News - Diablo III officially scheduled for release on May 15th

[HEXUS]

World of Warcraft annual pass holders given free copies.

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[colinmcr]

I wonder if you need a permanent internet connection to play or will an offline mode be available?

[Spud1]

and most surprisingly, anyone who currently holds or signs up to a World of Warcraft annual pass before May 1st will be able to download the game for free.

Surprisingly? This was announced months ago, back when the annual pass was launched. Big hexus story on this at the time too

Anyway it's great to finally have a release date - pre-loading now..got an agonising 2 months to wait now - Diablo III and my new car are due on the same day hah

[Scribe]

Surprisingly? This was announced months ago, back when the annual pass was launched. Big hexus story on this at the time too

Ah sorry! Steven usually covers the gaming news

[Spud1]

Hehe dw All preloaded now, 8gig so far and i'm sure we'll get a few patches before we can even play it..

[Hicks12]

You can preload already!? How? Through battlenet? I hope they let amazon release Cdkeys early or something

[Spud1]

Yes through battle.net - I have the wow annual pass so it was just added to my account automatically. Logged in to battle.net and it was in the "my games" section.

Early CD keys won't help - I think it requires you to login to battle.net to play/activate, like starcraft II or in-store steam games.

[Hicks12]

life sucks . Well if they can launch a demo before release id be happy , i just really want to know if they have messed with the combination that made D1/2 amazing or have left it with pure awesomeness intact

[scaryjim]

I wonder if you need a permanent internet connection to play or will an offline mode be available?

Permanent internet connection required, like SCII.

... i just really want to know if they have messed ...

See above. That's more than enough messing IMNSHO...

[Memoigxe]

Yeah, i've noticed this news too!
wait it for a long time~~~

[Arthran]

Well if they can launch a demo before release id be happy ,

There's a ton of video's of gameplay on youtube and a ton of beta keys floating around. Should be able to get testing somehow

[HalloweenJack]

got the pre load -not letting me install till may 15th though

[MSIC]

Grr.... pre-loading. Like having a Christmas turkey in the fridge and no way to cook it.

[Memoigxe]

There's a ton of video's of gameplay on youtube and a ton of beta keys floating around. Should be able to get testing somehow

yes, that's a wonderful idea

[Paragone]

Great game, would love to have it, played Diablo II for so long now.