Diablo III has finally been unleashed, which would be a good thing if people could play it. In a strange twist of fate, unlimited hordes of players logging into a limited number of servers has somehow caused a problem or two. Who knew? The issue is that Diablo III can only be played online, on Blizzard’s servers. There is no offline game. Some people have a problem with this. Forbes has the story.
Blizzard has become obsessed with controlling their games. They’ve been locking down the games, how they’re played and where. Starcraft 2 is another good example, with every game going through Blizzard’s servers. Which worked really well when the connection failed at this year’s championships during a major match.