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    By Kevin Quon:Signs and omens eerily abound. For a game that revolves around the theme of premonition and impending doom, the long anticipated Diablo III had apparently more than one scary surprise up its sleeve. Unfortunately for shareholders, these aforementioned omens had nothing to do with the game's virtual world. Instead, they exist in the concept of countless gamers who were unable to even log into the game on its first day of operation.Friday's launch party of Activision Blizzard's (ATVI) darling project came up surprisingly short as server errors persisted throughout the day. According to PC Magazine, Activision took down the game's servers at "10:22 AM PT for an hour, then from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, then from 2:15 PM PT until 3:30 PM." As of 8:45 PM PT, the games servers were still facing difficulties. Even at this hour, players-to-be continue to be frustrated by cryptic messages of "errorComplete Story »

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