May 15th 2012 is the release date for Diablo III. Blizzard said this: “Starting that day, gamers with a thirst for fast-paced action and adventure will be able to purchase Diablo III at retailers throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. In addition, gamers in the regions above as well as in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil will be able to buy Diablo III digitally via Blizzard’s Battle.net® website.” The Russian version of the game is delayed until June 7th, that’s for digital and retail.
So that is who can buy Diablo III on 15th of May. Are YOU going to buy it on release? Or not? Speak!
15/03/2012 at 13:15 Svant says:
59.99 € On Bnet… its almost like they don’t want to sell it digitally at all… So stupid.
15/03/2012 at 13:31 RedViv says:
That just means the price won’t drop for quite a while. Starcraft 2 and WoW have proven them right.
Sturgeon’s for People, yet again.
15/03/2012 at 14:52 JFS says:
I bought Starcraft 2 for less than 40 Euro retail just two days after it came out – retailers were undercutting each other left and right.
15/03/2012 at 15:28 mouton says:
And that is exactly why digital will not kill retail for quite some time.
15/03/2012 at 19:42 Sheng-ji says:
That’s true, retail will kill itself long before digital downloads ever threatens it
15/03/2012 at 13:37 lhzr says:
it’s 40eu in other places: link to gamekeyfinder.de
15/03/2012 at 13:38 Gozuu says:
If it had been any less, people would have argued the game was not properly produced and therefore reduced in price. You know that just as well as I do.
15/03/2012 at 18:51 bglamb says:
Another part of the high price tag is presumably the fact that it’s going to be relatively pirate-proof thanks to their definitely-not-just-DRM always-on RMAH ‘feature’.
15/03/2012 at 14:15 Yemala says:
45GBP direct from them, 33GBP from Amazon.
I just don’t understand.
15/03/2012 at 14:22 RedViv says:
People buy it. All we can do is make sure we are not among those people.
15/03/2012 at 15:28 mouton says:
Indeed. The only way to win is not to play.
15/03/2012 at 14:46 Smashbox says:
And I thought their $60 price tag in the US was usurious. That’s just about $80. Ridiculous.
15/03/2012 at 16:54 Mist says:
I’m interested in playing it, but not 60e interested. This would’ve been the perfect game to pick up at the inevitable 50/75% Steam sale, but alas. Guess I’m going to skip it for the time being.
15/03/2012 at 19:07 KenTWOu says:
OMG, spam-bot stole Etherealsteel ‘s comment from there:
link to rockpapershotgun.com
15/03/2012 at 14:50 Freud says:
They need to charge more because of the severance pay for the people who previously made the boxes, DVDs and manuals. Common sense.
Besides, bandwidth costs money.
15/03/2012 at 18:45 Bonedwarf says:
So you reckon the bandwidth to download costs them about $10 per, what, 5 gigabytes?
Bandwidth costs money. It doesn’t cost THAT much money.
15/03/2012 at 19:24 kael13 says:
You know Blizzard just has a bunch of mobile phones sitting in a warehouse uploading over 3G, right? Gotta pay for them tariffs somehow!
15/03/2012 at 15:02 Calneon says:
I pre-ordered it from Amazon a long time ago (so long I forgot), for £23!
15/03/2012 at 15:54 jezcentral says:
As did I at £23, but then I cancelled it when it became apparent that I couldn’t pause the game because of the DRM. By the the price was £29.
Then I fought the Boss in Torchlight, failed after 20 mins of grinding and got bored with the whole idea of these kind of games. Hopefully the yearning will return, but I won’t play D3 until they get rid of the No-Pause DRM and I feel an urge to play it.
15/03/2012 at 16:23 zergrush says:
Since one of the latest beta patches you can pause in single player.
15/03/2012 at 16:52 Joof says:
Yeah, they added a single player pause.
link to diablo.incgamers.com
15/03/2012 at 15:08 Kdansky says:
Came to come here just to post that too. I got my SC2 on Worldofgames.ch for 50 CHF (about 35 € then), on release day nevertheless. I’ll get a physical copy again, and then bin it the next time I move house. I’d buy it in their store if they would offer the identical price. Why they insist on sharing the money with the retailers I don’t understand.
