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Diablo 3 - "High Level Meeting" and No Release Date
Yesterday, Zarhym confirmed there was a high level meeting for Diablo 3. Though there are lots of rumors going around on what this meeting may have been about, nothing has been confirmed! However, today Zarhym posted on twitter saying at this time they still do not have a release date set.

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This meeting's high-level shit, yo. Gettin' all professional up in this bitch.

It better be D3 related!!!
It is!(source)

say something to community to stop this "no release date" madness. You are CMs! Commuticate with us!
We don't have anything to communicate that'll make you happy. No set release date yet. Them's the facts.(source)

As I recall, you announced Starcraft 2 8 weeks before you actually released the game.
There'll be lead time. Not sure how much. I've been working on the promo material (a la Your Fortune Awaits / Join the Dominion). (source)

We use target dates, but obviously have missed some. We won't announce a date until we're sure it's g2g. ;) (source)




Beta Key Contest - Round 3
BlizzardCS has begun the third round of their Twitter beta key give away. If you would like a chance to enter and win a Diablo III beta key, you can find all of the conest info here.

Official Blizzard Quote:

All messaging for the 3rd round winners of the #DiabloBeta Sweepstakes has been sent out at this time. Congratulations to the winners!




PC/Mac Still Top Priority
While it has been mentioned over and over again, Bashiok reconfirmed that the "announcement" of the console version of Diablo III will not effect the work and release of the PC/Mac version. A few sites such as kotaku have reached out to blizzard about this as well.

Official Blizzard Quote:

"Yup" wasn't meant to be an announcement. We're still exploring a console version, but more importantly working on the PC/Mac version.

Official Blizzard Quote:

I reached out to Blizzard for clarification, and received the following from a company representative:
"Bashiok's response on Twitter was intended as a confirmation that we're actively exploring the possibility of developing a console version of Diablo III, as we've mentioned in the past. This is not a confirmation that Diablo III is coming to any console platform. Our focus right now is on finishing the PC/Mac version of Diablo III and making sure it's a worthwhile successor to the Diablo series."





Wizard - Explosive Blast Runed
With this video, we would like to show you a first look at the runed versions of the Wizard's DiabloWiki.com - Explosive BlastExplosive Blast. As always, please keep in mind some effects or graphics may be missing or not be working correctly!

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#1 TormentedDoss

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 05:31 AM

Molster imma need you to acquire me a beta key w/ your super news powers!! :-p

#2 Uldyssian

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 05:40 AM

I mean no set date but knowing that he is working on the promo material is encouraging. Hopefully we will see the write up Jay has done in the coming days... It's amazing how painful these last several months have been. Then I look back before we had the WWI announcement and that was worse... then after the announcement in 2008 it was painful thinking "Oh man Diablo 3! Oh.. wait... this is gonna be a long wait too..."

#3 snared04drummer

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 05:55 AM

Any else even care any more?

I honestly don't want to hear another word from anyone at Blizzard, no more wallpapers or other shit, until they set a release date.

#4 TormentedDoss

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 05:57 AM

I know what you mean... take all there damn man power and get the game out!! It's been to long already...

#5 Molster

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 06:01 AM

Yeah.. I dont agree, I want w/e they will give us while we wait for that release date.

[blizz='https://twitter.com/#!/talkingcongas/status/156947507363065858']Jay Wilson just wrote up a lot of good new info on the #D3 development status which we'll be releasing in the near future.
[i]Near future... Are you able to specify further and say that it "might" be out this week, e.g?[/i]
Not this week. ([url="https://twitter.com/#!/talkingcongas/status/156960598951862273"]source[/url])[/blizz]

soon more info, next week most likley.

#6 TormentedDoss

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 06:16 AM

[quote name='Molster' timestamp='1326261693' post='727027']
Yeah.. I dont agree, I want w/e they will give us while we wait for that release date.

