There is no Diablo 3 III's final release dateof May 15, 2012 was announced two months beforehand,<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-info-on-the-beta-end-date-release-date-and Blizzard has never given one-d3s-full-game-demo Release dates are revealed about two months in advance] - Blue Forum Post, 1/8/12</ref> on March 15, 2012. When asked about a release . This datecame after years of development and numerous delays, Blizzard employees give which pushed the same reply for all their gamesgame from Q4 2011 back to Q1 2012, and finally Q2 2012 when the release came at last.
Though the game took longer than expected, there was never any official date until the official May 15, 2012 date, which was achieved. All previous dates were estimates by retailers<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/bashiok-comments-on-store-release-dates-again Blizzard does not tell retailers release dates in advance] - Blue Forum Post, 1/9/12</ref> or media and were unofficial, though the developers did offer several "When it's donerelease windows" such as "the second half of 2011" that they were aiming for all during the previous year."
The current official line concerning a release date is '''Q2 2012''' and that's as specific as it gets. As with all hotly-awaited Blizzard generally announces their release dates about two months in advancegames,<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-info-on-the-beta-end-date-release-date-there were years of news and-d3s-full-game-demo Release dates are revealed rumors about two months in advance] - Blue Forum Post, 1/8/12</ref> so fans are hoping/expecting to learn when Diablo III's sometime in March or April, if 3 would finally see the Q2 deadline is to be achieved. Diablo 3 release dates are often given/guessed at by media sources and especially by software merchants. Blizzard disavows these<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/bashiok-comments-on-store-release-dates-again Blizzard does not tell retailers release dates in advance] - Blue Forum Post, 1/9/12</ref> and they are created by merchants purely to to spur interest/pre-saleslight of day.
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