15/03/2012 at 16:21 rockman29 says:
I bought Diablo III as a last summer E3 sale for pre-orders… for 40 CAD.
:)
15/03/2012 at 18:32 Stupoider says:
It’s almost as though they DON’T expect to make a gorillion dollars with their cut from the RMAH.
15/03/2012 at 18:44 bglamb says:
Mine’s on pre-order from Amazon for £23.98 from 8th Jan 2011.
15/03/2012 at 13:15 Mudshovel says:
Amen.
15/03/2012 at 13:15 Kyrius says:
Ohhhh, I’m loving this SO much! Soon™!!
15/03/2012 at 13:16 CaspianRoach says:
>The Russian version of the game is delayed until June 7th.
Russia, digital third world country.
15/03/2012 at 14:06 LifeSuport says:
This release date makes NO sense… except to fuck with Russian customers
15/03/2012 at 15:56 CaspianRoach says:
Well it kinda does. Otherwise english-speaking people could buy russian version on release which is two times cheaper and mod it to have english UI. Not exactly legal but hey, people will go a long way to pay less.
15/03/2012 at 16:08 RvLeshrac says:
What the hell? Did you just say it isn’t *LEGAL* to buy a game from another country? Are the game companies holding your dog hostage, or have you been captive for so long that you’ve developed Stockholm?
15/03/2012 at 16:24 CaspianRoach says:
It isn’t. It isn’t legal to modify the game outside of when there’s a mod system in-game and it isn’t legal for a shop to sell regional products allowed to be sold in a certain country only by a publisher.
If there’s a system ingame to check its own files before launch the game can just not start or even more signal it to a developer which can get your account suspended and banned. What do you think VAC bans are for?
15/03/2012 at 17:01 tyren says:
Disregard, misread.
15/03/2012 at 18:48 Bonedwarf says:
In Canada I can’t import video games from the US or England. I’ve yet to find a company that will actually ship them. The US thing is particularly galling when they get games $10 cheaper than us, even when the Canadian dollar is stronger.
Plus in the past Steam have removed paid for games from peoples accounts because they were from out of a region.
Hardly a precedent here.
15/03/2012 at 18:47 Bonedwarf says:
Trying to think of how Blizzard could have said “Please crack our game!” more vehemently than by doing this.
15/03/2012 at 20:04 CaspianRoach says:
They’ve said that most of the content generation happens server-side so there won’t be much point in cracking.
15/03/2012 at 20:59 jrodman says:
Well, I think if we look at the WoW private server world, it seems pretty plausible to have pirate-diablo3-servers. However, I expect Blizzard is aware of this by now and is going to put some effort into making this tedious (signed keys etc, randomization hard to replicate). I won’t exactly hold my breath for it, but I do expect it will eventually crop up.
15/03/2012 at 13:16 Mashakosha says:
Woah. So soon. O_O
15/03/2012 at 13:16 GameCat says:
HELL yeah.
15/03/2012 at 13:17 yandexx says:
I think the RETAIL Russian version will be out in June. The digital release is simultaneous.
15/03/2012 at 13:18 Jim Rossignol says:
Nope, it’s both.
15/03/2012 at 13:24 yandexx says:
It’s a shame we can’t get it here for a reduced price (in English). On Steam all games for Russia are at least -40% in rubles and available in all languages.
I simply can’t stand the localizations.
15/03/2012 at 13:25 Svant says:
The game is global so it doesnt matter what versiony ou have you can play in any region. At least thats what BNET says.
15/03/2012 at 13:34 yandexx says:
Yes, but the English client is 2.5x times more expensive.
15/03/2012 at 19:24 Thants says:
Is that the case? Starcraft 2 doesn’t let you choose your Battle.net region.
15/03/2012 at 13:20 frypiggy says:
Best news I’ve heard since June 2008.
15/03/2012 at 14:19 Necroscope says:
What could be related to best news, is that at Baldursgate.com there is a countdown taking place with less than 5 hours remaining!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15/03/2012 at 13:23 Askeladd says:
Somehow I don’t care about it anymore… I’ll pick it up when it costs less and it didn’t turn out to be ‘meh’.
Recent things I heard about some changes they did in the beta gave me the rest…
15/03/2012 at 14:08 LifeSuport says:
Agreed. I want Stalker 2 more than D3 – The might demons…
15/03/2012 at 14:12 Askeladd says:
Wait? Didn’t that get canceled?
