World of Warcraft and Diablo 3 fans attending this year's MusiCON will have a chance to hear concert versions of Blizzard game tunes. Grab the details after the jump.

How much of an MMO is button smashing and how much involves actual skill? This installment is an investigation of how armor choices and shield employment can yield more combat decisions.

I like stats as much as the next person (probably more), but when warfare is boiled down to raw probabilities, battlefield skill disappears. The building of the best stat base becomes much more important than any sort of tactical competency. Instead of seeking a skill based work-around, games come up with new statistical probabilities.

Diablo 3 fans will either be thrilled or dismayed that prolific Diablo 2 nemeses (yes, that's the plural of nemesis!), The Fallen, are making a comeback. Check out the lore, concept art and in-game screens by clicking below.

An interesting post from Diablo 3 community manager, Bashiok, has popped up on the official Blizzard D3 forums. A discussion thread recently opened about 'talent' trees. After 47 posts, Bashiok stepped in with some commentary on the subject. Check it out by clicking 'read more'.

In this installment, Jonathan Steinhauer looks at the last MMO class archetypes, the Healer, and why this role at least is solidly developed.

Blizzard announced today that tickets for this year's Blizzcon event will be on sale beginning May 16th. Blizzcon 09 will be held in Anaheim, California on August 21-22, 2009. Grab the ticket details after the jump.

The archetypal concept of the tank assumes that PvE opponents have the mental capacity of cattle. Instead of a monster intelligently attacking what would make his enemy most vulnerable (the Healer) or what is the greatest actual threat (the DPS), it attacks the one opponent that isthe smallest real threat and the hardest to kill: the Rodeo Clown... er Tank.

In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at the issue of player housing in MMOGs and how it can shape one's roleplay experience.