Diablo 3 For Free Copies in Australia

Blizzard are giving away free copies of Diablo 3 to gamers in Australia who pre-ordered it at GAME. Community manager Lylirra has this to say.

We’re aware that some Australian GAME customers have been leftout in the cold on what should be the hottest night of the year -- the launch of Diablo III. To help with this situation and get these players into the game as soon as possible, we’ve put the following process in place.

Australian GAME customers with a valid preorder/prepurchase receipt dated before May 15, 2012 can do the following:

• Purchase the digital version of Diablo III from http://www.diablo3.com now or anytime before May 21, 2012.


• Download and start playing when the servers go live!


• Submit your GAME Australia preorder/prepurchase receipt to us before June 30, 2012.


• Receive a credit from Blizzard, for the amount you paid in advance to GAME Australia for Diablo III. This credit will be applied to the payment method used for the digital purchase.

How to Fix Diablo 3 Errors (like Error 37)?

Diablo III is an action role-playing game that takes place on Sanctuary, a dark fantasy world.



You play a hero who engages in fast-paced combat that tests your reflexes and rewards tactical decisions. As you slay hordes of monsters and challenging bosses, you grow in experience and ability, learning new skills and acquiring items of incredible power.

 

Diablo 3 servers in the European and Asian regions have gone live, thousands of gamers are complaining of various errors while starting or playing the game.



Types of errors reported by users include:

• There is a temporary outage of the http://Battle.net service. Please try again later. (Error 35)


• Error 33 http://Battle.net is down for Maintenance


• Error 108 where Diablo III will not install


• The servers are busy. Please try again later. (Error 37)


• Error 108 – this seems to be in Russia


• There’s also Error 12, Error 315300, Error 64, MPQ error, and other vague error messages.

Blizzard Entertainment North America Customer Support via its Twitter account @BlizzardCS, tweeted “The Diablo III installer is now live! Visit our Technical Support forums if you encounter any errors:”



Their technical support forum is http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/5386227/



So the best thing to do is go there and post the errors you’re experiencing. Enjoy responsible Gaming Folks!