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Diablo III Linux Players Banned by Blizzard

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http://news.softpedia.com – Diablo III is the latest action role-playing game released by Blizzard Entertainment and more importantly, it can be played on Linux, under Wine. The only problem with this solution is that it will probably get users banned. Right after the launch of Diablo III, on May 15, there were a flurry of bans involving people playing the game in L... (read more) (General)

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Smasher816 wrote:I was playing Diablo 3 just fine, however I stopped around the 6/25 due to various events.Seeing the "Linux Ban Hammer" information has made me worried of opening the game again.I do have Windows installed (but rarely use is) but would prefer to not redownload the game.So I am asking here.

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