Everybody wants to play Diablo 3. The amount of good will toward this game in the community at large is astounding. Sure there were those idiots who complained about the art style, and I'm sure some people are disappointed about the available classes in one way or another, but Diablo 3 will still sell a million bajillion copies. Blizzard is in danger of destroying WoW's dominance in the field of online RPGs, if too many people flock to Diablo 3 in the hardcore way that people tend to get about Blizzard games.

The closed beta process started recently, and the open beta is scheduled to start in Q3 of this year. That means any time between June 31st and the midnight before September 31st, but Blizzard is prone to taking their time with games, no matter how badly you want them. Then again, it has been fucking years as well as probably millions in the making, and they should be out with it inside of a year from now regardless.

I'm excited to roll a demon hunter like everyone else, although if I'm feeling particularly uncreative, I will have to play with a barbarian named Conan.

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