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Rumor: Diablo III Releases On April 17th

Posted on Saturday, March 3 @ 10:02:57 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack

Tired of waiting for Diablo III? I don't blame you, but if the latest rumor is correct you won't have to wait much longer before you get to kick *** and take names.

A few retailers in Italy have begun posting a release date for Diablo III which all show the same date of April 17th, and you know to never mess with the Italians. This date lines up perfectly with Incgamer's leak just a few days ago which stated several developing details about Diablo III, one of which was that the release date would be in April.

Whatever the case, I am led to believe that the official release date will be announced on March 5th for several reasons. For one, Blizzard will have a huge kiosk set-up at GDC on that date and the lead developer of Diablo III, Jay WIlson, will be there. Not only that, when asked on Twitter how close on a scale of 1-10 Blizzard is to announcing the release date for the game, Wilson posted "9".

After the delay earlier in the year all signs pointed to a release during the Summer, but it's looking like Blizzard have some mercy after all and Diablo III is further along in development than many suspected. The sooner the better, as the next World of Warcraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria, is coming out later this year and the last thing Blizzard needs is to compete with themselves.

April is going to be a dry month for gaming, so Diablo III will be a great addition if this rumor is true. Sounds like it's time to get your axe and battle armor ready because hell is coming, and it's coming soon.
Related Games:   Diablo III
Tags:   Diablo 3, Blizzard


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  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Mar 3rd, 2012 at 11:07 am
    Release day purchase for me.
    0 1
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Mar 3rd, 2012 at 11:25 am
    Collector's Edition here. :)
    0 1
  • t1pz0r
    t1pz0r
    Joined: May 2008
    Posted: Mar 3rd, 2012 at 11:49 am
    I've literally been saving some of paid time off for this game, hopefully this is true so I can cash in and get paid to play D3!
    0 0
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Mar 3rd, 2012 at 12:11 pm
    Yeah, release date April 17, 2013.
    0 0
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Mar 3rd, 2012 at 8:09 pm
    Optimist!


    Not spam
    0 0
  • Noritama
    Noritama
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Mar 3rd, 2012 at 1:56 pm
    Maybe I'll buy it maybe
    0 0
  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Mar 3rd, 2012 at 2:34 pm
    DO IT!
    0 0
  • sg4real
    sg4real
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Mar 3rd, 2012 at 4:53 pm
    Awesome, hoping its true! :)
    0 0
  • Kakulukia
    Kakulukia
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Mar 3rd, 2012 at 5:46 pm
    I'd love to get it, but my crap laptop can barely play D2... I hope the rumored console version gets confirmed soon.
    0 0
  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Mar 3rd, 2012 at 6:14 pm
    I didn't know the console version was a rumor since Micah Whipple, blizzard community manager, said that "Yup,” Diablo III was coming to consoles and that. “Josh Mosqueira is lead designer for the Diablo console project.” via twitter.
    0 0
  • NecroWolf
    NecroWolf
    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Mar 3rd, 2012 at 6:54 pm
    I can't wait for this. O.O
    0 0
  • MarkyBee
    MarkyBee
    Joined: Mar 2007
    Posted: Mar 3rd, 2012 at 7:15 pm
    release date of 07th June on Zavvi's UK website
    0 0
  • metalimi
    metalimi
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Mar 4th, 2012 at 8:58 am
    I won't believe a single date until I hear it from Blizzard.
    0 0
  • intoTheRain
    intoTheRain
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Mar 4th, 2012 at 2:56 pm
    the reason this is such a big rumor is because blizzard was asked if this date is legit and they said they cannot confirm nor deny. blizzard normally straight up denies, and then says "soon". they gave no concrete answer to this date.

    it'd be so awesome if it's april. they've basically went on record saying the game is complete and there will be no more changes to cause delays in the release. so 1.5 months after making that statement being the release, makes reasonable sense.
    0 0
  • intoTheRain
    intoTheRain
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Mar 4th, 2012 at 2:57 pm
    double post, I too will be taking wed and thurs night off so i have 4 days straight to avoid sunlight and get geared. haha this is the only game I would ever do it for Diablo 2 is hands down my favorite game of all time.

    and yes, this is also the only game I would ever buy a CE for too.
    0 0
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Mar 10th, 2012 at 8:20 am
    Like a deadbeat dad that rarely visits and breaks promises, Ill just wait until I can truly believe when its going to show up.
    0 0

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