When is Diablo 3 launched? –Soon. Is ‘soon’ really soon? It is proved that soon is not soon at all. Looking back to the launch data of other games, we guess the launch date of Diablo 3 between January 31, 2012 and February 7. How this conclusion come out? Here is an analysis.

The releases of blizzard 4 games:

Look at the strategy of blizzard game release. Blizzard says D3 is to be launched in the first quarter of 2012. There are about 8-9.5 weeks between release date announcement and release date. Starcraft 2 is an exception. It should have been issued in 2009, but because of Starcraft 2 battle net its release date was delayed. From other three games we guess blizzard announces release date eight weeks before real release data. If they announce the release date in November, the game will be released in January. If the release date is in February, it is announced in October. On blizzard facebook, CD key of D3 is supposed to last to December 12. Beta ends usually before two or three weeks before release. So Diablo 3 beta may ends on December 26 at the earliest. Or later than that. The earliest and reasonable date is January 10, 2012. But blizzard likes delaying. So it is guessed the release date is between January 31, 2012 and February 7. of course, this is just a guess. The release date is waiting to be announced by blizzard.