The good news is that at Gamescom today, Blizzard’s game director Jay Wilson came out and said that the beta for Diablo 3 will hit by September, with hopes that it could be even sooner. He was also pressed for details as to when the game would be seeing a release and all he could say was “When it’s ready.”
Blizzard has been notorious for taking their time with their games, with Starcraft players who had to wait for over a decade for Starcraft II. However its these delays that have allowed Blizzard to push out games that are top quality and have earned the company a huge loyal following despite the fact that they are probably best known for their three major game franchises – Warcraft, Diablo, Starcraft.
Ever since more features of Diablo 3 have been rolling out, players have started anticipating a 2011 release of the game, hopefully in time for the holiday season. So let’s hope that the beta goes well and that we will be seeing Diablo 3 wrapped up under our tree for Christmas.