No way it'll be Late 2009. It's been under work for 4 years people.
They did infact state in a interview that most of the classes and core game design was done, that they just needed to fill in the rest of the acts and build content. They even said Act 1 is mostly done. Now that being said I'm with the Q2, Q3 of 2009 crowd, simply because they won't want Diablo 3 to conflict with their other launches. Also so that Activison/Vivendi can show strong growth over the course of the business year.
Lich King is obviously this winter, SC2 will be in the first half of next year (and we know for sure that it's coming out before D3), and Diablo 3 will either be June 29th, or around Halloween is my guess.
They've scrapped the game twice already and started over. That's why it's been 4 years.
Twice? I heard of Once... And the 4 years is counting AFTER the original scrap... D3 was finished almost by Blizz North before it disbanded... Almost done in 2002 I believe... Its been in the works on being REBUILT for 4 years at Irvine and from what we have knowledge of hasn't been scrapped in those 4 years... Where is your source on this?
Twice? I heard of Once... And the 4 years is counting AFTER the original scrap... D3 was finished almost by Blizz North before it disbanded... Almost done in 2002 I believe... Its been in the works on being REBUILT for 4 years at Irvine and from what we have knowledge of hasn't been scrapped in those 4 years... Where is your source on this?
The Tom Chilton interview makes it seem like the 4 years includes the scrap(s).
And gamespot release date is BS, it says TBA. This one is more accurate, plus it's European and the publisher is Vivendi also based in Europe. Not my find, some other dude found it later today, just spreading the word for speculation.
No... they scrapped after Blizz North had not done a good job, and then 4 years of re-working, Blizz north worked on it since 2001 man.
4+ years working on the new version is what they meant.
And I have heard of no 2nd scrap except the Blizz North one...
All right, I can concede my points about the two scraps, but rewatching the interview, he says it's been 3 years since they rebooted the project, not 4 like we all keep saying.
www.gamestar.de (thats been quite right before) has 2010 as a release date for Diablo III and is just as credible as gamespot (which means not credible at all when it comes to Blizzard games).
I'd count for late 2009 without any real proof of it. Just a feeling its going to be about as much time to be released as StarCraft II after its announcement.
you guys like your november release dates...btw historically when was d2,d1, and wow released? usually they try to keep the same release dates as they are obviously successfull.
I think it's funny how people make accurate claims about release dates without actually knowing anything whatsoever about how much work is still to be done. If they focused on it, they could have created D3 from scratch in half a year. If it was less prioritized, it could take 13 years. We really don't know anything yet and November 2008 is quite possible, as well as November 2011.
if wow is on a downswing i could see this as a high priority...but is wow on a downswing???
Already been posted sorry it isnt accurate they lie alot theres is one confirmed release date blizzard announced it ready to hear it........when its ready WOOT!!!
Nowhere near the right date, gamespot is highly unreliable. on the blizzard site this has been talked about in many threads, im not trying to guess the date anymore =p
They did infact state in a interview that most of the classes and core game design was done, that they just needed to fill in the rest of the acts and build content. They even said Act 1 is mostly done. Now that being said I'm with the Q2, Q3 of 2009 crowd, simply because they won't want Diablo 3 to conflict with their other launches. Also so that Activison/Vivendi can show strong growth over the course of the business year.
Lich King is obviously this winter, SC2 will be in the first half of next year (and we know for sure that it's coming out before D3), and Diablo 3 will either be June 29th, or around Halloween is my guess.
Twice? I heard of Once... And the 4 years is counting AFTER the original scrap... D3 was finished almost by Blizz North before it disbanded... Almost done in 2002 I believe... Its been in the works on being REBUILT for 4 years at Irvine and from what we have knowledge of hasn't been scrapped in those 4 years... Where is your source on this?
The Tom Chilton interview makes it seem like the 4 years includes the scrap(s).
No... they scrapped after Blizz North had not done a good job, and then 4 years of re-working, Blizz north worked on it since 2001 man.
4+ years working on the new version is what they meant.
And I have heard of no 2nd scrap except the Blizz North one...
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And gamespot release date is BS, it says TBA. This one is more accurate, plus it's European and the publisher is Vivendi also based in Europe. Not my find, some other dude found it later today, just spreading the word for speculation.
All right, I can concede my points about the two scraps, but rewatching the interview, he says it's been 3 years since they rebooted the project, not 4 like we all keep saying.
I'd count for late 2009 without any real proof of it. Just a feeling its going to be about as much time to be released as StarCraft II after its announcement.
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you guys like your november release dates...btw historically when was d2,d1, and wow released? usually they try to keep the same release dates as they are obviously successfull.
if wow is on a downswing i could see this as a high priority...but is wow on a downswing???
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