15/03/2012 at 14:24 Keymonk says:
Yeah, but they pulled it back apparently.
See: link to rockpapershotgun.com
15/03/2012 at 14:32 Askeladd says:
Impossible, I didn’t think I’d get anything positive out of this news. I’m suprised.
Thanks for the info.
15/03/2012 at 13:24 Bosscelot says:
Hell, it’s about time.
15/03/2012 at 13:43 RedViv says:
It’s about time, Hell!
15/03/2012 at 14:01 zind says:
I Cain’t believe it’s finally coming!
15/03/2012 at 14:34 Meat Circus says:
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15/03/2012 at 15:09 JToTheDog says:
It’s about! Hell time,
15/03/2012 at 15:46 DigitalSignalX says:
I can’t wurt for May 15th.
15/03/2012 at 13:24 Blackcompany says:
I honestly don’t know if I can fork out $60 for a top down dungeon crawler.
.
Yes, I know its Diablo, not just any top down dungeon crawler. I do get that. Still that’s a hefty price to pay for this type of game.
.
But then, I am likely spoiled with the $20 price tag of Torchlight and the upcoming Freebies like Path of Exile and Grim Dawn. Will wait for reviews, I think.
15/03/2012 at 13:48 zergrush says:
I don’t think Grim Dawn is free, I remember paying for the pre-order thing quite some time ago Oo’
Anyway, here’s some path of exile beta keys:
FRPCE-BJLW3-YGH8V-XQA8D
INSA8-CVSBP-FSGQR-A8PWU
15/03/2012 at 14:34 Blackcompany says:
Thanks for the keys. My mistake then on Grim Dawn. And I am eager to see how Diablo turns out…just seems pricey for this sort of thing. But the quality could prove worth the price, you never know.
15/03/2012 at 15:51 Lobotomist says:
Damn missed it again!
I signed for beta year ago, and no key. And people are giving them away like chips all around :(
15/03/2012 at 16:24 lafinass says:
I was thinking the same thing. *sigh*
15/03/2012 at 13:25 Zyrusticae says:
Aaand I’ll buy the game and poor hundreds of hours into it explicitly for one reason…
I can make money doing it. Yup.
As much as people complain, considering how hard it is normally to make any cash from playing video games, I like that it is an option. I imagine there will be lots of competition on the market, too…
15/03/2012 at 13:52 zergrush says:
It’s probably going to take some luck to make money from this one (:
Pretty much the only reason you could buy all kinds of shit in D2 was the rampant duping, if they manage do keep DIII cheat-free the rare stuff is gonna be actually rare.
15/03/2012 at 13:26 Duffin says:
Stay a while and listen.
15/03/2012 at 13:27 deke913 says:
Been playing the beta for over a month now and am fairly pleased with the game.
Many changes from D2, but the ambience and general feel is spot on. Just logged off my barbarian that I was running through hardcore mode in fact. And maxed out a witchdoctor yesterday.(level 13 is max for beta) Good times.
15/03/2012 at 16:10 RvLeshrac says:
I’ve certainly enjoyed the constant lag. There’s nothing that says “I want to play this game in Hardcore” like having hits not register until a full second after something swings at you, when you’re on the other side of the room.
The disconnects are awesome as well. “Why yes, I’d absolutely love to go backtracking through the last hour of the game four times in a row! How did you know?!”
15/03/2012 at 21:32 skittles says:
Yeah. Unless they get worldwide situated servers (somehow doubtful, given Blizzard’s track record) this is a definite non-sale. The lag outside the US is absolutely atrocious. The DRM on this game is really a bad choice given it is a fast-paced action game not an MMO. Yet it wants to be an MMO, and that sucks given that you cannot play it with a high-ping. So this is a definite warning, if you are in Australia like me do not buy this game unless they specifically state they are bringing out Australian situated servers. And if your in New Zealand and have a high-ping to Australia, I would not bother buying the game at all. Since it is highly unlikely Blizzard will give you your own server.
