Diablo III Release Date Rumour Debunked

14 Sep 2008 at 18:43:52 by Gunnar Petzall

IncGamers' Diablo III network site Diii.net reports that a rumour regarding the release dates of Diablo III and StarCraft II arose on the Battleforums fansite, and has gotten quite some attention around the web. A source of unknown credibility had told them that Blizzard had relocated the majority of the development team of StarCraft II to Diablo III, and that Diablo III was to be released before the famous RTS game.

Diii.net denies the chance of any such rumours to be true, stating known information about StarCraft II being a long way ahead in the development cycle over Diablo III. They also state the fact that Battle.net 2.0 will launch with the RTS game, making a DIII preemptive release unlikely as the Battle.net upgrade is said to be out before the action RPG game.

Our StarCraft II network site StarCraftWire.net also confirms that the development teams have not changed size. They claim they would not even have commented on this source if the hype had not evolved around it.

This rumour seems to be nothing more than a Diablo fan's wishes ending up in a news feed by accident or intentionally to create hype.

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