* '''November 2009''' - The broadest came in the Activision/Blizzard quarterly shareholders conference call in November 2009 where a Powerpoint presentation slide (right image) pinned it down to 'Next Few Years' <ref> [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-due-in-next-few-years/ Diablo 3 first release schedule] - Activision quarterly results call, 5/11/09</ref>

* '''February 2011''' - Rob Pardo in an interview with Kotaku when asked if Diablo 3 would be released that year said "We really, really hope so. That’s our goal,” “Our goal is to get there. But you know, at the end of the day, we are going to get it right. That’s more important. We’re going to promise, we’re going to get it out there when it’s awesome. And, we’re crossing our fingers, maybe it will be this year." <ref name=robkotaku/>

<blue>While this news might not be a complete surprise, I know that many of you were hopeful that Diablo III would ship this year. We were too. However, this week we pulled together people from all of the teams involved with the game to decide whether we felt it would be ready before the end of December, and we grudgingly came to the conclusion that it would not. Ultimately, we feel that to deliver an awesome Diablo sequel that lives up to our expectations and yours as well, we should take a little more time and add further polish to a few different elements of the game.</blue>

==Diablo 3 Beta Test==