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• You’ll only get Diablo 4’s rarest items at the game’s highest levels

  24-06-2023 21:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Blizzard developer has clarified how players can secure Diablo 4's rarest unique items.In a tweet posted to Twitter earlier today, Diablo 4's lead class designer Adam Jackson settled some of the confusion around the game's rarest items, revealing that rare drops like Andariel’s Visage, Doombringer, Harlequin Crest, Melted Heart of Selig, Ring of Starless Skies, and The Grandfather will only drop from enemies higher than level 85 when you're also L85, or in Nightmare Dungeons from level 3
  
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• Minecraft doesn't have a native PS5 version because Sony was "reluctant" to send Microsoft a dev kit

  24-06-2023 19:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ever wondered why there's no native PS5 version of Minecraft? Well, wonder no more. According to Xbox boss Phil Spencer, it's because Sony didn't want Microsoft to have a PS5 dev kit.Dev kits enable developers to create games for new or burgeoning hardware ahead of its release and are particularly important when testing early and/or unstable games in development. But whilst Sony was seemingly "sending [PS5 dev kits] to other developers", Spencer revealed that Sony was "reluctant" to share t
  
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• Bad news for Diablo 4 Druids that love using Barbarian weapons

  24-06-2023 15:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sorry, Druids: Blizzard's latest hotfix for Diablo 4 means Druids can no longer find Barbarian weapons in their drops.As detailed in yesterday's hotfix update, Blizzard says the Barbarian Unique weapons Overkill, Hellhammer, and Ancient’s Oath will no longer drop for Druid players.This means that going forward, you'll still be able to use these weapons if you already have them equipped before the hotfix, but if they're not equipped, "you will not be able to re-equip them". Oof."We do want
  
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• The voice of Diablo 4's Lorath and FF16's Cid didn't realise he was about to become 2023's most iconic voice actor

  24-06-2023 12:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  The voice of Ralph Ineson may be instantly recognizable to some – especially fans of the UK cult series The Office, of course – but even Ineson himself has been surprised by the response to two of his most iconic video game characters to date.Ineson says that he started work on two games "three years ago" but had no idea they'd been releasing within weeks of each other. Consequently, a lot of fans who have spent time with both Diablo 4's Lorath and Final Fantasy 16's Cid have noticed
  
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