So, the beta has just been released to Europe.
We know some systems are still being worked on.
We know how tight Blizzard are about keeping dates secret.
If this is a real date I'll eat my keyboard ^^
I hope it is not the Extra large titanium keyboard then... LOL
Crossing fingers and toes for Monday. My Avatar may have to switch if they do go for April 17th. The headache inducing wait for DIII may be over "Soon" (TM Blizzard / Activision).
Maybe its not known or its a new feature but I was just messing around int he beta and tried to join a game and got an error message saying
"You cannot join this game with the Starter Edition" which means even the starter addition is already coded into the game, everything is falling into place now!
We have implemented changes which will greatly improve the game experience and final release will live up to the highest expectations. We expect launch to be a big opportunity for Blizzard. More details will be announced in the coming weeks.
It'll be fine. We'll have some info real soon on skills and runes, a new patch, and we'll be cookin' on the road to Releaseville.
Can't we just enjoy eachothers company?
We've only ever said "early 2012". And we just decided we'd need until Q2 this week. Seems like the conference call was as good a place as any to announce that.
This means they needed an extra BIT of time to polish the game even more! (well that's how I interpret it) They wanted to release it "early" (Jan-March) but "pushed" it back into Q2 (April-June). So April is very possible!
Also Bashiok and Zarhym went to Paris (and eventually Brussels):
Official Blizzard Quote:
Paris, the Blizzard office in Versailles next week, and then Brussels!
o.O For what?
Official Blizzard Quote:
@Bashiok & I are syncing up with our EU CM team to trade strategies. And my gf's seizing the vacation opportunity with me!
Also:
"Coming weeks?" Screw that, tell Street that he gets no coffee or booze until the blog post is live. It'll be up in 3 hours.
Official Blizzard Quote:
It's actually pretty much done. We're just in the process of preparing and scheduling it for release.
Dunno if Bash is still there, but Zarhym is already back in the US. They went to Brussels, it's in Belgium...next to Germany...where Blizz will be for the CeBit event...showcasing D3...haha yeah thought I had good thing goin!
While they said they will announce around two months before release, which is standard, I would assume anyone interested in Diablo 3 has already pre ordered their desired editions / people have have been prepared for months. They could get away with a short notice.
indeed, like Bunny said, its something "they like/want" to do, its not something they "have" to do.
Just thigns to keep in mind.
They -have- to give a least a month for all the release procedures they have to go through. I'd guess this rumor is false, but I won't totally dismiss it.
While they said they will announce around two months before release, which is standard, I would assume anyone interested in Diablo 3 has already pre ordered their desired editions / people have have been prepared for months. They could get away with a short notice.
indeed, like Bunny said, its something "they like/want" to do, its not something they "have" to do.
Just thigns to keep in mind.
They -have- to give a least a month for all the release procedures they have to go through. I'd guess this rumor is false, but I won't totally dismiss it.
that quote was referring to the 2 month they were talking about, which they dont have to do, they also dont -have- to do a month either.
Yeah they are going to do a least month for sure, all their recent games have (only not being the first wow) but they dont have to.
The only announcement I'll get excited for is when it's the real deal. By the way, Molster, are you going to update the news post with that response from Bashiok?
The only announcement I'll get excited for is when it's the real deal. By the way, Molster, are you going to update the news post with that response from Bashiok?
The only announcement I'll get excited for is when it's the real deal. By the way, Molster, are you going to update the news post with that response from Bashiok?
its from jay, it dosnt really add anything tho
I'm guessing he can't debunk it because it's true, and can't confirm it because they wanted to annouce the release date later next week.
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When this game comes out I'll be older than Deckard Cain.
Oops, my bad. Still, even though it may not add anything it'd probably be a good idea to do so anyway, if only so that people won't try to create useless threads here or on d3 because the person couldn't be bothered to scroll through previous posts.
Oops, my bad. Still, even though it may not add anything it'd probably be a good idea to do so anyway, if only so that people won't try to create useless threads here or on d3 because the person could be bothered to scroll through previous posts.
I looked at the front page, it was there? unless its a forum post -> news article update glitch
I hope it is not the Extra large titanium keyboard then... LOL
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"You cannot join this game with the Starter Edition" which means even the starter addition is already coded into the game, everything is falling into place now!
Sign of the release!
You guys remember Bash also said that they decided to make it Q2 the week before the conference call on Feb 9:
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
It'll be fine. We'll have some info real soon on skills and runes, a new patch, and we'll be cookin' on the road to Releaseville.
Can't we just enjoy eachothers company?
We've only ever said "early 2012". And we just decided we'd need until Q2 this week. Seems like the conference call was as good a place as any to announce that.
This means they needed an extra BIT of time to polish the game even more! (well that's how I interpret it) They wanted to release it "early" (Jan-March) but "pushed" it back into Q2 (April-June). So April is very possible!
Also Bashiok and Zarhym went to Paris (and eventually Brussels):
Official Blizzard Quote:
Paris, the Blizzard office in Versailles next week, and then Brussels!
Official Blizzard Quote:
@Bashiok & I are syncing up with our EU CM team to trade strategies. And my gf's seizing the vacation opportunity with me!
Also:
Official Blizzard Quote:
It's actually pretty much done. We're just in the process of preparing and scheduling it for release.
Source (Feb 24; I'm not Twitter, or I'm retarded)
Dunno if Bash is still there, but Zarhym is already back in the US. They went to Brussels, it's in Belgium...next to Germany...where Blizz will be for the CeBit event...showcasing D3...haha yeah thought I had good thing goin!
also
https://twitter.com/#!/Angryrobotics/status/176116505023488001
Official Blizzard Quote:
can you debunk the rumor of april 17th or confirm?
I cannot debunk or confirm.
not really a surprise there
http://news.yahoo.com/diablo-iii-no-more-delays-despite-blizzard-layoffs-201003456.html
Haha cool. So I guess this leak might even turn out to be true! They'll probably fire the Italians and make them part of the 600!
You don't fuck with Blizz:
They -have- to give a least a month for all the release procedures they have to go through. I'd guess this rumor is false, but I won't totally dismiss it.
that quote was referring to the 2 month they were talking about, which they dont have to do, they also dont -have- to do a month either.
Yeah they are going to do a least month for sure, all their recent games have (only not being the first wow) but they dont have to.
I'm guessing he can't debunk it because it's true, and can't confirm it because they wanted to annouce the release date later next week.
Oops, my bad. Still, even though it may not add anything it'd probably be a good idea to do so anyway, if only so that people won't try to create useless threads here or on d3 because the person couldn't be bothered to scroll through previous posts.
I looked at the front page, it was there? unless its a forum post -> news article update glitch
No, I can see it there now. Just one of the pitfalls of instant replies.