Dutch Ad Points to a Diablo 3 Launch on April 19

April 19 .....2013/2014,I have given up hope on diablo 3. So sick of hearing "news" about the smallest details regarding this very old game.

so when is it coming out? 2016?

diablo 3 is the "lebron james" of the gaming world.

I am part of the testing community. Based on my judgement, there is no way this game will be released in april, not even close. They are busy with MAJOR changes to the game, and Blizzard being the company they are, they polish out every absolute detail whenever they change something.
The game is nice, but it is NOWHERE near release.

A game where single player must be done online, with associated latency, disconnect and server outage issues.
A game where game-changing items can be bought from blizzard for real-world dollars, so you will suck, relatively, if you don't want to pay.

Yup, I can see why you're all so eager for release - you all want to not buy and make the release a failure in order to force companies to rethink their evil methods - I'm so proud of you all.

Random note, the word "dutch" is filtered when naming a toon.

As a beta tester myself I feel the dev team doesn't really know which way they want to go with the major game play mechanics

I was kinda excited when the first news of the game, but now I am over it. I have got to the point to were I don't care if it ever comes out.

Christmas eve!

Having played the beta, i thought the game was ready for release months ago.

And then the most recent patch came out, where they changed the rune system. I no longer think the game is anywhere close to ready.

I just pray that they added some nice single-player campaigns and storylines... I usually love the stories Blizz puts into their game, but World of Warcraft was... a deviation from the norm.

I just hope they didn't make D3 into WoW2.

19th of April ? Sounds good to me, my birthday =)

Just trash the Diablo 3 please its gonna be a huge disappointment. Save us all the anger by tossing this uselsss d3 into bin plsss for us long time fans sake

You are all missing something important here. If this is true, it would be the first real contribution to the world of gaming by the Dutch! Now all we can do is wait and hope.

I'm in the Diablo 3 beta and unfortunately it's disappointing so far. I mean, it's cool if you like Diablo 1 and 2....I guess. It's almost EXACTLY the same game with slightly better graphics. )=

I guess what I mean to say above is that there lacks any significant innovation. This could have easily been another Diablo 2 expansion.

If you liked Diablo and Diablo 2 you will love diablo 3. .... I was questioning it at first along with the graphics but I must say the game looks and feels great. I was mad at no customization for the character avatars but with armor sets and dyes I suppose you can make the character your own.

For those complaining about online lag for single player and the auction house ..... your gripes would be bitching about EVERY GAME OUT THERE. Any MMO or single player game with multiplayer you can go to chinese farming sites or even CL/Ebay and buy gold/accounts and items. blizzard simply cut out the middle man .... and this will HURT farmers with the drop system. Kudos to Blizzard and I support what they are doing. If someone wants to spend $800 on a character let them its THEIR HOBBY ....people put $10-50k into modding their cars which I think is stupid but its their hobby. Sorry I make six figures and if I want a new OP weapon I can buy it instead of grind for it.

.....PS I have beta tested since patch 11.

Must be having problems dumbing it down for console release are they?

envymert totally agree, Some waste thousands on cars,camera equipment, boats,renovations etc etc
So why not on another hobby, Pc's and Gaming.
I am guilty spending 3k on an old crappy looking online game called conquer years and years ago, But damn it was fun at the time and I did good ingame deeds with that power. Not many people back then had full -7 double socket gear.
If it's your passion then spend away, If you think it may ruin gaming experience then don't buy, Simple!
Some games are indeed ruined as half the fun is getting there by the grind, But others are just so rediculous it would take literally 5+ years to get anywhere so choice is yours to make.

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Conquer? I hadn't played a video game in over 5 years and then I bought that and I bought a new rig so I could play Age of Conan. I remember leaving my character to beat up a dummy all night ever night before I went to bed so I could game some XP. I also hear you on the dumbing down issue and consoles... same thing happened in *cough* DA2 *cough*

I'm divided here to be honest. I did play through both Diablo and D2 when they released and I have great memories of both games. I've been looking forward to this release for a long time.

With that being said, I think Blizzard is really slapping the gaming community in the face with some of their approaches. As has been mentioned, the ninja DRM on a single player campaign is a joke. The sale of in-game items for real cash also bothers me. I remember playing EQ as the gold farmers literally infested the game with massive bot invasions and mudflation to the point you were all but forced to buy plat. I didn't agree with it then, I still don't.

My biggest disappointment however came when Blizzard made the active decision to not support Multi-monitors. Their reasoning is that it would create a competitive advantage for those that own these types of rigs. While that is without a doubt true, it's also true that players that use 120hz screens, or video cards that can push the title without lag, or people with low latency internet connections have an advantage. Heck, look at the players that use macro rich keyboards and mice, tell me that isn't an advantage. Overall it's just a poor excuse to exclude technology that some players really find to be the ultimate in immersion.

I'll still buy D3, but the entire thing is leaving me with a lesser opinion of a gaming company that I feel has been very well guided up till this point.

I got in the beta, and overall the game is pretty good, for the most part, but not enough to justify how long they have been working on it.

all i want is another diablo2 but with better graphics, new shit to kill and new areas to explore.. i want the same epic soundtrack and voice acting.. in d2, in the Pandemonium Fortress, you talk to one of the vendors,, she says "Hail to you Champion" the voice is awesome. it sends shivers down my back. the audio made diablo2 the epic masterpiece that it is, i really hope diablo3 keeps the same fantastic audio style that diablo1 and 2 had. i am very concerned however that Matt Uelmen is not doing the audio for diablo3.. this scares me.. and im really curious who is..
Blizzard. i must confess, the one thing that i didnt like about starcraft2 was the audio, the soundtracks are pathetic.. it is not starwars,.. why does the menu music sound exactially like something out of starwars???? terran music sounds hick to me, hope thats all fixed with heart of the swarm. also mention the lobby system. players cant ever try new maps because of that.. every friend that i know who bought it, is already bored with the game and stoped.. there is nothing left to do.. you can only play the top 5 most popular maps, and thats on a good day.

honestly, if you took diablo2, increased resolution, detailed characters, monsters, and environments, updated the engine for new operating systems, but kept the fantastic audio from d2, maybe add new items and armor, i would happily spend $60 on it.

Alot of the same sounds are back, sounds are great. I agree its taken WAY to long for this one but it will be awesome. Gold farmers wont kill peoples games like they think, if you want to play with friends play with friends you do not have to use the AH for ANYTHING if you choose not to. If you want to PvP it will be a problem no doubt but people ebayed SoJs in D2 so same thing just different face.