Bashiok, Community manager at Blizzard Entertainment, has released a new Diablo contest via the @Diablo Twitter account.

To participate in the contest, you need to name a D3 unique item on your Twitter account. Bashiok is giving 10 exclusive Diablo Pins every day.

Bashiok has answered a interesting question about the Witch Doctors skill Soul Harvest.

Question:

While looking into the Witch Doctor, he has a skilled called Soul Harvest. With this skill he basically has an AoE attack that kills the monsters around him, releasing their souls which he then “absorbs”.

In a forum post Bashiok has clarified an interesting question about the difficulty level in Diablo 3.
 
Read the full statement from bashiok.

Quote from Bashiok, Community Manager - Blizzard Entertainment

Bashiok has answered some questions about Diablo 3 on the Blizzard forums.

Read the full Q&A from Bashiok, the Diablo Community Mananger at Blizzard Entertainment:

Has anymore thought been put into Hardcore? Are any features decided-upon?

Bashiok, the community manager for Diablo 3, has joined the fan discussion about the Diablo 3 skill tree design. He points out the difference, between Diablo 3 skill tree and World of Warcraft skill tree, and explains the purpose behind the decisions the team have made.