Diablo 3 - Preview & Video Interview @ Diii.net
Diablo III fansite has hands-on impressions from Blizzcon. The preview is broken down into practical headings, so here's a bit on inventory:
The Inventory window shows a lot of visual information. It has a simple and intuitive UI frame with colorful gradients of orange and dark brown, and stylized symbols that highlight a gothic-like feeling. You can see your character model viewer which allows you to rotate your character. Around the viewer, you have 12 gear slots: helm, medallion, chest, sash, 2 rings, weapon, shield, boots, pants, gloves, and shoulder. Between the weapon and the shield is a strange circle. When clicking it, a new window pops forward. Based on the demo observation and loot, this window with 9 circles resembles the Glyphs window from World of Warcraft. In the case of Diablo 3, these 9 circles are reserved for Runes. Thus far in the Blizzcon demo, only the Wizard can equip runes. (i.e. certain monsters may randomly drop a minor power rune).
They also have a video interview with Jay Wilson that includes discussion of the controversial decision to automatically allocate attribute points.
Finally, duck over to Worthplaying for 20 screens.
Information about
Diablo 3SP/MP: Single + MP
Setting: Fantasy
Genre: Hack & Slash
Platform: PC
Release: Released