Diablo 3 Release Date Slips

Posted 9 February 2012 by Rushster

During the conference call today, Mike Morhaime confirmed that Diablo 3 has been delayed into a Q2 release date which takes it out of the previously stated “early 2012″ date.

Slide from ATVI Q4 Financial Conference Call


We began beta testing for Diablo III last year. After receiving feedback from the community and our internal teams, we have implemented changes to the game which we believe will greatly improve the game experience, and ensure that the final release will live up to our high expectations. We have also been testing the Auction House functionality. This testing will help ensure a smooth roll-out of this feature with the retail launch, so our players can safely and securely trade items with each other.

Given the popularity of the action RPG genre, and the keen interest in Diablo III, we expect this launch to be a big opportunity for Blizzard. We can also confirm that we are targeting a Q2 launch for Diablo III. We expect to announce more details about the release schedule in the coming weeks.

So there you have it, we won’t be seeing the game for a over a month at the earliest which will no doubt disappoint many of you who were expecting some good news this evening. We can only hope that Mike does come back with more details in the coming weeks because we have heard that comment in previous conference calls and then nothing materialises.

We’ll make sure the DiabloWikiDiablo III release date page is kept right up to date so you can follow the developments.

Tagged As: | Categories: Financial, Mike Morhaime, Release Date
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96 Opinions have been expressed on “Diablo 3 Release Date Slips”
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  • June 29th it is -.-

    • you got it all wrong man… they are targeting, that’s slang for maybe we’ll release it in q3, but really don’t get your hopes up for q2.

  • June the 30th it is…

  • Technically it didn’t slip, since as far as I know they never confirmed Q1. Shall we count April as early?

    • doesnt matter, fansites tend to exaggerate on this issue like all unserious pools of information often do (just look at blizz forums ~)

    • Actually they did say “Q1″ a couple times. But for the most part they had said “Early” so who knows what they really had in mind. I get the feeling that they have moved the internal target back multiple times now to accommodate more and more iteration and last-minute overhauling. For once I wish their corporate overlords would get involved and put serious pressure on them to be done with it.

  • Spelt Experience wrong :)
     
    Q2!!! :’(((((((((

  • They’re soooo going to make all 3 releases this year.
    I’m sure all the WoW-players are thrilled to have to endure 1+ year of the same instance… like Icecrown. That was really fun.
    Heck even SC2s singleplayer campaign needs a push forward…

  • Blizzard’s project management sure blows.

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