16/03/2012 at 03:47 luckystriker says:
Lag is rather subjective, no? I played the US beta from Thailand, and felt no lag side-effects. Also, if SC2 is anything to go by, D3 will have servers in Singapore, Taiwan, Korean, US West, US East, Western Europe, Russia and Australia(?). That’s pretty good, imo.
15/03/2012 at 13:28 Eynonz says:
Blizzard and promises don’t go well together….
15/03/2012 at 13:31 Kinth says:
I’ve already bought it, It’s been the game im looking forward to the most since it was announced!
15/03/2012 at 13:32 andytizer says:
I hope this means that Torchlight 2 is coming out even sooner!
15/03/2012 at 13:45 Mattressi says:
Yep, give me some good old hack and slash LAN co-op any day over some horrible, always-online DRM infected, overpriced piece of crap. Really looking forward to Torchlight 2 :D
15/03/2012 at 13:46 bwion says:
It would make good business sense for Torchlight 2 to stay the hell away from Diablo 3’s release, either coming out much earlier, or much later.
That said, if it comes out May 14th, I will laugh and laugh and laugh.
15/03/2012 at 13:47 TillEulenspiegel says:
Honestly, they’re in trouble. I haven’t seen any signs that a Torchlight 2 release is imminent, and unless it happens in the next 4 weeks, it’s going to be swallowed up by Diablo 3.
15/03/2012 at 14:11 Askeladd says:
Then they should extend the development time on their game (as in pump in more money) and release it a half year later and try to do things that suck in Diablo III much better.
15/03/2012 at 21:04 jrodman says:
Disagree; Torchlight 2 wanted a 6 month lead at least. A 4 week lead is nothing, and just means it will be buried in diablo 3 hype and forgotten.
At this point I think the best result for runic is to hit in about 6 months when people are getting a little bored of the existing d3 content and looking for a change of pace. Diablo3 will have pulled a lot of attention to the space. It might even help Torchlight sales among those who don’t follow gaming news.
15/03/2012 at 14:10 Urthman says:
I hope it doesn’t mean that Torchlight 2 gets rushed out before it’s done.
15/03/2012 at 14:14 Keymonk says:
Nah, people who care will be buying it regardless of Diablo. People who really enjoy them will buy both, regardless.
15/03/2012 at 14:28 sharkh20 says:
I remember them saying that they could have Torchlight 3 out before Diablo 3.
15/03/2012 at 14:50 sneetch says:
Yeah, it’s baffling, I’d have happily paid for a Torchlight 2 that was just Torchlight with co-op and a list of features that would be released in the future.
I hope for their sakes they wait a few months for the D3 furore to die down as much as I love Torchlight and as much as I’m looking forward to Torchlight 2 I can’t imagine it doing that well if launched in direct competition with D3.
15/03/2012 at 13:33 Godsmith says:
Is it because they fear pirates from Russia, or what?
15/03/2012 at 13:59 Milos says:
That’s what I thought too. Otherwise, unless they are doing some kind of extensive localization, it comes across as a big “fuck you” to Russia.
15/03/2012 at 15:34 mouton says:
From what I hear about the beta, it is entirely possible it is too server-based to be pirated anytime soon. Someone compared pirating this game with pirating WoW. Eventually doable, in a sense, but ultimately pointless.
I guess they just fuck with you.
15/03/2012 at 17:21 Urthman says:
Maybe it’s a test of their DRM — we’ll make it so piracy is the only way Russians can get the game at all for a couple of months. If it doesn’t get pirated by then, we’ll know our system works.
15/03/2012 at 13:34 Daniel Klein says:
How much cheaper is it going to be in retail?
15/03/2012 at 14:02 Marinetastic says:
It’s currently £32 at Amazon
15/03/2012 at 13:34 Triangulon says:
I still don’t want to get it because of the requirement for a constant internet connection. Having said that, I might have been tempted had the Russian release been simultanious as a ‘well done’ for realising that there is no need for multiple release dates in the modern industry. However…
15/03/2012 at 13:36 pixelprime says:
Regardless of the rampant flaming that still continues, even after this announcement, I for one am extremely excited by this news. In just 2 months’ time, I’ll be able to finally enjoy a game I’ve been waiting for years to play, like so many others.
And despite the rather high digital price of the game, I think I’d already consigned myself long ago that it would be worth the wait, and the money. I’m sure I won’t be disappointed.
