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→PvP in Diablo III
Some details may be revealed at BlizzCon 2010 as [[Kevin Martens]] [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/exclusive-blizzcon-interview-julian-love-and-kevin-martens/ suggested] in an interview at the 2009 event "We might be able to show some of that next year at Blizzcon."
==PvP Does Not Slow Game Development==
Spurred by a fan who asked if Blizzard could leave the PvP out of Diablo 3 at launch, and patch it in later in order to release the game more quickly, Diablo 3 community manager Bashiok explained why that's not an option and why PvP doesn't add much time to the overall development. Here's his quote, from May 2010. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-will-ship-with-pvp-like-it-or-not/]
::The PvP game is being developed alongside everything else, so it’s not as if the game is done and we’re ready to ship it but then stop and take a few months to balance things. Also, it’s to be expected that the game won’t be and won’t really need to be balanced right at release as it will take some time for people to really explore and begin reaching competition levels where more extreme balance is necessary or even possible for us to properly evaluate and react to.