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(source) Heroes of Sanctuary, heed our call!

May 15^th marks the one-year anniversary of Diablo III. Help us celebrate the Lord of Terror's rebirth (and contribute to an awesome community project in the process) by submitting your very own birthday greeting!

To participate, simply print out one of the birthday images below (or create your own), take a photo of you and/or your friends, and then tweet the picture to @Diablo using the hashtag #D3BDAY or email it to BlizzardContest@Blizzard.com. In addition to re-tweeting our favorites and uploading them to our Diablo Facebook page throughout the week, we'll also ...

(source) Diablo III patch 1.0.8 is now live in the Americas. Check out the full patch notes below to learn about all the latest changes.

Important: Please note that you will not be prompted to download patch 1.0.8 until the patch is live in your home region. If you are logging in from a European or Asian client, you will need to wait for this patch to release in that region before it can be installed. Additionally, if your home region is the Americas, you will be unable to log into Europe or Asia using Global Play after patch 1.0.8 is live until those regions have also patched. ...

(source) Everyone plays Diablo III differently. Some players strive to achieve the fastest speed runs or the highest DPS they can muster. Other players crave the thrill of playing Hardcore, are committed to maxing out all five classes, or have taken up the challenge of reaching Paragon level 100.

While these are all impressive feats, some players have gone above and beyond in their service to Sanctuary, becoming level 100 Paragons not once, but on multiple characters. And a select few of those have achieved the impressive feat of reaching Paragon level 100 with all five character classes. ...

(source) Below you'll find a list of hotfixes for the month of April which address various gameplay and service issues affecting Diablo III.

Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below will go live the moment they are implemented, while others may require a restart to go into effect. As always, please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. ...

(source) UPDATE3: Tickets to the BlizzCon Benefit Dinner are now sold out.
(source) UPDATE2: The second batch of tickets for BlizzCon 2013 is now sold out.
(source) UPDATE: The first batch of BlizzCon 2013 tickets are sold out!

Just a reminder that the first batch of BlizzCon 2013 tickets will be going on sale tomorrow (Wednesday, April 24) at 7 p.m. PDT through the online Blizzard Store—visit the ticket sales page at that time for the chance to buy yours. ...

(source) For this week's Community Commentary, we have three more instructional videos brought to you by ChromeOnRust.

His videos cover a variety of helpful subjects, including best ways to use gear comparison ...