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The original Diablo from 1996 only needed to sell 20,000 copies to break even, an older talk with Diablo dev David Brevik reveals.

Microsoft leaves the door open for Sony to take command in the evolving indie space and mobile free-to-play cements itself as a wedge issue among developers

Microsoft leaves the door open for Sony to take command in the evolving indie space and mobile free-to-play cements itself as a wedge issue among developers

The Most Important Windows 95 Games Share Image: Microsoft As we look forward to the future of Windows, it’s worth appreciating enormous impact made by one of the OS’s biggest releases: Windows 95. Games were also an important part of the platform, as Microsoft relied on them heavily to help sell the operating system. So as we prepare to move on from Windows 10 to Windows 11, let’s look back at some of Windows 95’s most important games. Fury 3 Terminal Velocity. Still playable on phones and most systems through GOG today,  It was a hit back in the day, and the nature of its 3D engin...

In 1996, David Brevik -- then a designer at Blizzard North -- had run into a curious problem during the development of Diablo: players were spending more time managing their inventories than battling back the minions of hell. The core draw of Diablo was that it gave players copious amounts of loot. You start with one sword that does +1 damage, soon you come across a sword that does +5 damage, and within a few minutes a player will have accumulated a pile of breastplates, helmets, and weapons. With limited inventory space, however, players would constantly need to figure out which pieces of l...