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Jeff Mattas posted a new article,
Diablo 3 external testing expected Q3 2011
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Activision reveals Diablo 3 testing is underway in a financial conference call.
May 09, 2011 2:40pm PDT
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Jeff Mattas posted a new article,
Diablo 3 external testing expected Q3 2011
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Activision reveals Diablo 3 testing is underway in a financial conference call.
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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...
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Dr_Tran
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When this stuff hits people will report me missing.
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Johnnsen
This will do to pasty white geeks what the 80's crack epidemic did to the inner city.
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Danny5225
Muthafuckin' Diablo 3, bitches! Fuck Yeaaaaah!! WIZARD!!
-- Chris Remo, Idle Thumbs 23 (At The Mountains ...
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the archvile
If Activision didn't "merge" with Blizzard, we would never know these things. One positive outcome I gues...
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ashkie
LOL, anyone who thinks we'll see a beta this year obviously doesn't remember the 8-month Blizzard-time bu...
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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...
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champ6
I'd play the damn Blizzcon demo repeatedly and that was like 10 minutes of gameplay.
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Chod
2012, or late 2011?
muahahah
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shirif
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Dare I say.... it looks cartoony. Not the Diablo I remember from the good old 90s.
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The_Turbinator
go look at the Diablo you remember, it was pretty drab compared to this.
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Yxalitis
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Truer words have never been spoken.
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lord_omega
actually a lot of truer words have been spoken throughout history.
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grendel
gotta bring it sorta in-line with other Blizzy things.
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moe6
Lara Croft: Guardian of Light actually looks exactly how I would imagine a Diablo 3 to look today.
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enyakk
Once you start playing the game, you're going to be too busy gathering loot, killing mobs, and destroying...
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DarthStank
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So Activision's FY11 starts in April, so this beta will be Oct-Dec 2011?
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watcherxp
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how long did sc2 take to come out after beta ended?
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spaceless
Dunno, I was in the original beta for Diablo (battle.net beta actually) and it was pretty quick once our ...
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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
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maulla
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it started in februrary
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maulla
Febtober!
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azuvatar
SC2 came out six months from when the beta started.
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Serpico74
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They said it was calendar Q3.
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JarEme
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That doesn't make sense, which is it? URL for different dates?
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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...
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JarEme
got it, shack article is wrong.
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watcherxp
Double rainbows all the way!
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Vividvoid
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I want Diablo 3 on 360.
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GeorgeB3DR
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Why the hell would you want that?
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Tiggggger
It's GeorgeB3DR
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moe6
no
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sanchez
I think you'll get it in a year or two. It should translate to consoles easily, and blizzard likes money.
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master_disaster_17
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ouch on many levels
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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 ...
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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 ...
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sanchez
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It would be a different game, more like God of War with classes and loot than an actual Diablo.
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SpaecKow
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Look at Dungeon Siege 3. There's a Giant Bomb Preview or Quick Look.
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AxeMan808
Yeah I've been following it, it looks fun, it's also a fairly attractive looking game, but I'll be gettin...
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SpaecKow
dungeon siege 3 doesn't play like diablo 2, and i doubt like diablo 3
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senor135
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because the PC is a good platform that encourages unique kinds of gameplay and needs exclusives to surviv...
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SpaecKow
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clicking on things repeatedly is unique gameplay? Anyway, torchlight works just fine on console. So would...
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master_disaster_17
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what about teleporting to a specific location? throwing grenades further or closer to your guy and other ...
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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...
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master_disaster_17
yeah I agree with that. and that the gameplay could work great on a controller. It could even feel more n...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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SpaecKow
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I would love some couch diablo.
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kingdepork
PC to TV. Also lol couch argument again.
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Dschinghis Khan
Don't forget some nice thick dicks to go with it!
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SpaecKow
Sure, why not, it could work very well on a console I'd imagine.
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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.
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jason bergman
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I thought it was all but confirmed that a console version of the game was coming out?
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SpaecKow
well, blizzard has been hiring console devs. But they have in no way confirmed any of their games for con...
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master_disaster_17
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lol at patching and offering content on the 360 version.
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razlebol
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EA did it. So could blizzard.
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saunders45
Yeah. It worked so well for Valve and lots of other games.
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razlebol
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... where you can only equip 2 spells at a time?
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mobab
lolololol
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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...
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Chod
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What? I don't think you understand.
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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...
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Chod
Put that in context of DNF. You have 1 active gun and you can rotate through 1 other gun.
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mobab
duke3d.exe - 10 weapon slots - only platform: pc duke4.exe - 2 weapon slots - primary platform: 360
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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...
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Tchest
Except I have 12 spells mapped to qwer asdf zxcv That I am constantly switching between? All while gulp...
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aethyr
This is not accurate. You can have 7 spells active with another hot swapped
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rmjackson
I really hope this doesn't happen.
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atom519
That'd be like selling cars at Walmart. Sometimes you just need to leave well enough alone.
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twifosp
Would be awesome. Playing torchlight on xbox atm and it's a blast.
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.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...
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David Craddock