Diablo III release date April 17th?

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Dumac

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I've had the CE preordered forever, but I should add a digital preorder of the normal edition for my SO.
 

M0oG0oGaiPan

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Hmm, looks like Amazon has release date delivery. I can get it for about 14% off and wait till I get off work to play. Or I can pre-order digital and get like 3 hours of sleep.

Any advantage to having the extra in-game content from the CE?
 

Kelvrick

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Looks like my May starts in Hawaii, then goes straight to Hell. :)

The 2 extra days in Hawaii will just let my friends accumulate more gold that I'll bum off of them.
 

Ns1

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from a friend...


We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed on November 17, 2011:

"Diablo III: Collector's Edition" Estimated arrival date: May 18, 2012
 

Beev

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from a friend...


We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed on November 17, 2011:

"Diablo III: Collector's Edition" Estimated arrival date: May 18, 2012

October 28th for my CE order :p. (and release date delivery)
 

Iron Wolf

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Just preordered the CE from Amazon. Only $99.99, which seems like a good deal compared to the $150 CEs for SWTor and GW2. Plus, only 99 cents for release day shipping, which they say is Tuesday May 15.

Yes, I am a Blizzard whore. I've already stopped playing WoW, wasn't that impressed with SC2, and didn't think that much of the D3 beta. But I just keep buying their products anyway. Based on past rep and experiences? What is wrong with me? Actually, I think that makes me the John in the relationship. Paying and paying for services that I can get elsewhere that are more possibly enjoyable, and are probably cheaper, or even free.
 

StinkyPinky

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So I just enjoy playing these games single player in my own time. Can I still do this with D3? What's this crap about needed to stream the data from Blizzard's servers?
 

Pheran

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So I just enjoy playing these games single player in my own time. Can I still do this with D3? What's this crap about needed to stream the data from Blizzard's servers?

You can still play single-player, but you will be doing it online on Blizzard's servers. No offline play.
 

Farmer

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Is there any bonus for prepurchasing?

Do I want to give Blizzard my money now or the day before it comes out?
 

Aikouka

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I can't think of any reason to do it now over then. There aren't any pre-order bonuses that I've seen.
 

GoStumpy

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My wife is loving WoW, so I took advantage of the 1 year subscription to WoW to get D3 for free :)
 

Anonemous

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Is there any bonus for prepurchasing?

Do I want to give Blizzard my money now or the day before it comes out?

You get to play the instant it hits midnight (since you can pay now and dl it)? Well you'll be able to 'play' after the server crashes or the massive lag lag, but you'll be able to play on midnight of May 15th.
 

DeathReborn

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Pre-ordered the CE last month for a measly £49.99 (£20 under retail price) but finally got confirmation on my standard edition order...

Order Date: 02/01/2010 21:34
Diablo III New PC Games 1 £24.99

Your order will be delivered on 14/05/2012.

Nearly 2 & a half years since I put the order in to release date, could Blizzard get any slower... They also want £44.99 for the digital edition direct from them... sheesh, markup or what.

Probably shouldn't tempt fate.
 

nyker96

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Apr 19, 2005
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You need to change it to May15th OP!

it's finally official, If i get this game, i definitely need to get one of those programmable mouse, or my finger gonna fall out after the 30000s click.
 

slpnshot

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Pre-ordered the CE last month for a measly £49.99 (£20 under retail price) but finally got confirmation on my standard edition order...



Nearly 2 & a half years since I put the order in to release date, could Blizzard get any slower... They also want £44.99 for the digital edition direct from them... sheesh, markup or what.

Probably shouldn't tempt fate.

Wait... You get your copy on the 14th?
 

Grooveriding

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Looks like my May starts in Hawaii, then goes straight to Hell. :)

The 2 extra days in Hawaii will just let my friends accumulate more gold that I'll bum off of them.

lol I am doing better than you. I get home from a 2 week vacation in Spain on the 13th of May. Nice coming home present. :D
 

Jumpem

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Do you reach the end of a campaign, and that's it for your character? Or can you play forever like in WoW?