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Yeah, this has been posted before.

Edit - Haha forgot, it's even in my sig.

Yup, don't think this information - new or old - should be surprising. I'd give Blizzard a whole lot more time if I knew the finished product would be a patiently-and-neatly-handcrafted-courtesy-of-Blizzard kind of product.

Plus, gives me time to save up for a monster pc; the 'thing' I have now...lol. I'm just not gonna play D3 with lowered graphics settings.

That's not news, that's just saying the obvious. I could tell you this... it doesn't take a dev to realize that there's alot more work/testing to do. You guys were just being waaaay too optimistic. "This year!" "This christmas!" "This halloween!".... pfffff

That's why someone with authority had to come and burst your bubble.

i think they ar efooling us ... and i think D3 is at least so advanced as Sc2 but they need to get Sc2 out first then D3 . And they will not get out both games cose they wont make much profit and there cant be 2 games of the year :D:D
Sc2 will get out this Xmas or early 2009 and D3 i hope early 2010. At least this is how i see things

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i think they ar efooling us ... and i think D3 is at least so advanced as Sc2 but they need to get Sc2 out first then D3 . And they will not get out both games cose they wont make much profit and there cant be 2 games of the year :D:D
Sc2 will get out this Xmas or early 2009 and D3 i hope early 2010. At least this is how i see things

Lol sometimes I daydream hmmm maybe they want to release sc3 in trilogys so they can get the first one out in d3. lol but i guess i still gatta keep dreamin

Nearly every post I read here makes my palm slam directly into my face.

No, not news posts. The replies to news posts.

no way it could be this year. If we're lucky 3rd Quarter 2009. If not around December 2009-January 2010.

Pfft. You're all out of your freaking minds. D3 went went gold 2 weeks ago and will be in stores tomorrow.

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I knew this, but im still keeping my thumbs up for 2008 release :D:D If i only had one wish that would happen in reality...

What are you hoping for them to release in '08? An unfinished Act 1 and four classes? Because that's as much as they've done.

come on its got to be 2009 theres no way it will be 2010

This isnt surprising at all....but I was hoping for a mid 2009 release...tho now im thinking we will be lucky to get a late 2009 release....

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come on its got to be 2009 theres no way it will be 2010

Actually thats what its probably gonna be

starcraft may get out in april 2009, a beta must release this Xmas,
so my guess is early 2010, and maybe in october 2009 they'll release a playable demo for us:); but until there, Blizzard should do updates in D3's webpage more frequently, if not, they probally will face the hate ande insatisfaction of many fans.

Originally posted by Rob Pardo

It will definitely be out after StarCraft II

That still leaves the door wide open and the question unanswered on a very broad scope.

Will that be after Starcraft II: Episode I, II, or III.

Has this been clarified?

I always thought it was going to be around late 2009 anyways.

My first post.... Diablo and D2 are outstanding games. I expect Blizzard to produce a D3 that will live up to all expectations. The clips so far look awesome. If 2009 or 2010 is what it takes for the to release the game, so be it. I just want them to get it right.

It's a shame it wont be released soon, but it seems that time has been flying since they originally announced it actually exists.

Me and my daughter used to play D2 LOD when she was like 9 years old, and as nerdy as it sounds we have been waiting for D3 ever since. Too bad she may be off to college before it will be released.

Would you guys generally agree that for an average player, D2 takes about 30 hours of play to complete your first time through? Much more of course, for Granny, much less for an experienced gamer?

If so, there's your answer. It is logical to guess that they don't want to ship a sequel with significantly less playtime in the main single player game. Also, you need to remember that all of this year has been spent on polishing the demo to death, promotional activity, and dealing with some shuffling of personnel (like the Art Director, obviously). That means less focus on later, non-demo content, obviously.

I can only imagine how much work it would be to do destructible environments on dozens of dungeons with random features to an extent that even comes close to what we see in the demo.