Evil is most definitely back!
Calendar marked.
15/03/2012 at 13:37 derbefrier says:
Hell yeah time to pre order
15/03/2012 at 13:40 pegolius says:
Did hell freeze over? I would’ve thought D3 is still 1 year out there.
15/03/2012 at 14:10 LifeSuport says:
No, they just updated the graphics of the Diablo 2.5 expansion and called it good… they got MMO’s to make and can’t be bothered!
I used to want to work for Blizzard.. funny that.
15/03/2012 at 15:55 Dances to Podcasts says:
Yeah, they only took about a decade and six months of beta… it’s clearly rushed.
15/03/2012 at 19:30 Thants says:
If there’s ONE THING that Blizzard is guilty of it’s clearly rushing out games with-out proper polish.
15/03/2012 at 13:40 Skeletor68 says:
In! Anyone know where we can pre-order the Collector’s Edition?
15/03/2012 at 16:48 Sirico says:
Amazon 60 shillings
15/03/2012 at 13:42 jstar says:
Having played the beta quite extensively I found it incredibly underwhelming. It’s exactly the same as Diablo 2 but with better gfx and no choices when you level up. Find it hard to believe that 10 years have resulted in such an unimaginative sequel.
It’s going to need a bloody good story for me to bother getting it.
15/03/2012 at 14:12 LifeSuport says:
Good to know! I bought SC2 and then thought, I shoudl play SC1 to get caught up on the story. I never have played SC2 yet…
15/03/2012 at 16:52 LintMan says:
“no choices when you level up”
Really? They did away with the skill trees? What’s up with that? In any case, yet again it seems giving this game a skip is the right move for me.
15/03/2012 at 20:44 oakie says:
They didnt remove choices, only the talent trees. You still have to pick all your skills but they come from a single “pool”.
Have a look: link to us.battle.net
15/03/2012 at 13:47 Kleppy says:
Oh jesus, better squeeze in as much time as possible with the girlfriend ’cause come May it’s all over.
15/03/2012 at 13:51 Llewyn says:
She’ll be leaving you for Diablo?
15/03/2012 at 14:05 Kleppy says:
The other way around, sadly.
15/03/2012 at 15:18 blisf says:
Diablo will leave you for her? :D
15/03/2012 at 15:55 Ridnarhtim says:
Diablo for you leaving be’ll she?
15/03/2012 at 16:07 Llewyn says:
Bravo, sir. Bonus points awarded for the name.
15/03/2012 at 16:59 Kleppy says:
+1 would chuckle again.
15/03/2012 at 13:48 bwion says:
I doubt I’ll grab it right on release, as I just don’t do that with any game. I expect I’ll pick it up sooner or later, though.
Is the multiplayer still region-locked?
15/03/2012 at 16:01 Jutranjo says:
Multiplayer isnt region locked
15/03/2012 at 13:54 Vasili Zorin says:
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what`s wrong with russians! Why we must suffer!!! Agrh.
15/03/2012 at 14:06 Gnoupi says:
I heard 99% of Russians agreed for that date. Official numbers.
15/03/2012 at 14:13 LifeSuport says:
Dah, commrade, the numbers are here with the official voting records, just down that dark hallway if you want to go have a look….
15/03/2012 at 13:57 Conrad B Hart says:
Yeah, I’m buying it pretty much immediately when it’s available. Need to shuffle my projects around so I can call in sick for a week or so.
15/03/2012 at 14:03 Drayk says:
I did not buy Mass effect 3 because I don’t have the time to play right now. I am buying an appartment and I’ll probably pass the next months renovating it during my free time so I’ll try to stay as much far as possible from D3, GW2 and such sweet candies (plus I’ll need the cash…)
15/03/2012 at 14:15 Askeladd says:
Good for you! Really I mean it.
*looks at his backlog and work to do*
15/03/2012 at 15:36 Drayk says:
Yeah, there is also that… My backlog is awful.
I am playing the DLC of Human revolution, I still have Skyrim, Bastion, Gemini Rue, Magica and HL2 to finish.
I just finished Uncharted on Vita and Gears of war 3 on the Box.
I think I’ll wait for the next Steam sales for Batman, LA noire and AC Revelation.
