When I feel optimistic:
They will announce a mid 2011 release, they will release at late 2011.
When I feel the other way:
They will announce a late 2011 releas, they will release at early or mid 2012 (I probably won't play it if turns out to be like this)
When I feel really optimistic:
They will announce a late 2010 or an early 2011 release, and they will release in mid 2011
You may see all of them involves Blizzard saying a date, then changing it. And I have no hope for 2010 since they announced the wow expansion.
I just hope it gets released before 2012.
Not enough speculating about when the game is actually going to be released, we now speculate when they will release the release date?
COME ON
I am just curious to see when people feel Blizz will announce the game; should be interesting to see if my stocks gain that day due to a d3 announcement
I was hoping they would announce at Blizzcon, but clearly my hopes were set too high. I am now thinking they will give the announcement sometime early 2010 (MAYBE christmas time this year, tho that wouldn't do anything but piss off kids who want the game at xmas), and the game would be set to skeet (release) by Fall 2010 (maybe christmas or halloween). In any case, I think that the release date will be shortly after the day they make the announcement - however i'm sure the game will be a bit delayed.
they will def. blow off the dumb 2 games per year rule and release in mid to late 2010..demand is highest for diablo 3 in my mind! i dont think that the wow expansion really counts as a game anyway...more like the last bit of sour milk coming from what was once a full titty!!!!HAHA
you guys, let's be realistic here. I'm as amped as anyone here, but I believe they will never ever ever ever ever ever release this game in 2010. They havent even released the last class. They haven't started beta testing. we've seen two acts so far with one dungeon and a limited range of monsters/quests. They'l probably announce the next class and act at blizzcon next year (2010). In that respect, with wow announced and SC 2, you can be sure it'l be released late 2011, beginning 2012. Sorry for being a non believer Xd
I heard at next year's Blizzcon they'll check if Bashiok can see his shadow or not -- if he doesn't, hellloooo Christmas 2010 release!
On a serious note, this thread is about the billionth of its kind and it's just as stupid and spammy and pointless as the first. FREAKING KNOCK IT OFF.
They will release the date when they release the date
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you guys, let's be realistic here. I'm as amped as anyone here, but I believe they will never ever ever ever ever ever release this game in 2010. They havent even released the last class. They haven't started beta testing. we've seen two acts so far with one dungeon and a limited range of monsters/quests. They'l probably announce the next class and act at blizzcon next year (2010). In that respect, with wow announced and SC 2, you can be sure it'l be released late 2011, beginning 2012. Sorry for being a non believer Xd
I'm inclined to believe that a Blizzcon '10 announcement for the release date is plausible if they give out the beta keys. Since bnet 2.0 should be up and running by then, this shouldn't turn into the SC2 saga with postponement after postponement. On the other hand, this is Blizzard we're talking about so who knows exacly what they are planning on doing.
I love the guy who said im not gonna play in if the release it in 2012 come on kid grow up. I also think its funny how you guys want a game that clearly is not finished.
Duke nukem forever and diablo 3 have nothing in common. yes D2 has been out for ages but these guys have not been working on diablo 3 since D2 was finished.
give blizzard a break and let them do what they do best!
I really don't think they are considered beta in the sense that 'beta' is thought of 90% of the time.
i.e., 'the core of this game is finished and we just want people playing to check balance issues and to make sure nothing is going to 'break' '
My point being we can sit around and play the 'development cycle jargon semantics' game all evening and have a blast doing it, but for all intents and purposes, no, they are not beta.
What StarCraft2 will be doing within the next few months (probably) is 'beta'.
I never really said you were 'wrong', did I? No, I didn't.
My point is Communication 101 -- sometimes you have to concede a point of technical correctness for the sake of getting the 'real' point across.
In this case, my point was (and still is) 90% of the time on these forums and elsewhere, when someone says 'beta' they mean the finalish open beta that precedes, roughly, the launch of the game.
So if someone says 'are those gameplay floor demos at Blizzcon beta?' and you say 'Yes', you just very possibly created a very large misconception that then may start spreading misinformation like freaking wildfire through this and other forums.
And that's the absolute earliest release, imo.
COME ON
They will announce a mid 2011 release, they will release at late 2011.
When I feel the other way:
They will announce a late 2011 releas, they will release at early or mid 2012 (I probably won't play it if turns out to be like this)
When I feel really optimistic:
They will announce a late 2010 or an early 2011 release, and they will release in mid 2011
You may see all of them involves Blizzard saying a date, then changing it. And I have no hope for 2010 since they announced the wow expansion.
I just hope it gets released before 2012.
I am just curious to see when people feel Blizz will announce the game; should be interesting to see if my stocks gain that day due to a d3 announcement
I was hoping they would announce at Blizzcon, but clearly my hopes were set too high. I am now thinking they will give the announcement sometime early 2010 (MAYBE christmas time this year, tho that wouldn't do anything but piss off kids who want the game at xmas), and the game would be set to skeet (release) by Fall 2010 (maybe christmas or halloween). In any case, I think that the release date will be shortly after the day they make the announcement - however i'm sure the game will be a bit delayed.
Battle not with monsters lest you become one.
On a serious note, this thread is about the billionth of its kind and it's just as stupid and spammy and pointless as the first. FREAKING KNOCK IT OFF.
If you want to arrange it
This world you can change it
If we could somehow make this
Christmas thing last
By helping a neighbor
Or even a stranger
And to know who needs help
You need only just ask
did they do beta testing for starcraft2?
Duke nukem forever and diablo 3 have nothing in common. yes D2 has been out for ages but these guys have not been working on diablo 3 since D2 was finished.
give blizzard a break and let them do what they do best!
No, they wouldn't even be considered an Alpha version.
they are some early form of pre-alpha as lots of stuff are not in the demo.
a beta is when things are mostly finalised and you are just looking for last minute tweaks and bug fixes.
i.e., 'the core of this game is finished and we just want people playing to check balance issues and to make sure nothing is going to 'break' '
My point being we can sit around and play the 'development cycle jargon semantics' game all evening and have a blast doing it, but for all intents and purposes, no, they are not beta.
What StarCraft2 will be doing within the next few months (probably) is 'beta'.
I never really said you were 'wrong', did I? No, I didn't.
My point is Communication 101 -- sometimes you have to concede a point of technical correctness for the sake of getting the 'real' point across.
In this case, my point was (and still is) 90% of the time on these forums and elsewhere, when someone says 'beta' they mean the finalish open beta that precedes, roughly, the launch of the game.
So if someone says 'are those gameplay floor demos at Blizzcon beta?' and you say 'Yes', you just very possibly created a very large misconception that then may start spreading misinformation like freaking wildfire through this and other forums.
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