Blizzard has been avoiding the issue of setting a release date for Diablo III for months now, but we've finally received information that they do actually plan to release the thing at some point. And that point is somewhere between the months of April and June of this year, during the company's second quarter, as announced today during Activision Blizzard's year-end earnings call to investors.
The company went on reassert that the game has undergone some revision based on player feedback from the beta, though no specifics were given as to what changes may have occurred.
Diablo 3 'targeting Q2 launch' - Activision [CVG]
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6:15 PM on 02.09.2012 | 
...I think I say something similar every time that the release date for Diablo 3 is mentioned. If this is true, holy shit. Getting the collector's edition day one!
Activision and Blizzard merged in 2008. They're still separate entities, but the name of the company is Activision Blizzard.
Kotick owns their asses.
Yes, I know they merged. The point is that Blizzard still sets their own release schedule. They decide when it's time to put out a game. I'm not going to argue how much control Activision has over other aspects of the company (from what I've seen, and I follow Blizzard closely, it's minimal at best)but when it comes to release schedule both sides have openly stated the ball is in Blizzard's court.
Torchlight 2 is more appealing, which surprises me. Perhaps it's the inclusion of multiplayer.
I agree completely
Agreed. The long wait coupled with other (imo) poor design choices have killed my interest in this game. Bargin bin at best.
Bring on heart of the swarm.