we all know its about time we should get a release date soon if they are still gonna go for "early 2012"
there is some things that have surfaced last days that make all random events not feel so random anymore.
Pictures of printings of the manual (guessing 98% legit, seems very legit)
was a post some time ago made by some blizzard highshot claiming hes gonna go for a week vacation "late January but definitely in February" to see a friend. (guessing 65% legit, might not matter at all)
a German site claims to have information about the D3 game boxes is gonna get shipped out in the 7th or 8th week this year, hitting the shelf's at about end February->mid March (guessing 75% legit, as its not confirmed yet)
it kinda must be done soon if they want to keep the 2 month from announcement -> release and still be in "early 2012" ( 100% legit, straight up logic)
I think they'll have a feb/march conference call/press conference and disclose the date there, we get the game in april/may. 50% sure. and that's about 49% more sure than I've been about anything in the past.
I don't think it was a coincidence that this german thing happened around the same time all the leaked box stuff, and the same time when all these retailers started to give filler release dates for the game, designed to be pushed back for sure, but still a step closer.
I see it this way:
The release date can't be announced, because it is not set in stone. But they feel that development is nearing it's conclusion, so preparations have to be made. But still late February seems to early to me.
But given that this is a Blizz game, literally anything can hapen. I even can imagine Bash saying "sorry guys, the game feels not like we expected it to feel... bla-bla.. SC: Ghost... hope you understand"
I see it this way:
The release date can't be announced, because it is not set in stone. But they feel that development is nearing it's conclusion, so preparations have to be made. But still late February seems to early to me.
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They can patch on actual release, but they need time, to print those manuals, boxes, and write CD-s
I see it this way:
The release date can't be announced, because it is not set in stone. But they feel that development is nearing it's conclusion, so preparations have to be made. But still late February seems to early to me.
this
They can patch on actual release, but they need time, to print those manuals, boxes, and write CD-s
well thats apparently what they are doing now... the manuals are in the making and they have booked storage in Germany and so on...
i do believe its kinda close tho, late feb, early-mid march seems fair imo, whit a release patch ofc released 2-3 days before so ppl can pre-download it. its a very smart system when you think about it!
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Feb seems logical but feels to early based on the information about systems still being developed (they havent even shown us the new rune system yet to test..right?, same as items on the website), I got an inkling it will be May. But in this case Id love to be wrong....there are Diablo 3 box's and preorders at my local EB game store...which had to get printed up,,,the print leaks are probs the same thing. blaow
The Diablo III release date announcement is probably one of the biggest pieces of news that will be announced in recent years, and surely deserves a pretty big announcement spectacular. However, I agree that it will be announced in a very ordinary way, probably through the main page at first, and twitter afterwards.
The Diablo III release date announcement is probably one of the biggest pieces of news that will be announced in recent years, and surely deserves a pretty big announcement spectacular. However, I agree that it will be announced in a very ordinary way, probably through the main page at first, and twitter afterwards.
Shame tho, if it were me, Id make it huge.
Y U NO READ FORUM ?
They said they`ll hold a press conference when the have a release date, I think it is pretty big...
a press release, a press release can be as simple as a massive wall of text (which it has been like in the past)
Late feb or sometimes in march seems reasonable. I wish they would just announce a release date so we could talk about something else. I'd expect we'd see a release date by the end of january if anytime in feb is going to happen.
The german thing is either legit or a very well thought of troll xD I still had a feeling for march since a few months so might be it. I'd say the announcement would be end of january.
we all know its about time we should get a release date soon if they are still gonna go for "early 2012"
there is some things that have surfaced last days that make all random events not feel so random anymore.
so my question to discuss...
HOW will they announce it?
my guess is new epic video clip whit release date at the end
or!
a kind of scavenger hunt
I don't think it was a coincidence that this german thing happened around the same time all the leaked box stuff, and the same time when all these retailers started to give filler release dates for the game, designed to be pushed back for sure, but still a step closer.
The release date can't be announced, because it is not set in stone. But they feel that development is nearing it's conclusion, so preparations have to be made. But still late February seems to early to me.
But given that this is a Blizz game, literally anything can hapen. I even can imagine Bash saying "sorry guys, the game feels not like we expected it to feel... bla-bla.. SC: Ghost... hope you understand"
They can patch on actual release, but they need time, to print those manuals, boxes, and write CD-s
well thats apparently what they are doing now... the manuals are in the making and they have booked storage in Germany and so on...
i do believe its kinda close tho, late feb, early-mid march seems fair imo, whit a release patch ofc released 2-3 days before so ppl can pre-download it. its a very smart system when you think about it!
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Shame tho, if it were me, Id make it huge.
a press release, a press release can be as simple as a massive wall of text (which it has been like in the past)
gamma11 > east
There are plenty of those around as well.
A runestone reveal would be nice.