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Diablo 4 update 1.1.3 PATCH NOTES and release date | Gaming | Entertainment

Diablo 4 fans are counting down to the launch of another major update for the dungeon-crawler. Diablo 4 update 1.1.3 will be available for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC. The exact release date is yet to be officially revealed, with Blizzard confirming that it will launch “next week”. Expect the update to drop at 6pm BST UK time either on August 29 or August 31. According to the patch notes further down the page, the update continues to make balance changes and bug fixes across the board.
The news was announced by Diablo 4 community manager Adam Fletcher, alongside confirmation on when the update will drop.
“We have patch notes for 1.1.3 hitting tomorrow morning (California time),” Fletcher tweets. “This patch will be released next week.”
The patch launches just days after Blizzard revealed new details about Diablo 4 Season 2, which is titled ‘Season of Blood’.
The new season will add five new and returning endgame bosses, updates to renown rewards, updates to gem and stash storage, as well as updates to resistance and status effects.
Unveiled during gamescom Opening Night Live, Diablo 4 Season 2 has an October 17 release date on all platforms.
In the meantime, you can check out the Diablo 4 update 1.1.3 patch notes below…
Diablo 4 update 1.1.3 patch notes…
GAMEPLAY UPDATES
Monsters
Crowd Control Sources
We have made various changes to Monster Abilities and Elite Affixes that apply Crowd Control effects, including
• Cold Enchanted Elites that attack in quick succession (Ex: Ghost Archers and Snake Brutes) will no longer proc the Cold Enchanted on every hit.
• Chilling Wind will spawn overlapping walls less often.
• The Stun ability from the Cannibal Gorger can now be more easily avoided.
• Increased the cooldown on the Cold Goatman Ice Pillars.
• Reduced the amount of Chill applied from the Cold Spider attack.
• Reduced the Stun duration from the Nangari Snake Eyes from 1.5 to 1.25 seconds.
• The stun from Cannibal Gorger enemies can now be more easily avoided.
• Other changes that reduce how often the player can be targeted by Crowd Control
Developer’s Note: These changes are aimed at the player having less time being Crowd Controlled and receiving more recovery time after being Crowd Controlled, especially at higher World Tiers.
General
• The death explosion from Fire Enchanted monsters releases 1 less wave and deals 20% less damage.
• The damage from the Bloated Corpsefiend’s charge attack has been reduced by 14%.
Miscellaneous
• Affixes on items will now sort consistently.
Developer’s Note: We’re adjusting how Affixes are displayed on item tooltips in Season of Blood. This change will lay the foundation for our ongoing work of making random Affixes easier to compare.
• The Seasonal and My Class filters in the Codex of Power menu now remember the setting previously selected by the player.
• Navigating the Glyph Upgrade menu on controller will now feel more natural.
• Achievements, Trophies, and Challenges with shared unlock criteria across platforms now transfer via cross-platform progression.
BUG FIXES
Season of the Malignant
• Fixed an issue where the Shadow Clone provided by the Caged Heart of Trickery displayed an improper tooltip in Fields of Hatred.
• Fixed an issue where Crowd Control effects could be applied to the Shadow Clone from the Caged Heart of Trickery and then carried over to the player.
• Fixed an issue where the Caged Heart of the Calculated would not trigger its stun effect if the cast skill was Imbued.
• Fixed an issue where monsters could open the door to the chamber where Varshan is encountered in the Ravening Pit.
• Fixed an issue where the Echo of Varshan quest would not be completed after defeating Varshan if the player previously died to him.
• Fixed an issue where completed Season Journey objectives displayed in the Recently Completed section of the Challenges menu.
• Fixed an issue where the rewards for defeating Varshan the first time wouldn’t go to the player’s Stash if they were missed.
• Fixed an issue where Echo of Varshan did not have a guaranteed Legendary drop chance after Level 35.
• Fixed an issue where Cormond would not appear after defeating Varshan during the Cold Hard Truth quest if the party leader was killed during the fight.
