Diablo III Release Date Set For May 15, 2012
The wait is finally over. Blizzard has today come forth to let us know that Diablo III will in reality be made available for purchase on May 15th of this year. Before you get skeptical make note that this announcement was made via Battle.net straight from the mouths of the iconic game company. This announcement comes over a great deal of uncertainty over when we would actually see Diablo III hit shelves with some reports suggesting it wouldn’t make it out before the end of the year.
Luckily, we now know that on May 15th we will be able to get our hands on the first Diablo III in a full 11 years since Diablo II: Lords of Destruction hit store shelves in 2001. Prepare yourself and make note that the game will simultaneously be available for both Mac OS X and Windows users.
If you want to secure yourself a copy, go snag a pre-order here.
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Diablo III Shipping Before End of Q2
Gamers everywhere are anxiously awaiting the release of Blizzard’s Diablo III. This game is expected to take what we’ve come to know and love from the first 2 games and combine it with high definition graphics and a whole slew of new features. However, while we’ve seen pretty much everything there is to see in regards to Diablo III we still do not have a solid release date. This should come as no surprise considering Blizzard very rarely speaks of a game’s release date unless it’s in the very near future.
Luckily, during a recent earnings call, Blizzard announced that they have every intention of releasing Diablo III before the end of Q2 2012. This means that we will, in theory, be seeing Diablo III at some point before the summer rolls around. This should come as great news for those looking to spend their entire summer grinding away at the game.
Unfortunately there’s no telling when exactly Diablo III will be out so we’ll have to keep you posted as more information is made available.
[Kotaku]
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Diablo 3 Definitely Coming to Consoles?
Diablo 3 is one of the year’s most anticipated games. Not only has the Diablo franchise been one of the most iconic online dungeon crwalers of all time but its’ been nearly a decade since the last title was released. Unfortunately for us, Blizzard has pulled the usual card keeping very quiet in regards to a release date for the game.
While we already know that Diablo 3 will obviously be released for the PC, we’ve heard rumors that it would also be making its way to consoles. Well, it seems that Blizzard has officially confirmed this today. As the story goes, a Twitter user contacted Blizzard’s Micah ‘Bashiok’ Whipple via Twitter asking if the game will make its way to consoles to which Whipple replied:
Yup. Josh mosqueira is lead designer for the Diablo console project.
Of course, he didn’t exactly say that Diablo 3 as we’ve come to know it will be making its way to consoles nor did he mention what consoles the game will be making its way to. Either way, it seems very likely that we will see the Diablo franchise make the jump to consoles at some point in the near future.
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Diablo 3 February 1st Best Buy Release Date Shot Down by Blizzard
If you’ve been paying attention you’ll know that just the other day a leaked Best Buy advertisement let us know that Blizzard’s highly anticipated Diablo 3 would be hitting store shelves on February 1st. This sent a flurry of excitement through the Internet as Blizzard is notoriously silent in regards to the release date of their products. But, at the time of the leak, we let you know not to get too excited about this release date as it was not officially confirmed.
Unfortunately, Blizzard has stepped forth today to dash everyone’s hopes and dreams. According to the popular game developer, February 1st is not, and never was the release date for Diablo 3. According to Blizzard, Best Buy had guessed when the game will be released presumably in hopes to spur pre-orders.
Whether or not this is true we haven’t a clue. It wouldn’t be too out of the blue for Blizzard to deny this release date just to keep gamers waiting around for a press release. But, as always, we’ll continue digging and come back to you with anything else we find. Stay tuned!
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Diablo 3 Release Date Leaked by Best Buy?
One of the most anticipated games of the year is none other than Blizzard’s Diablo 3. This game has been in development for quite some time as Diablo 2 originally made its way onto the market way back in June of 2000. Unfortunately, much like Blizzard’s other games, they’ve yet to give a solid release date for Diablo 3 instead telling us that it will be released when it’s ready.
That, of course, hasn’t stopped Best Buy from accidentally leaking what very well may be the official Diablo 3 release date. As you can see from the above snap shot, an unnamed Best Buy has gone live with a Diablo 3 advertisement that suggests it will drop on February 1st of this year.
Is this to be believed? We aren’t quite sure but considering February 1st is under a month away we’re sure to hear more quite soon.
[Joystiq]
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Diablo 3 to Appear on Video Game Consoles
BlizzCon ’11 is well underway and already we’ve been gifted with a wealth of information. Thus far, we’ve learned of Diablo 3′s limited Edition, World of Warcraft’s next expansion and even the fact that yearly WoW subscribers will be able to net Diablo 3 free of charge. But, if you were to think the announcements would end there you would be terribly mistaken as Blizzard has one again taken center stage to give future Diablo 3 addicts something to look forward to.
Fans of the series will know that the only platform supported over the years is, of course, the PC. Well, if you couldn’t already guess, Blizzard is looking to change all of that by extending support to popular video game consoles. Yes, that does mean you will be able to play the highly anticipated game from the comfort of your couch thanks to the efforts of a newly founded console team at Blizzard.
As of now, the company has not disclosed any information as to what consoles the game will appear on. But, they did take this time to reaffirm their dedication of heavily supporting consoles. Does this mean we will see other popular Blizzard properties such as World of Warcraft and StarCraft hit consoles? Possibly, but only time will tell for sure.
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Diablo 3 Limited Edition Announced at BlizzCon ’11
Seeing how it’s been over a decade since we saw an official additional to Blizzard’s Diablo dungeon-crawler series die hard fans are anxiously awaiting any information they can soak up. In typical Blizzard fashion, we still don’t know when the game will be made available other than sometime in Q1 of next year but that release window is quickly approaching. Due to said impending release, Blizzard has set aside a large chunk of the time during this year’s BlizzCon to focus on Diablo 3.
Diablo 3 Limited Edition Announced at BlizzCon 2011
Already we’ve been notified that those who purchase a 12-month subscription to World of Warcraft will be gifted with a free copy of Diablo 3 and now the company is letting us in on the game’s Limited Edition. Included in this sure-to-be-pricey SKU is a specicially designed 4GB thumb drive pre-loaded with Diablo 2 and presumably its expansion, Lord of Destruction. Also making the cut is a special World of Warcraft pet and exclusive Battle.net portraits for StarCraft 2 players. Those not looking to play anything besides Diablo III for the next decade will be happy to hear the Limited Edition also includes a book filled with all sorts of Diablo 3 inspired art, a soundtrack and a special Behind The Scenes two-disc Blu-ray/DVD set.
Given the exclusivity of this content, don’t expect this SKU to be cheap. According to the Amazon.com listing, it can be had in its entirety for $149.99 – quite the premium over the normal $59.99 you would expect to pay for the standalone game. Furthermore, Blizzard has also been nice enough to finally tell us (after over a decade of waiting) that Diablo 3 will officially be available for PCs running Windows and Apple’s Mac OS X platform on March 15th, 2012.
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