[blizz='https://twitter.com/#!/talkingcongas/status/156947507363065858']Jay Wilson just wrote up a lot of good new info on the #D3 development status which we'll be releasing in the near future.
[i]Near future... Are you able to specify further and say that it "might" be out this week, e.g?[/i]
Not this week. ([url="https://twitter.com/#!/talkingcongas/status/156960598951862273"]source[/url])[/blizz]

soon more info, next week most likley.
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That's not a beta key Molster, what are you talking about?

#7 Molster

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 06:25 AM

I can't even get one for my girlfriend =(

#8 TormentedDoss

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 06:28 AM

[quote name='Molster' timestamp='1326263140' post='727039']
I can't even get one for my girlfriend =(
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She's not that important! Bros before hoes!!(not calling your girl a hoe >.<)

#9 Geschan

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 07:26 AM

Finally got in in this Twitter Wave.
All my Beta Fantasies are Real now!

#10 TormentedDoss

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 07:43 AM

[quote name='Geschan' timestamp='1326266819' post='727073']
Finally got in in this Twitter Wave.
All my Beta Fantasies are Real now!
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I officially hate you :-D

#11 WaR_SPiRiT

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 07:54 AM

How do you know if you win through twitter?
I have entered every competition and signed up for beta on battle.net for agessss but still I havn't won anything. This sucks!

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 08:15 AM

[quote name='WaR_SPiRiT' timestamp='1326268449' post='727080']
How do you know if you win through twitter?
I have entered every competition and signed up for beta on battle.net for agessss but still I havn't won anything. This sucks!
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if you emailed them with the same account as your battle.net account they will add it for you, they also email you.

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 08:31 AM

[quote name='Molster' timestamp='1326269726' post='727081']
if you emailed them with the same account as your battle.net account they will add it for you, they also email you.
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Thats not quite true. I did mail with my BNet Acc but they still send me a Key!
I also send two emails at this Sweepstake.. I would have send a third now..
Good Luck and be patient

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 09:05 AM

[quote name='snared04drummer' timestamp='1326261354' post='727020']
Any else even care any more?

I honestly don't want to hear another word from anyone at Blizzard, no more wallpapers or other shit, until they set a release date.
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^This

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 09:53 AM

Yep well past all this crap, what benefit at all did we gain from knowing they had a meeting and nothing came from it?

Playing the crap out of Star Wars and enjoying every minute of it, Whats Diablo 3 again? That game that Torchlight 2 replaced!

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 10:04 AM

[quote name='Corpsie' timestamp='1326275614' post='727097']
Yep well past all this crap, what benefit at all did we gain from knowing they had a meeting and nothing came from it?

Playing the crap out of Star Wars and enjoying every minute of it, Whats Diablo 3 again? That game that Torchlight 2 replaced!
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you mean the game thats also not out and you get even less dev info on?

#17 JaundiceBunny

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 10:56 AM

Screw you guys (Blizz), I'm going home. :facepalmsmile:

#18 bleakparta

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 11:14 AM

[quote name='Molster' timestamp='1326276271' post='727100']
[quote name='Corpsie' timestamp='1326275614' post='727097']
Yep well past all this crap, what benefit at all did we gain from knowing they had a meeting and nothing came from it?

Playing the crap out of Star Wars and enjoying every minute of it, Whats Diablo 3 again? That game that Torchlight 2 replaced!
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you mean the game thats also not out and you get even less dev info on?[/quote]

Direct quote from one of the Runic devs (from the reply posted earlier today):

[quote]... we've got some things in the works and you'll be seeing some updates very soon.[/quote]

"Soon". Now where did I hear that before? B)

#19 Corpsie

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 11:50 AM

I see the irony of Torchlight 2 being delayed also and less dev talk but to be fair it wasn't announced in 2008 either ;)

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 12:06 PM

Who's Zharym? Did they finally fire Bashiok out? I guess his moustache was too much!