I promised myself not to buy any game till I finished the 15+ games i still have to play but I just spotted Vanquish at a really cheap price on Ebay…
I don’t have time to sleep anymore. Does anyone have tips on micro sleep techniques ?
15/03/2012 at 16:23 liquidsoap89 says:
Oh god, now I want to play Vanquish again. I LOVED that game!
15/03/2012 at 19:10 frypiggy says:
Buying an apartment? What does that mean?
15/03/2012 at 21:49 Drayk says:
Well, buying a flat in proper british english (I guess).
15/03/2012 at 14:07 SlyDave says:
I pre-ordered my copy on 18th July 2008 with play.com and they are honouring the pre-order price of £24.99 – remember when games cost that much, a faint memory now.
15/03/2012 at 15:16 alexheretic says:
I put in my pre-order 2.5 years later, for slightly less. And to be fair I just pre-ordered Wasteland 2 for a tenner, things aren’t so bad right?
15/03/2012 at 14:07 Mungrul says:
No sale here. Starcraft 2 was my last Blizzard / Activision game, and the shameless monetization has driven me away, much like Mass Effect 3.
It’s a bit easier to ignore Diablo 3, as while I enjoyed Diablo 2 enough it didn’t set my world on fire.
15/03/2012 at 16:02 Jutranjo says:
What are they selling in SC2? Because I can’t find anything besides the game itself.
15/03/2012 at 21:08 jrodman says:
It sure seems like he’s complaining about the monetization in diablo 3?
Things you could *conceivably* complain about in sc2:
60 dollars x 3 to experience the whole thing (I’m fine with that).
Map market for modder stuff (Actually wish they’d ship this, I don’t mind the idea at all.)
battle.net 2.0 DRM-ish crap (This has seriously turned me off, myself.)
So I’d probably assume it’s the RMT auction house.
16/03/2012 at 20:26 Azradesh says:
Yeah how dare they have two expansions rather then one! And each the size of the first game, bloody rip off if you ask me!
15/03/2012 at 14:11 Luciphear says:
Now that they’ve given us a date, they have themselves a deal. Collector’s Edition pre-ordered! I’m such a slave to their marketing…
15/03/2012 at 14:12 ichbinspikeface says:
I’m getting it for freeeeeeeeee!!!!!
15/03/2012 at 14:15 LifeSuport says:
Care to trade it for this mattress I got?
15/03/2012 at 14:15 SlyDave says:
Being suckered into a 1 year world of warcraft contract hardly constitutes it being free :P
15/03/2012 at 14:28 Moraven says:
If you already going to play WoW for another year, pretty much free. You have the choice not to.
15/03/2012 at 14:24 Luk 333 says:
Forget about this. Anachronox just got released on GOG!
15/03/2012 at 14:25 Etherealsteel says:
Blizzard and sometimes Valve games are the only ones where I fork over the paper and pay full retail price. I’ll be getting this game. I may go Monk, he seems pretty bad ass.
15/03/2012 at 14:27 GenBanks says:
lol at their handling of Taiwan. Referring to it as a ‘region’ marking it apart from USA, China etc. but then in the next sentence using ‘region’ again to refer to all of the entities. Seems like someone wasn’t sure how to handle that one without offending anyone :)
15/03/2012 at 14:27 theLumberJack says:
I live on a sailboat, and we sail from country to country. There is actually a lot of downtime for video games. I never have a stable internet connection though, so I won’t be buying it. I’ll be playing Torchlight instead.
15/03/2012 at 14:43 Svant says:
Heh no you wouldn’t be able to play it at all since not only does it require you to be online the game hosts your personal game on the bnet server so you need a pretty decent connection to not get horrible lagg and rubberbanding.
16/03/2012 at 03:38 ChrisN says:
Game is doomed to fail, they’ve lost the sail boating gamer demographic.
15/03/2012 at 14:29 Moraven says:
Already have the WoW annual pass, have had the D3 collectors on pre-order from Amazon since Oct when they announced the collector’s at BlizzCon. Now at least Amazon will stop spamming me they failed to get my order yet.
15/03/2012 at 14:50 NRDubZ says:
The first long weekend of the year that will have good weather and instead of camping I am going to be stuck in my basement killing demons on the interwebz….YES!
