Look at the angles of that diablo sign... The yellow and the "Midnight Opening" are not lined up. And who doesnt spell February correctly?! Neither BB or Blizz. Total fake.
The game guide pics however... very promising. Im bankin on conference call announcement in Feb. Released in March
Fact of the matter is, nothing has really changed over the past couple of months so I can't tell when they'll make the release date announcement. There's no guarantee that they're stuck releasing on an April tuesday, which kinda throws the rest of what you had to say on tilt, especially the bid about february.
Let's be reasonable here, we could get a statement feb, april, or even august. Just because they are supposedly aiming for an early 2012 launch doesn't mean jack. They were "aiming" to release d3 last year, but that didn't happen did it. They come out and loosely state a general period of time to garner attention and hype. They tell people and companies of importance a general date once they're close, and a specific date at a press release, generally aiming for a time 2 or so months down the road.
I wouldn't be surprised if we get locked down here in this topic at any time ;D
I'm just surprised about how unsure it seems they are of when they'll be finished. How could there possibly be that much more tweaking to do? April would be lovely at this point but we'll see anywho.
Not every employee has to know, but I'm sure there is a basic plan in play for releasing the game. Activision Blizzard has a lot to consider, between wow MOP, heart of the swarm, wow subscriptions, and if I'm not mistaken that's not where it stops (isn't activision blizz also thinking about COD?), not to mention effecting or avoiding competition with sales. My guess is that the game was release-able back in december, but now they can polish the game up like that failure idea of a runestone system now that they've been informed the game will have a stronger impact in 2012, and so we as the players have to try and read between all the crap. It really sucks for us that the game will net them more money with the wait, now, but hopefully when the game comes out it will be a better experience than if they had launched it a month ago. and if you're a romantic you could even say that extra money will translate into more work on the game in the future, more quickly. Correct me if I'm wrong but the dev's probably don't decide when we get the game. They probably report back to the higher ups on how the project is going, are given a deadline or give an ETA themselves, and then that's just another calculated factor that goes into when we ultimately get the game.
They're not going to tell us when that time is though, until we're within 2 or 3 months and a press conference is held with the date, supposedly.
I'm with you guys. We had a poll about this some time back and I think I landed in Q2 2012 territory myself, judging from the signs now, that's most likely the case too. But who knows, it's blizzard, then can always push it back again
If you ask me, they announced the game WAY too early, beta was rushed, I just don'tunderstand what is taking so long.
They say they are "polishing" it, but I'm sorry for it to take this long, something gamebreaking or legal happened, and if that is the case, my guess is something legal happened, they have stated Diablo 3 will be the first game to released all around the world at the same time...and with all these Korea shit going on, I'll bet thats the cause for the delay, they are having to change something to "impress" the koreans.
Since this a speculation thread, does anyone know if Blizzard has said anything about being able to hide the melee weapons on the Wizard, Monk, and in some cases the Witch Doctor from the plain sight?
I like the concept of being able to have the weapon damage by carrying it on their person and being able to channel the weapons special abilities in their attacks. It just looks really weird to me that any of these characters are running around holding a sword or some other fighter based weapon so they can channel it's power.
That's my only real gripe with the game at this point.
It would be really stupid if they don't bring it out before the summer holiday.
For me it's the winter-holiday in June...so more the reason to stay inside, sipping coffee under a blanket in front of the pc playing D3...can't get much better than that! Unless there's woman involved!
If you ask me, they announced the game WAY too early, beta was rushed, I just don'tunderstand what is taking so long.
That is quite ironic (not that I'm disagreeing with you ), but they announced D3 7 years afer LOD, but taking that Blizz only started working on the current Diablo somewhere in 2005/2006 THEN it was announced to early indeed!!
They say they are "polishing" it, but I'm sorry for it to take this long, something gamebreaking or legal happened, and if that is the case, my guess is something legal happened, they have stated Diablo 3 will be the first game to released all around the world at the same time...and with all these Korea shit going on, I'll bet thats the cause for the delay, they are having to change something to "impress" the koreans.
I'll agree with you that it's the Korea shit that's delaying the game, but I won't get into it now. It's just that leap from "aiming for late 2011" to "early 2012", which is basically a 4/5 months difference...polishing don't take that long...even for Blizz...maybe it is but I'm just to eager for the game so I'm making stuff up!
he also told me to set things on fire
Read this: http://www.diablofans.com/topic/31739-is-it-soon-soon%E2%84%A2/
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it does say that it will be released but when they say that you know they don't know for sure
http://pc.ign.com/articles/121/1216054p1.html
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Diablo+III+-+Windows/1800081.p?id=1218292463150&skuId=1800081
Diablo III-Mac/Windows
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment | SKU: 1800081
Release Date: 2/1/2012 |
ESRB Rating: M=Mature
Customer Reviews:
4.2 of 5 (6 reviews)
The game guide pics however... very promising. Im bankin on conference call announcement in Feb. Released in March
i hope its sooner than that but doesn't seem likely
Let's be reasonable here, we could get a statement feb, april, or even august. Just because they are supposedly aiming for an early 2012 launch doesn't mean jack. They were "aiming" to release d3 last year, but that didn't happen did it. They come out and loosely state a general period of time to garner attention and hype. They tell people and companies of importance a general date once they're close, and a specific date at a press release, generally aiming for a time 2 or so months down the road.
I wouldn't be surprised if we get locked down here in this topic at any time ;D
They're not going to tell us when that time is though, until we're within 2 or 3 months and a press conference is held with the date, supposedly.
They say they are "polishing" it, but I'm sorry for it to take this long, something gamebreaking or legal happened, and if that is the case, my guess is something legal happened, they have stated Diablo 3 will be the first game to released all around the world at the same time...and with all these Korea shit going on, I'll bet thats the cause for the delay, they are having to change something to "impress" the koreans.
https://www.deviantart.com/aerisot
I like the concept of being able to have the weapon damage by carrying it on their person and being able to channel the weapons special abilities in their attacks. It just looks really weird to me that any of these characters are running around holding a sword or some other fighter based weapon so they can channel it's power.
That's my only real gripe with the game at this point.
For me it's the winter-holiday in June...so more the reason to stay inside, sipping coffee under a blanket in front of the pc playing D3...can't get much better than that! Unless there's woman involved!
That is quite ironic (not that I'm disagreeing with you ), but they announced D3 7 years afer LOD, but taking that Blizz only started working on the current Diablo somewhere in 2005/2006 THEN it was announced to early indeed!!
I'll agree with you that it's the Korea shit that's delaying the game, but I won't get into it now. It's just that leap from "aiming for late 2011" to "early 2012", which is basically a 4/5 months difference...polishing don't take that long...even for Blizz...maybe it is but I'm just to eager for the game so I'm making stuff up!