to the game files, and according to Dave himself, “Everything works outside of the game.” There does not seem to have any opportunities to throw in quarters into this machine for sure.

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It seems that Blizzard’s Diablo 3 seems to have one God-mode exploit after the other. First it was the Wizard, which was then promptly hotfixed, and was then followed up by the Barbarian, although in the case of the Barbarian it was not so much a God-mode, but rather an incredibly-hard-to-die mode. That being said, the hotfix has since been rolled out putting an end to gamers who might have been abusing the exploit to their advantage. At this point it does not appear that there are other similar exploits to be had for the remaining classes (Demon Hunter, Witch Doctor and Monk), but we’ll be keeping our eyes peeled. In the meantime if you do stumble across a similar exploit, we suggest you avoid taking advantage of it as Blizzard has announced in the past that cheaters will have their accounts banned, and has been several thousand accounts to prove how serious they were.

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It’s been less than a day since the Diablo 3 godmode wizard exploit was fixed and now there’s another one already discovered. While it’s not as game breaking as the previous exploit, this new bug will make barbarian characters a lot more powerful. All barbarians have to do is equip Furious Charge with the Dreadnought Rune, and then charge into an opening cinematic (i.e. before a boss battle) to enable it. The effects? 8% of your HP back with every hit you make. Technically it’s not going to let you mow down enemies without a care in the world, you’ll have a hard time dying as long as you can keep attacking something.

No word on when Blizzard will be issuing a fix for this problem, but judging by its quick reaction to the wizard exploit, it shouldn’t be too long. Check out a video demo of it above.

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A new exploit has been discovered in Diablo III that makes Wizard characters essentially invincible. The exploit reportedly works for both Softcore and Hardcore characters, which has some players up in arms and others scrambling to complete Hardcore more before Blizzard issues a fix. In the meantime, Blizzard has been removing forum posts that mention the exploit in a effort to keep the amount of people using it in-game to a minimum.

The exploit is performed by using the Wizard’s Teleport and Archon abilities in quick succession. One poster on the Blizzard forums listed the steps required to make this exploit work, but Blizzard has since removed the step-by-step guide to making your Wizard invulnerable. Kotaku managed to swipe the list before Blizzard moderators were able to take it down, however, so here’s what you need to do in order to enjoy a risk-free romp through Sanctuary:

Step 1: Select Teleport – Fracture. Bind it to a key
Step 2: Select Archon, tested with Improved Archon
Step 3: Hover your mouse over or near your charcter
Step 4: Press Teleport
Step 5: QUICKLY(!) Press Archon

Many other posters in the thread have confirmed that the exploit works, and though some say that it takes a couple of tries to get the rhythm down, pulling off this exploit is apparently pretty simple once you get the hang of it. As with other game-breaking exploits and bugs in Diablo III, Blizzard will likely push a fix out the door quickly, so if you’re planning on making use of this particular exploit, do so with the knowledge that it probably won’t be long before Blizzard fixes it.

Diablo III exploit makes Wizard characters invincible is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Back when I used to play Diablo and Diablo 2, there were hacks, also known as “trainers”, which basically let you alter the stats of your characters, giving them unlimited health, mana, items, gold and etc. However come Diablo 3 and with its always-on mode, there seemed to be a lack of trainers, instead gamers had to rely on exploiting bugs in the game to put themselves ahead of the curve, assuming they didn’t get caught in the process. Well here’s one exploit that players of the Wizard class might want to take a look at which apparently enables God mode, making players invulnerable. Safe to say Blizzard will be working quick to squash this bug ASAP and since we don’t really approve to players exploiting games and using cheats to get ahead, we will not be posting the instructions here. However if you are curious, the steps are available on Blizzard’s Diablo 3 forum, but be warned as you could get into trouble if you are caught exploiting it!

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