Diablo 3 Release Date Leaked by Best Buy?
Jan 12, 2012 Articles Recommend|385views
Right on the heels of Blizzard’s celebrating of the 15th anniversary of the Diablo series , Blizzard’s Jay Wilson said the dev has “almost done” with the eagerly-anticipated Diablo 3. According to Best Buy, America’s big box electronics retailer, the “almost done” means Diablo 3 will hit shelves on February 1st.
According to the in-store ad display that popped up at a Best Buy in Rochester, Minnesota, Diablo 3 will launch at midnight on February 1st along with a digital countdown timer. The tweet contained the image had been pulled but thanks to Joystiq who managed to snag the image before it went down. Joystiq also tracked down Best Buy and confirmed the display is real. More over, Best Buy web storealso lists the game as coming on February 1st.
To make things even interesting, Gameplay, one of the UK-retailer, also shows a February 3rd release date, which would fall in line with standard UK operating procedure of Friday releases.
Is this legit? According to the latest update from Joystiq, Blizzard community manager Micah “Bashiok” Whipple responded on the Twitter, “We can’t really keep every individual retail shop from making up a date,” as well as “Retailers will not know a date until it’s officially announced through a press release.” The official word we last heard from Blizzard was “early 2012″, therefore, no solid date has been confirmed. Still waiting for the official announcement.
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