{"id":32308,"date":"2012-02-10T10:08:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T08:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=32308"},"modified":"2012-02-10T10:10:47","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T08:10:47","slug":"diablo-iii-release-pushed-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/32308-diablo-iii-release-pushed-back","title":{"rendered":"Diablo III release window pushed back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Company Information\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/11841-Activision-Blizzard\">Blizzard<\/a> previously stated that it was aiming to release Diablo III in the first quarter of this year. However, in a quarterly conference call that took place yesterday, the publisher revealed that it is now targeting a Q2 2012 launch, which means we can hope to see it in either April, May or June.<\/p>\n<p>On a positive note, Blizzard added that the beta testing and auction house is going \u201creally well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conference call also confirmed that Blizzard will hold a global press event in March detailing the next World of Warcraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria. More information on Mists of Pandaria will be revealed on 19 March.<\/p>\n<p>There was also mention of StarCraft: Heart of the Swarm, although no release time-frame was provided. According to the call, the game will focus on \u201ciconic Kerrigan\u201d and new multiplayer units. Blizzard also noted that it plans to take a more active role in eSports in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard confirmed that it plans to release multiple titles in 2012, including Blizzard DOTA which will be free-to-play. Blizzard also confirmed that it is still working on its unannounced MMO.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Diablo III delay; it should hardly come as a surprise to anyone who follows Blizzard. Having said that, in a recent poll conducted on the Diablo III forums, the vast majority of fans expected Blizzard to release the game before March.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard also recently announced that it is making some key changes to the core gameplay mechanics following beta feedback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur job isn\u2019t just to put out a game, it\u2019s to release the next Diablo game. No one will remember if the game is late, only if it\u2019s great,\u201d wrote game director Jay Wilson in a blog post over on the official Diablo III site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe trust in our ability to put out a great game, but we\u2019re not quite there yet. In addition to finishing and polishing the content of the game we\u2019re continuing to iterate on some of the core game systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related article<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/31096-blizzard-fiddling-with-diablo-iii-after-beta-feedback.html \" target=\"_blank\">Blizzard fiddling with Diablo III after beta feedback <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last minute changes responsible for delay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":26603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[1359,1799,21],"class_list":["post-32308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-pc","tag-activision-blizzard","tag-diablo-iii","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32309,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32308\/revisions\/32309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}