15/03/2012 at 14:53 alinos says:
So delayed for the Russians.
Means we should have an offline version by May 16th then. Which is more annoying than ever now, Because without PvP in at launch there is even less of a reason to be all anti offline characters.
15/03/2012 at 15:08 Svant says:
Dont think there will be an offline version that soon since the crack would need to emulate bnet to host the game for the client. D3 doesnt host anything locally on your machine, even singleplayer games are hosted on BNet (yes that means crappy internet = lagg in singleplayer).
15/03/2012 at 16:37 alinos says:
I know and it’s why i won’t be buying it.
The point was more that Russians generally are the cause of piracy and it’s generally because publishers like to fuck them over or half ass it
15/03/2012 at 17:24 killmachine says:
game is delayed in russia. i wonder why someone would pirate it …
15/03/2012 at 21:58 kud13 says:
So I suppose if I only want to play offline without the annoying DRM, I will need to acquire a “fixed” russian version then??
great move, blizz….
15/03/2012 at 15:00 Ultramegazord says:
To be honest I think I lost my interest on this game over time, might buy it when it’s price gets lower but still, I’ll wait to see if it is any good.
15/03/2012 at 15:45 Fearzone says:
Same thing happened with me and Starcraft 2. I got excited when it was announced and demo’d with decent looking gameplay, then with subsequent announcements and delays, over years my excitement began to pass, but I still bought it shortly after release, and thought it was okay, and moved onto something else in a week or two.
15/03/2012 at 15:44 BatmanBaggins says:
All I know is my gut says “maybe”.
I’ve been feeling very neutral about Diablo 3 for a while now, but that might change once it’s actually out.
15/03/2012 at 21:05 SiHy_ says:
If I die tell my wife “Hello”.
Same here. At the start of the year I would have grabbed it. Then I went back and played Diablo II and now I’ve kind of lost interest in the whole dungeon crawling thing. It’s a definite maybe, but probably not.
15/03/2012 at 15:51 Ridnarhtim says:
Nope. Always online and all that, so not getting it.
15/03/2012 at 15:55 promenad says:
Will I get it on release? Yes. I will not pay €60 for it though. I also fully expect to be disappointed and back to Path of Exile within a month.
15/03/2012 at 16:20 Yosharian says:
Oh hi there £23 pre-order from May 2011!
Bahahaha.
Oh and sucks to be you, Ruskies.
edit: dammit, looking back on that order reminded me that I bought Crysis 2 the same day, that’s ruined my good mood
15/03/2012 at 16:31 Velvetmeds says:
“Oh hi there £23 pre-order from May 2011!”
Yep, same here, although mine is from 2010.
You know, what’s the point on complaining about the 60€ when you can get so much cheaper from somewhere else? I’ll be getting it for ~25€ at launch day, boo-yah.
15/03/2012 at 16:53 MondSemmel says:
I’m kind of curious why nobody mentioned the “the internet has no oceans” meme which, in this case, actually is appropriate. I usually don’t care about shooter XYZ being released later in Europe than in the US, but in the case of Diablo 3, a game I’m actually interested in, I do appreciate not having to wait longer.
I guess the fact that a single (although big!) country’s release date is delayed is the same as the usual “Europe gets the game 3 days later than anyone else” nonsense?
15/03/2012 at 17:06 ceppi says:
People who think they’ll be able to pirate D3 anytime soon makes me laugh so hard. Beta has been out for more than 6 months now, and they could not even manage to emulate 1/3 of the first act. There are only zombies, which does completely random damage, drop wrong items, and most skills do not work. NPCs do not work, there are no quests, and it lags much more than the beta. I tried 2 emulators so far, and I’m also in beta, and even from EU, I play the game on US servers with 200ms latency usually and until 350ms the game works perfect, after 350 ms you sometimes get lag spikes, but I’m fairly certain I’ll be playing on EU servers with 50ms without any lag spikes like a boss.
16/03/2012 at 02:57 alinos says:
I’d expect most people really don’t give a shit.
Sure i’d like to play it. But while it remains online i refuse to which is fine by me. I have a Huge steam Library to keep chipping away at.
15/03/2012 at 17:12 Trelow says:
I just put in for vacation time for the 15th and 16th. Yes, I plan to do nothing except drink and play D3.