Diablo 3 external testing expected Q3 2011

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• Diablo 3 is my most anticipated game by FAR, can't wait for its release. If beta starting as early as... : Dr_Tran
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  When this stuff hits people will report me missing. : Johnnsen
  • This will do to pasty white geeks what the 80's crack epidemic did to the inner city. : Danny5225
• Muthafuckin' Diablo 3, bitches! Fuck Yeaaaaah!! WIZARD!! -- Chris Remo, Idle Thumbs 23 (At The Mountains ... : the archvile
• If Activision didn't "merge" with Blizzard, we would never know these things. One positive outcome I gues... : ashkie
• LOL, anyone who thinks we'll see a beta this year obviously doesn't remember the 8-month Blizzard-time bu... : MadMissileMan
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  It's odd how things work: Many companies release games too early and they fail as a result, while Bliz... : champ6
  • I'd play the damn Blizzcon demo repeatedly and that was like 10 minutes of gameplay. : Chod
• 2012, or late 2011? muahahah : shirif
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  Dare I say.... it looks cartoony. Not the Diablo I remember from the good old 90s. : The_Turbinator
  • go look at the Diablo you remember, it was pretty drab compared to this. : Yxalitis
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    Truer words have never been spoken. : lord_omega
    • actually a lot of truer words have been spoken throughout history. : grendel
  • gotta bring it sorta in-line with other Blizzy things. : moe6
  • Lara Croft: Guardian of Light actually looks exactly how I would imagine a Diablo 3 to look today. : enyakk
  • Once you start playing the game, you're going to be too busy gathering loot, killing mobs, and destroying... : DarthStank
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  So Activision's FY11 starts in April, so this beta will be Oct-Dec 2011? : watcherxp
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    how long did sc2 take to come out after beta ended? : spaceless
    • Dunno, I was in the original beta for Diablo (battle.net beta actually) and it was pretty quick once our ... : watcherxp
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      the first phase of the beta ended first week of june, the second phase ended 10 days prior to launch : maulla
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        it started in februrary : maulla
        • Febtober! : azuvatar
    • SC2 came out six months from when the beta started. : Serpico74
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    They said it was calendar Q3. : JarEme
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      That doesn't make sense, which is it? URL for different dates? : watcherxp
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        I don't know why that wouldn't make sense, but Blizzard says as much here: http://forums.battle.net/threa... : JarEme
        • got it, shack article is wrong. : watcherxp
• Double rainbows all the way! : Vividvoid
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  I want Diablo 3 on 360. : GeorgeB3DR
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    Why the hell would you want that? : Tiggggger
    • It's GeorgeB3DR : moe6
  • no : sanchez
  • I think you'll get it in a year or two. It should translate to consoles easily, and blizzard likes money. : master_disaster_17
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    ouch on many levels : Downforce
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      Why? If any Blizz game can translate to a gamepad, its D3. I didn't play Torchlight on 360 but I hard it ... : Serpico74
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        I have Diablo2 in mind when thinking about this and that game would not work with a gamepad and it's not ... : sanchez
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          It would be a different game, more like God of War with classes and loot than an actual Diablo. : SpaecKow
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            Look at Dungeon Siege 3. There's a Giant Bomb Preview or Quick Look. : AxeMan808
            • Yeah I've been following it, it looks fun, it's also a fairly attractive looking game, but I'll be gettin... : SpaecKow
            • dungeon siege 3 doesn't play like diablo 2, and i doubt like diablo 3 : senor135
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        because the PC is a good platform that encourages unique kinds of gameplay and needs exclusives to surviv... : SpaecKow
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          clicking on things repeatedly is unique gameplay? Anyway, torchlight works just fine on console. So would... : master_disaster_17
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            what about teleporting to a specific location? throwing grenades further or closer to your guy and other ... : umegastar
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              There really isn't any reason to believe those things couldn't be done with a controller. But I'm not... : master_disaster_17
              • yeah I agree with that. and that the gameplay could work great on a controller. It could even feel more n... : umegastar
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            Hmmm? No. That's not the point. The point is that Diablo 3 is a tentpole for the platform, along with SC2, so I don't give much fuck if Torchlight works well on XBL, because what's important is the business that Diablo 3 brings to the PC and only the PC.
            
            But while we're on the subject, yes, Diablo was fairly unique when it came out. Action RPGs weren't very popular, what was going on mainly was turn based or pause based games from Black Isle and Bioware, while Diablo was this weird combo of that kind of presentation and the old Roguelike gameplay. So back then yeah there was nothing quite like it. After that there were many clones of course, some rather good like Titan Quest and the aforementioned Torchlight, but like GTA, no matter how many similar games come out and take shots at it, Diablo remains Diablo.

            May 10, 2011 2:55am PDT
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            Hmmm? No. That's not the point. The point is that Diablo 3 is a tentpole for the platform, along with SC2... : SpaecKow
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              So you're not actually arguing that D3 couldn't be done on a console; you're just saying you hope they do... : master_disaster_17
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                Well I wouldn't play it on a console, I would prefer the PC gameplay, but I can see why some people would... : SpaecKow
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                  I would love some couch diablo. : kingdepork
                  • PC to TV. Also lol couch argument again. : Dschinghis Khan
                  • Don't forget some nice thick dicks to go with it! : SpaecKow
  • Sure, why not, it could work very well on a console I'd imagine. : Goto10
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    Me too. And I think we'll get it eventually. Blizzard is just throwing away money by not doing it. : jason bergman
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      I thought it was all but confirmed that a console version of the game was coming out? : SpaecKow
      • well, blizzard has been hiring console devs. But they have in no way confirmed any of their games for con... : master_disaster_17
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    lol at patching and offering content on the 360 version. : razlebol
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      EA did it. So could blizzard. : saunders45
      • Yeah. It worked so well for Valve and lots of other games. : razlebol
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    ... where you can only equip 2 spells at a time? : mobab
    • lolololol : MoreVespeneGas
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      You mean exactly how the game is now even on the pc where you only have two active spells at a time? Yeah... : Chod
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        What? I don't think you understand. : mobab
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          Maybe I don't but in D2 and D3 you have two active "spells" and you can rotate through others. It would b... : Chod
          • Put that in context of DNF. You have 1 active gun and you can rotate through 1 other gun. : mobab
          • duke3d.exe - 10 weapon slots - only platform: pc duke4.exe - 2 weapon slots - primary platform: 360 : razorblade79
          • You're a bit confused I think. You have as many spells as you can get, you can wield two, and you can swi... : Tchest
          • Except I have 12 spells mapped to qwer asdf zxcv That I am constantly switching between? All while gulp... : aethyr
          • This is not accurate. You can have 7 spells active with another hot swapped : rmjackson
  • I really hope this doesn't happen. : atom519
  • That'd be like selling cars at Walmart. Sometimes you just need to leave well enough alone. : twifosp
  • Would be awesome. Playing torchlight on xbox atm and it's a blast. : .css
  • "Torchbox 360" made me a believer that ARPGs can work on consoles. I'd buy D3 on 360, but I'll also buy i... : David Craddock