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[Verecund]

I always had a feeling that once Duke Nukem Forever was released, someone had to fill those vacant shoes and take on the role of having a game in development for 10+ years.... I think the day has come.

[quantumsaint]

I always had a feeling that once Duke Nukem Forever was released, someone had to fill those vacant shoes and take on the role of having a game in development for 10+ years.... I think the day has come.

Development on Diablo III began in 2001 when Blizzard North was still in operation. The original artistic design differed from that shown at Blizzard Worldwide Invitational 2008 demonstration, and had undergone three revisions before reaching the standards felt necessary by the team behind Diablo III.

Diablo III's lead designer is Jay Wilson, a former Relic Entertainment designer credited with work on Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and Company of Heroes as well as Blood II: The Chosen for Monolith Productions. Its lead world designer is Leonard Boyarsky, one of the six co-creators of Fallout.[26]

The game is being planned for a simultaneous release on both Windows and Mac OS X platforms. Blizzard is considering a concept design for consoles, reportedly even hiring staff for a console version,[27] while stating this concept will not affect PC/Macintosh release dates.[28]

On May 9, 2011 an announcement by Mike Morhaime was made that Diablo III is currently expected to be released for external beta testing in Q3 of 2011.[29]

Some day my prince will come.