Diablo 3 To Be Released On May 15th [Slashdot]

[DP ServBot]

Blizzard announced today that Diablo 3 has finally gotten a release date: May 15th. "After many years of hard work by our development team and months of beta testing by hundreds of thousands of dedicated players around the world, we’re now in the homestretch," said Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime. This comes after significant changes to the skill and rune systems in the beta, and news that the PvP system would be delayed so that they could focus on finishing the campaign. The game will be available for Windows and Macs, either via a DVD or as a direct download through Battle.net. For those interested, a skill calculator is available to get a feel for what different abilities do, and many of the skills have videos showing how they work.

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[Lady Jaye]

I'm really looking forward to getting the game at last. I originally didn't plan on preordering the game since I was going for the regular edition anyway, but a $5 rebate on the preorder via Future Shop's website made me decide otherwise.

[Nirvana]

I'm seriously ecstatic. I probably won't go outside much after that :/

[Tempest]

I was really excited about this 3 or so years ago when they first announced it. Now, not so much. I'll get it and enjoy it I'm sure, but all the frenzied excitement I had for it has long since died.

[JSoup]

I was never a big Diablo fan, but I've been interested in playing D3 since I realized I'd get a free copy due tot he WoW Annual Pass.

[Rickstilwell1]

Do you still have to be online at all times to play it?

[Lady Jaye]

I don't see any mention of the always-on requirement being disabled. That would be dumb anyway, since some of us game on-the-go and therefore don't always have access to the Internet.

[Gamevet]

I don't recall Starcraft II requiring being logged into battle.net to play.