Blizzard president Mike Morhaime announced today during a conference call with investors that internal testing on Diablo 3 has begun and the team hopes to begin the beta test at some point during the third quarter (i.e. between July 1 and September 30). He also made it clear that a 2011 release is still on the table, much to my delight.
Of course this all needs to be taken with a grain of salt. This is Blizzard, after all, and they’re not afraid to miss deadlines if they think a game needs more polishing. But I’m going to play the optimist and assume that we’re finally entering the home stretch after years and years of waiting.
Now the question I have to ask myself is whether or not I want to try to participate in the beta. On the one hand, I’d love to get my hands on D3 as soon as possible, but on the other hand, I kinda feel like seeing the beta version of the game would ruin some of the magic. Yeah, I know, I’m weird. 😛
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