NEWS: Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls Pre-Order Goodies Confirmed

Blizzard has detailed various bonuses available for those who pre-order the expansion.

A recent blog post on the game's official website has shown off exclusive "loot" that is to only available through pre-ordering the upcoming expansion.The special content (as seen above) includes the Wings of Valor and Valla the Demon Hunter.

Those who have already pre-ordered Reaper of Souls are to have The Wings of Valor put into their Battle.net account March 20, whilst Valla the Demon Hunter will be available when Heroes of the Storm is released.

Blizzard goes on to warn those who placed their pre-order at a retail store, saying "be sure to redeem your Reaper of Souls game key via you Battle.net account on or before 11:59 PM PST on March 31, 2014. If you redeem your game key after that date, your pre-order loot will be consumed by the fires of the Burning Hells and lost forever."

Reaper of Souls is to release March 25 for both PC and Mac, standing at the first expansion to the original Diablo III game.

NEWS: DICE 2014 Awards Results Revealed

The Last of Us managed to sweep up most of the awards, which probably came as no surprise.

The 17th DICE awards took place recently - an event that highlights some of the biggest achievements in the gaming industry, including the likes of 'Game of the Year' and 'Hall of Fame'.

This year, Naughty Dog's The Last of Us took the majority of awards with a total of ten, including some of the highly sought awards available. Check below for the full list of categories and winners.

Game of the Year

The Last of Us

Hall of Fame Award

Sam House, Dan House and Leslie Benzies (Rockstar Games)

Pioneer Award

Eugene Jarvis (Smash TV, Defender, etc)

Outstanding Animation

The Last of Us

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

The Last of Us

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

The Last of Us

Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering

Grand Theft Auto V

Outstanding Innovation in Games

The Last of Us

Outstanding Achievement in Musical Composition

BioShock Infinite

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

The Last of Us

Outstanding Achievement in Story

The Last of Us

Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance

Ellie (The Last of Us)

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

The Last of Us

Best Downloadable Game

Brothers: A Tale of Two Songs

Mobile Game of the Year

Plants vs. Zombies 2

Handheld Game of the Year

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Two Worlds

Adventure Game of the Year

The Last of Us

Casual Game of the Year

Plants vs. Zombies 2

Family Game of the Year

Super Mario 3D World

RPG/MMO of the Year

Diablo 3

Strategy/Simulation of the Year

XCOM: Enemy Within

Online Game of the Year

World of Tanks

Sports Game of the Year

FIFA 14

Racing Game of the Year

Forza Motorsport 5

Fighting Game of the Year

Injustice: Gods Among Us

Action Game of the Year

BioShock Infinite

NEWS: Diablo III Reaper of Souls - Beta Begins By End of 2013

The first expansion for Diablo III will be in a closed-beta phase by the end of the year.

The beta has officially opened, but only to Blizzard employees and respective friends and family members, which has been described as "the first step of public testing".

However, the official Diablo III website has revealed a Closed Beta will take place before 2014, but will be "extremely limited" with your chances being higher if you're a player who plays the game regularly as you'll be recognised as an active player.

The Beta's content will include the new class Crusader, an NPC known as Mystic (or Myriam Jahzia) who specialises in enchanting, and finally Adventure Mode. The final boss battle will not be available though.

In order to have a chance of getting into the Beta, login at Battle Net and follow the instructions.