Blizzard is totally for serious this time, guys. They just announced Diablo III‘s official release date of May 15, 2012. You can pre-purchase digital copies right now, and the game will unlock at 12:01 am PDT on the 15th.
The game will also be available at retailers in the USA, Canada, Europe, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. Other regions like Latin America and Russia will have to wait until June 7th. Blizzard’s press release contains more details about other fully localized versions. While I can’t confirm that this May 15th release date is because of my birthday, I can’t deny it either.
What this game wasn’t vaporware? I kid…. Seriously though I remember them revealing this game before they revealed Wrath of the Lich King in WoW. Blizzard has done more than “take their time” on this release they have been downright lazy.
Too bad the auction house will kill any reason to play the game. It’d be pretty annoying to clock a dozens of hours into this and meet a fresh player with better equipment than what you managed to quest for.