10 February, 2012

"Surprise" - Diablo III is "postponed" for Q2 2012

Everyone suspected that this would happen, but nobody wanted to face the facts (including me). : D
 


Yesterday during a conference call with the investors, Activision Blizzard announced that in Q1 2012 they are not planning to release a new game of Blizzard Entertainment, but there are two, planned to be released by the end of 2012.

Later in the battle.net forums Bashiok kindly explained that the company never told Q1 2012 for Diablo III, but "early 2012": D and this week they decided that they will enter Q2.

So I start to expect Diablo III in June and StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm at the end of 2012 (although they could comfortably postpone it for Q1 2013) and the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria optimisticly going in "early 2013" ;) :D

Ultimately, as Jay Wilson said some time ago:
     Our job isn't just to put out a game, it's to release the next Diablo game. No one will remember if the game is late, only if it's great.

So I'll wait, and have fun with the rage comments of  the "angry fans". : D
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16 comments:

  1. dopdavidFebruary 11, 2012 at 12:55 AM

    no surprises here blizzard always does this. however i still play the 2nd one, and ill wait years for the third if it takes that long

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  2. InfinitePlansFebruary 11, 2012 at 1:02 AM

    Really don't think it matters as long as the game is great, I'm not really looking forward to it but I'm sure the fans will enjoy it.

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  3. UnknownFebruary 11, 2012 at 2:29 AM

    Postponed? darn.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2012 at 4:42 AM

    Congrat

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2012 at 5:59 AM

    I'm not even mad.

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  6. UnknownFebruary 11, 2012 at 7:29 AM

    I knew it wasn't going to come out anytime soon, I actually didn't recall them even officially saying when it was going to come out to begin with

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  7. nmZFebruary 11, 2012 at 5:44 PM

    what else is new :/

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  8. DylanthulhuFebruary 12, 2012 at 12:24 AM

    I love Blizz, but they never release things on time.

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  9. GFebruary 12, 2012 at 2:17 AM

    the best thing come to those that wait

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  10. DylanthulhuFebruary 12, 2012 at 8:57 AM

    Oh, and I tagged you on my blog, (Un)Sacred Gems.

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  11. DWeiFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:35 AM

    Eh, the only one I'm interested in is Heart of the Swarm but this delay will give me more time to get better with Wings of Liberty. :P

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  12. Bargain HunterFebruary 13, 2012 at 2:47 PM

    Hopefully they dont delay it even more..

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  13. AdamFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:49 PM

    I hate delays

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  14. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2012 at 4:18 AM

    Cool

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  15. BaurFebruary 16, 2012 at 1:26 AM

    Knowing blizzard there's going to be another delay after that!

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  16. DAILYESFebruary 16, 2012 at 9:48 AM

    By the time then, I am a skelleton

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