Gameplay
• When the following Skills and Powers were applied by a player on a monster, other players were unexpectedly able to benefit from that effect. This issue has been fixed.
– Skills and Passives
– Decrepify
– Shadowblight
– Twisting Blades
– Shatter
– Paragon Nodes and Glyphs
– Hemorrhage
– Exploit Weakness
– Revenge
– Dominate
– Fang and Claw
– Deadraiser
– Amplify
• Fixed an issue where a Druid player’s inventory could fill up with Spirit Blessings, blocking progression for Quests that had items associated with them.
Developer’s Note: Druidic Spirit Offerings can now be dropped from the Quest Inventory, allowing other Quest items to be picked up.
• Fixed an issue where players could lose Aberrant Cinders upon entering a Cellar.
• Fixed an issue where players could become temporarily stationary when trying to evade immediately after casting a channeled spell (Ex: Incinerate or Lightning Storm).
• Fixed an issue where Treasure Goblins did not drop a guaranteed Legendary item when defeated between Levels 15 and 40.
• Fixed an issue where multiple bosses were not guaranteed to drop legendary items at level 35 and beyond.
User Interface
• Fixed an issue where the disbanding of a clan prompt directed the player to enter the clan’s name instead of using the provided code.
• Fixed an issue where the quest marker for searching the Records Room during the Answers in the Ashes quest wouldn’t disappear after advancing past the objective.
• Fixed an issue where the Blessed Mother Departed objective referenced the wrong name for the Echo of Hatred dungeon.
• Fixed an issue where two overlapping icons would display for Cormond’s Workbench in the Dry Steppes.
• Fixed an issue where progress notifications for untracked Whispers could repeatedly display the same update.
Miscellaneous
• Fixed an issue where mounted NPCs could appear to be riding an invisible horse. (GHOST HORSES?!?)
• Fixed an issue where Classes that can’t equip daggers could equip the Skeleton Key, the dagger rewarded for completing the Dead to Rights quest.
• Fixed an issue where progression could be blocked during the Jewel of the East quest in Co-Op Play.
• Fixed an issue where the Spirt of the Lost Grove Druid class quest could have its progression blocked if the player joined a Party after activating the last stone.
• Fixed an issue where Rogues could use Concealment to skip a phase of the Echo of Lilith encounter.
• Various performance and stability improvements across all platforms.
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Indiana Jones most famous scene was a complete accident | Films | Entertainment

The first Indiana Jones movie features many famous sequences from the opening fleeing a giant rolling rock to the Nazi melting faces when the Ark of the Covenant is opened.
Yet did you know that another particularly comic moment was not in the original script?
The scene in question was in the market where the swordsman shows off his skills, swishing his blade around in challenge to Harrison Ford’s adventurer.
Yet Indy simply takes out his pistol and shoots the man dead in a surprise move.
It turns out that Ford was supposed to use his whip to get the sword from his enemy’s hands before taking him on. However, on the day, the star and the crew were suffering from food poisoning, so he wasn’t well enough to perform the stunt. After several unsuccessful attempts, Ford simply suggested “shooting the sucker”. Director Steven Spielberg took him up on the offer, and the rest is history.
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Top 10 best thriller novels of all time — number one is a lesser-known gem | Books | Entertainment

Whether you’re a bookworm who devours multiple novels a week or just a casual reader who enjoys dipping into a book on holiday, everyone has their own go-to genre. Some prefer fantasy or romance novels, while others gravitate towards genres like sci-fi or literary fiction.
Thrillers are another choice for many, with bestselling authors like Lisa Jewell and Freida McFadden particularly popular with readers today. But if you’re new to the genre or are looking for something a little different, Goodreads’ list of the top thrillers of all time, as voted for by the website’s users, may help you pick your next read. With heartstopping twists and pacy writing, there’s something for everyone on this list.
Topping the list is Murder on Family Grounds by Susan Rowland, the third in the Mary Wandwalker series. Originally published just last year, this thriller follows Mary as she is forced to confront her past and work out who is killing off members of the same family.
