Diablo III- Xbox 360

Much like in and , the quality and attributes of equipment are randomized. In addition to base (such as damage and attack speed for equipment or armor points on armor) higher-quality items have additional properties such as extra damage, , bonuses to chance, or sockets, which allow items to be upgraded and customized by adding gems for various stat bonuses. Magic-quality items have up to three random properties, rare-quality items have up to six, and legendary-quality items typically have up to eight with varying degrees of randomness. Set items are a subtype of legendary items which provide additional, cumulative bonuses if multiple items from the same set are simultaneously equipped. Higher level monsters tend to drop higher level items, which tend to have higher base stats and bonusesThe proprietary engine incorporates Blizzard's custom in-house physics, and features with an in-game damage effect. The developers sought to make the game run on a wide range of systems without requiring . Diablo III uses a custom 3D game engine in order to present an overhead view to the player, in a somewhat similar way to the view used in previous games in the series. Enemies utilize the 3D environment as well, in ways such as crawling up the side of a wall from below into the combat area.

• As in Diablo II, multiplayer games are possible using Blizzard's service
• with many of the new features developed for also available in Diablo III
• Players are also able to drop in and out of sessions of co-operative play with other players
• Unlike its predecessor, Diablo III requires players to be connected to the internet constantly due to their policy, even for single-player games