Diablo 3 PvP Arena Hands-on Preview

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At BlizzCon 2010, Blizzard announced that at least part of the player-versus-player experience in Diablo III will take place in a team arena. I got a chance to play a three versus three match for about forty-five minutes.

Only three of the five classes were playable in PvP, but they were sufficiently powered-up with numerous skills. I tried all three and while I think I had the most success with the Wizard, the Barbarian and Witch Doctor both had effective abilities and combat roles.
If Blizzard can balance this PvP, I could see it easily becoming an eSport. The matches are extremely intense and require...

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