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Xwan

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When will they announce the approximate release date?

I've been waiting forever to at least see an estimate from Blizzard of when Diablo III will be released. I have never anticipated any games like this so I don't really know how it works most games I've been in to have already been out when I heard about them. So does anyone who has experience with anticipating Blizzard games have an educated guess when they will give us a release date?!
 
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Fic

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Re: When will they announce the approximate release date?

nevar! haha. it think its rather hard to tell as of right now. Probably going to have to wait until blizzcon to see if they will actually announce any sort of release date. But who knows, just gonna have to wait and see i guess :)
 
korialstraz

korialstraz

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Re: When will they announce the approximate release date?

They will probably only give on when they are absolutely sure they can uphold that date, which means when they are almost certain they like the game they made. In other words I wouldn't expect a release date announcement many months before it is actually released. At least I don't think so. Blizzard may prove me wrong.

As for when I think it will be released. somewhere in 2010 or early 2011.
 
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redrach

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Re: When will they announce the approximate release date?

When it's almost ready!
Seriously though, you can never tell with Blizzard.
 
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Ixxan

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Re: When will they announce the approximate release date?

If I had to guess


December 2010 at the very earliest.
 
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zrisher

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Re: When will they announce the approximate release date?

I agree with redrach that it is usually very difficult to guess with Blizzard. I honestly wouldn't be completely surprised if one day they simply said, "We're not satisfied with the work done so far, so we've scrapped the project." Sound familiar? : )

But back on topic, my guess is that they'll announce at Blizzcon or perhaps a few months later, and that the actual release date will be summer 2010. Based on what they've done so far, I see them finishing up with design by the first month or so of 2010 and testing/tweaking until release. But as I said, any guess is a wild guess.
 
Bad Ash

Bad Ash

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Re: When will they announce the approximate release date?

SC2 is close to closed beta and they dont even have a firm release date yet. its going to be a long time
 
Krugar

Krugar

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Re: When will they announce the approximate release date?

My guess is that whatever date is announced, it will be posponed :shhh:.
 
raveharu

raveharu

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Re: When will they announce the approximate release date?

Release date?

You are thinking too far...
 
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Gonzo

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Re: When will they announce the approximate release date?

All you'll hear is that it's gone gold.
 
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qOcOp

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Re: When will they announce the approximate release date?

August 29, 2009

6:15pm

No really....the REAL question is...


When will they announce release date of the the approximate release date?
 
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sbn

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Re: When will they announce the approximate release date?

Judgeing by the extremely slow release of information, I think we are still a very long way off. Consider that it is getting close to the one year anniversary of the announcement and we only have 3 classes identified. As far as I know we still are in the dark as to the question of Acts or areas we will play in. So to say this year is being overly optimistic. I think the problem is they announced too soon. Ideally something like this should be announced when a clearer release date is expected so they can have a successful buildup of information to increase both awareness and excitement. On the other hand if you announce a game and do not release, well you fall close to Duke Nukem syndrome, or something close to it.
 
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zorro8081

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Re: When will they announce the approximate release date?

I might 'asplode if Duke Nukem syndrone shows its ugly face, but either way, look at sc2, its been announced and pushed back......(pauses to do some math)........a lot of times. Blizz is pretty adamant to their "not until we like it" policy. June 2011, minimum is my guess.
 
ThomasJ

ThomasJ

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Re: When will they announce the approximate release date?

I can't fathom the thought of Diablo 3 not being released sometime in 2010. They had this game in developement for many years already. Its a crime that it took them this long to even announce the game.
 
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KillaMike

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Re: When will they announce the approximate release date?

korialstraz said:
They will probably only give on when they are absolutely sure they can uphold that date, which means when they are almost certain they like the game they made. In other words I wouldn't expect a release date announcement many months before it is actually released. At least I don't think so. Blizzard may prove me wrong.

As for when I think it will be released. somewhere in 2010 or early 2011.
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they ll say it 1 month before release date

Mike


 
korialstraz

korialstraz

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Re: When will they announce the approximate release date?

I would be surprised if even that much. Blizzard knows it's a respected company and don't need months of time for people to notice their release date. The moment it is released it'll spread like widlfire everywhere. I wouldn't be surprised if it came up as major news in many places. But as zorro said, no one knows. Blizzard is strict on the "it's released when we think it is done" policy.
 
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