While it may not be the best-known series of thrillers in the world, it’s one that’s proved popular with Goodreads readers, winning the most votes.
Following in second place is Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea. Published in 2021, the book follows a TV reporter determined to uncover the truth behind a gruesome murder decades after the investigation was abandoned.
Deeper Than the Dead by Debra Webb is in third, with Jason Rekulak’s Hidden Pictures in fourth place.
With 464,629 ratings on Goodreads, Hidden Pictures is one of the most-read books in the top 10, as well as a BookTok staple.
The best thrillers of all time, according to Goodreads:
- Murder on Family Grounds by Susan Rowland
- Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea
- Deeper Than the Dead by Debra Webb
- Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
- The Elephant Tree by R.D. Ronald
- Those Empty Eyes by Charlie Donlea
- The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- On Her Watch by Melinda Leigh
- Never Lie by Frieda McFadden
Just missing out on the top 10 were the likes of What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall, None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell and The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins.
You can find the full list of the best thriller novels of all time on Goodreads. For more book recommendations, reviews and news, you can also click here to subscribe to our free weekly newsletter, The Bookish Drop, on Substack.
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How Elton John’s daily phone calls helped save life of fellow Brit star | Music | Entertainment

Big-hearted Elton John made a phone call every day for a whole year to help Squeeze guitarist Chris Difford beat the bottle, the Cool For Cats hitmaker has revealed. The New Wave musician, now 70, expressed his amazement that no matter where megastar Elton was in the world, he never failed to make the essential call, having agreed to become Chris’s sponsor to help him conquer his deadly drink and drug addiction.
And now “26 years sober” Chris has told of how Elton’s daily calls saved his life – and he can still message the Piano Man whenever he feels the ‘Black Dog’ of depression looming. He said: “I’m surrounded by really lovely people that can give me that kind of love, and Elton’s one of those people. He’s the sort of person you can ring up on any time of the day or night and just say, you know, ‘I’m feeling pretty shabby about this’. He will just kick you off the pitch, you know, just tell you to ‘wake you go up and go on with it’.
“He was my sponsor for the first year of my sober life and it’s amazing to think that a man as busy as him can take the time to call me every day from wherever he is in the world. It’s extraordinary.”
The Sussex-based guitarist and lyricist found fame on both sides of the Atlantic as Squeeze exploded on the charts in the late 70s, with critics branding him and songwriting partner Glenn Tilbrook as the “heirs to Lennon and McCartney’s throne” as the band notched up three top five hits with Cool for Cats, Up the Junction and Labelled With Love.
His life’s turning point came in 1973 when he took 50p from his mother’s purse and placed an advert in a shop window appealing for a guitarist to join his band. “As it happens, I had no band. I also said I had a pending record deal and a tour lined up. I had neither deal nor tour,” he now admits.
The only person to respond was Glenn Tilbrook, a shy but talented guitarist who would go on to become Chris’s closest collaborator over the next 40-plus years.
He now admits to living the rock’n’roll life to the full, blowing thousands on Concorde flights, lavish hotels, designer clothes and endless sports cars. However, his spending addiction led to him being declared insolvent for three years in the 1990s.
At the same time he developed a severe drug and alcohol dependency which left him broken and suicidal. But with the crucial help from Elton John, Chris went into rehab, sobered up and embarked on a new career, firstly managing the young pop group The Strypes and then his boyhood idol Bryan Ferry, while continuing to perform with the latest incarnation of Squeeze.
Talking to Gary Davies’ Sounds of the 80s Podcast on BBC Sounds Chris says that he has been to Alcoholics Anonymous and rehab “a couple of times” and has no desire to return to his bad old ways.
He added: “I’m 26 years sober now and it doesn’t really bother me, I mean, we were at the biggest weekend festival recently and there was a lot of people drinking backstage and they were having a great time, you know, but I can’t. I would only say that if it had been me, I would still be drinking three days afterwards and I would be taking all sorts of things to sort of make myself feel good – but I can’t do that anymore. I just wouldn’t be right, you know. I’ve had dark moments, but I never go in that direction.”
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