New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….

Original story (published on Mar. 7, 2023) follows:

‘Diablo’ is one of the longest running and most recognized sagas in the video game industry (1, 2). Although Diablo 4’s arrival is very close, Diablo 3 still maintains a strong community of players.

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That said, currently Diablo 3 players are unable to enjoy the game as its servers are down or not working, resulting in ‘code 1’ or ‘code 3006’ errors.

Diablo 3 servers down, not working & throwing ‘code 1’ or ‘code 3006’ errors

Multiple reports indicate that Diablo 3 players are unable to access the game due to an outage and instead they only get ‘code 1’ error.

Reports indicate that the game servers have been down for at least 1 hour.

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Diablo 3 Servers down? Keep getting an error saying There was an error creating game error code 1
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code 1 error joining games? was playing fine, swapped characters now this.
few things online were driver updates, flush dns, run as admin, did a scan and repair for lols. no dice.
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Some Diablo 3 players are also getting ‘code 3006’ error. The issue is preventing them from creating a game or joining an already created game, although they still can log in with their credentials.

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Blizzard reportedly aware of the issue

According to a player, the Diablo 3 client is showing a message stating that devs are aware of the issue.

There is a message on the Launcher now. Investigating the game creation issue. So they are working on it
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The message in the client/launcher reportedly says ‘We are investigating an issue that is causing problems in game creation’. But there is still no ETA for everything to work normally again.

Lovely. They have a thing at the top of the game launcher now that reads “We are investigating an issue that is causing problems in game creation.” hoping for a quick fix
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We will be monitoring the situation to update this story as events unfold.

Update 1 (March 7, 2023)

12:00 pm (IST): The issue has been resolved and Diablo 3 servers are now working properly.

Update 2 (March 8, 2023)

09:16 am (IST): Fresh reports (1, 2, 3) suggest that servers are still down for some. Blizzard support is however telling the affected that it’s being investigated, by redirecting them to an old acknowledgment.

Sadly, there’s no ETA for the fix yet.

Update 3 (March 9, 2023)

02:46 pm (IST): The recent outage with the servers seems to have been resolved as there are no new reports on Twitter (1,2) and Downdetector.

Update 3 (June 2, 2023)

08:20 am (IST): The beginnings of the new Diablo 4 seem to be rocky due to an ‘Invalid License’ error that several players are facing (1, 2, 3).

Update 4 (June 6, 2023)

08:46 am (IST): Some Diablo 4 players are currently facing server issues that prevent them from accessing the game (1, 2). There is a potential workaround for that.

Also, there are still people dealing with the ‘Invalid License’ error (1, 2).

Update 5 (June 7, 2023)

03:25 pm (IST): The server issues continue as players now are struggling with extremely long queue times, but there is an official word. More on that here.

Update 6 (June 9, 2023)

09:02 am (IST): Once again, there are players unable to access Diablo 4 due to server issues, and this time some are getting a ‘Code 75’ error message (1, 2).

Update 7 (June 12, 2023)

03:39 pm (IST): Reports related to Diablo 4 server issues have dropped noticeably, suggesting that the situation has improved.

Update 8 (June 14, 2023)

09:49 am (IST): The Diablo 4 server issues and errors are still not resolved as there are still affected players.

Update 9 (June 16, 2023)

08:37 am (IST): It seems that Diablo 4 players are currently facing lag due to server issues, according to reports (1, 2).

Update 10 (June 17, 2023)

09:00 am (IST): The laggy server issues seem to have reduced as the related reports have decreased in the last few hours.

Update 11 (June 21, 2023)

08:34 am (IST): It seems that the server issues have become more constant in the last hours as players report sudden disconnections (1, 2).

Update 12 (June 27, 2023)

08:20 am (IST): Diablo 4 players are once again facing an ‘Invalid License’ issue that prevents them from logging into the game (1, 2, 3).

Update 13 (June 29, 2023)

04:03 pm (IST): Although reports related to Diablo 4 ‘Invalid License’ issue have decreased a lot, there are still some players facing it (1, 2).

Update 14 (July 6, 2023)

09:18 am (IST): Diablo 4 servers continue to give players headaches due to severe lag and sudden disconnections (1, 2).

02:20 pm (IST): It seems that the server issues have been alleviated and the game is running more smoothly.

Update 15 (July 28, 2023)

09:00 am (IST): Several Battlenet users are facing login issues that prevent them from accessing games like Diablo 4, and even Overwatch.

04:45 pm (IST): The Battlenet login issues have already been resolved by Blizzard, so Diablo 4 players can now access the game again.

Update 16 (October 18, 2023)

07:58 am (IST): With the release of the new season, ‘Season of Blood’ many players are reporting server issues and disconnections. They reported receiving Error Codes 300008, 300010, and 395002.

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06:59 pm (IST): The recent outage appears to have been fixed as there are no fresh reports.

Featured Image: Battlenet

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