[ToR.Arnor]

Originally Posted by theifzz

2nd quarter of their work year? or 2nd quarter of 2012? because i believe blizzard's WY does not begin in January... Oh Blizzard....

either way its the same LOL should be released by end of June

[ROOTPetraeus]

Originally Posted by theifzz

2nd quarter of their work year? or 2nd quarter of 2012? because i believe blizzard's WY does not begin in January... Oh Blizzard....

It says in the link ^^ http://www.pcworld.com/article/24984...sing_diablo_3_by_end_of_june

[Maynarde]

Hype everyone! Saw this on the forums today;

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/4079872821#1

Jay Wilson wanted to share a message with the Diablo III community:

Some of you might have seen some headlines or a certain (obviously sarcastic) blue post that implies that we're unsteady about where Diablo III stands, and that you should temper your expectations when it comes to the next installment in the Diablo series.

Let me be clear: Nothing could be further from the truth.

As those of you in the beta have seen, the game is in good shape. Actually, I should say that the beta version of the game is in good shape. The latest full build we've been testing here in the office is in great shape.

We get a lot of sympathy from the other teams because of the long hours of crunch our design team is putting in, but the secret is that playing through the game as we do final tuning, bug fixes, and optimizations is a real joy. We always know a Blizzard game is almost ready when we have to ask members of the team to stop playing so they can get their work done. That’s definitely been the case around here.

We think you're going to love Diablo III when it's released, and speaking of release plans, you can seriously expect a launch-date announcement from us in the near future. See, I didn’t say “soon,” so I’m not taunting you. You’ll know as soon as I know for sure the exact date.

And by the way, we want you to have high expectations for Diablo III and all Blizzard games. That’s what pushes us to try to make the best gaming experiences we possibly can. If Diablo III wasn’t a worthy next installment in the Diablo series, we wouldn’t release it. That’s the way we do it. That’s the way we’ve always done it.

As I’ve said many times in the recent past, we think Diablo III is coming along great and we can’t wait for you to get your hands on it. We’re doing all we can to ensure you have one hell of a time once you step foot in Sanctuary…

Also, I think Diablo is much more comparable to the Evil Dead series personally, and those just kept getting better. OK, I know a lot of you prefer Evil Dead 2 to Army of Darkness, but come on, Bruce Campbell fights a squad of little Bruce Campbells! Priceless. =)

Jay Wilson is the Game Director of Diablo 3, and wants to know “Hey, uh, what’s that you got on your face?” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxBCSautRXY

I smell an inbound release date announcement!

Quick Comments

ROOTPetraeus:

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Asrathiel]

hurryuphurryuphurryup!!!!! want!

[wTlzq]

Originally Posted by Maynarde

in the near future

still not convinced TT

[breadfan]

So basically, he admits that D3 is being delayed coz devs are busy playing D3.

GODDAMNITBLIZZARD

[aLtMrFool]

Just got a beta key from sc2sea but they're apparently having some server-side issues preventing a ton of players from playing.. Still waiting for their fix

[Delraich]

Originally Posted by aLtMrFool

Just got a beta key from sc2sea but they're apparently having some server-side issues preventing a ton of players from playing.. Still waiting for their fix

Ah OK, so its not just me. I click the start game button and it freezes for quite a few minutes and eventually I get a message saying I cannot join a game at this time.

Edit: Mine is working now, so maybe try again.

[Exogenesis]

I'm guessing the 17th of april. You heard it here first ladies and gentlemen.

[ToRMaverick]

Im currently loading it as we speak (beta from sc2sea as well).. god I hope I can play!!!! Would be bummed if I cant..

[aLtMrFool]

Originally Posted by ToRMaverick

Im currently loading it as we speak (beta from sc2sea as well).. god I hope I can play!!!! Would be bummed if I cant..

There's a chance you can if you didn't create a new battle.net account along with the beta key, but all those, like me, who created a new account and activated it with any recent beta keys are all blocked until blizzard does their job.. Last update about the current situation was about half a day back!

[Maynarde]

Mike Morhaime, CEO of Blizzard just said " We'll have exciting news to share in the coming weeks regarding Diablo III's release date" during the latest message to the community. This message was in regards to staff reductions, mainly in the WoW area but YAY RELEASE DATE SOON!

[Dox]

Originally Posted by Maynarde

Mike Morhaime, CEO of Blizzard just said " We'll have exciting news to share in the coming weeks regarding Diablo III's release date" during the latest message to the community.

=x

Quick Comments

ToRMaverick:

The waiting.... so much waiting! Come on already!

[Azure]

wow sounds promising

[EXCL]

Diablo 3 Forever....

[Knowledge]

Blizzard's "soon"

[Azure]

now that they are cutting out the pvp content for d3 I think they will release, the release date this week.

[Asrathiel]

Originally Posted by Azure

now that they are cutting out the pvp content for d3 I think they will release, the release date this week.

I bloody hope so! Need a new computer before I can play it

[TAhackdZ]

Also, I think Diablo is much more comparable to the Evil Dead series personally, and those just kept getting better. OK, I know a lot of you prefer Evil Dead 2 to Army of Darkness, but come on, Bruce Campbell fights a squad of little Bruce Campbells! Priceless. =)

He's totally right....Army of Darkness was the best one...Srsly, the all mighty chin (B.C.) builds a robot hand out of a suit of knights armor and car parts....thats possibly the most bad ass thing ever...

[Bash]

May 15 guys (and asrath)
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/4612389/Test-3_16_2012

Quick Comments

	Asrathiel:	Hugs and ♥ for you for telling me this!!!!!
	Maynarde:	Thanks! Should add to OP
	raycey:	Props to Bash for being the first with this critical information!