Diablo 3 Delayed Until 2012
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The launch of Diablo 3’s closed beta test does more than help Blizzard iron out bugs for the upcoming release of the game; it also wets the taste of gamers who have been waiting for a true Diablo 2 sequel for ten years and counting. (Um, even if the crappy always-online DRM did give cause some headaches.) Turns out it was just a tease after all. Today, Blizzard officially announced that the release date for the game has slipped back into “early 2012.”
"With every game we make, the temptation is always very strong to launch as soon as possible. However, we didn't put so many years of work into Diablo III to release a game that was almost ready," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment, said in the company’s press release.
To be fair, Blizzard had never firmly committed to a 2011 release date. The company has long said that it will release Diablo 3 only when it was ready – but they hoped it would be ready in 2011. They’ve extended two olive branches to help ease the pain, though; the time frame for the beta test will be prolonged to allow gamers more Barbarian time, and anybody who had previously signed up for the Diableard challenge are formally released from the bond and now free to shave their faces at their leisure.
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Silencer
November 08, 2011 at 6:15am
Hey Blizz! :O)
Release it *this year*, without your DRM, and I'll buy it, OR...
Release it *next year*, with your DRM, AND: **KEEP IT!** ;O)
WTF U think the delay is ?!?!? Nah, not the DRM, which causes:
"...inability to cope with a constant connection." UN-F-ING BELIEVEABLE.
Play or Pay bitches.
Nimrod
September 25, 2011 at 2:19pm
What are the odds well see a return of the Creeping Feature Super Unique in this game again! :P
Nimrod
September 25, 2011 at 2:18pm
What are the odds well see a return of the Creeping Feature Super Unique in this game again! :P
RUSENSITIVESWEETNESS
September 24, 2011 at 1:23pm
If someone could patch the crap out of the graphics in Diablo II, I'd still be playing it. Poor thing's so ugly and hard to see, I just can't see fit to ever install it again.
Silencer
November 11, 2011 at 8:19am
Switch to 800x600, it's tolerable.
I got like an 82, (ready for Baal runs,) (been busy w/other sht,) and a 14 (G'Rushed,) etc.
Nimrod
September 25, 2011 at 2:17pm
then your not a true gamer and in fact a shallow dip shit. morons like you will be saying the exact same thing about D3 in another 12 years
Belboz99
September 24, 2011 at 5:20am
My crystal ball says that in "Early 2012" the game will again be pushed back to "Q3, 2012" and then finally for a "Holiday" release of December 21st, 2012.
Then it will be the end of the world as we know it, but Blizzard will feel fine.
Exarkun1138
September 23, 2011 at 1:17pm
And why am I not surprised?? Diablo III has had as many delays as Duke Nukem Forever, and now we see yet another one. At this point I'm not holding my breath for Diablo III. I still play Titan Quest/Immortal Throne, Torchlight, and even play some older action RPG's, so those will suit me since Diablo III is still in limbo.
noobstix
September 23, 2011 at 11:43am
Blizzard should just work on this game for another 3 or 4 years to one-up Duke Nukem Forever.
Jorsh
September 23, 2011 at 11:22am
From Wikipedia:
"Development on Diablo III began in 2001 when Billzard North was still in operation..."
No other company could string a game along for 10, now 11 years.
Digital-Storm
September 23, 2011 at 2:00pm
And no other game company could produce the quality of games that Blizzard produces.
Silencer
November 11, 2011 at 8:34am
Nah. F them. How about:
***** SKYRIM *****
for starters... F them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu9wrtOJ9Vw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4X79UZeyx8
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