Diablo III Beta details emerge

In the long-awaited first quarter conference call from Activision/Blizzard today, Mike Morhaime announced that internal testing for the Diablo III beta has already started as of last week. External testing is currently slated to begin Q3 2011 (July 1-Sept 30). They also noted that they still hope to push the game out for retail within this year, but it is never certain with Blizzard as they try to never compromise quality to hit a release window (but Activision...). With the beta planned for late Q3, I find it hard to imagine the game will make retail before 2012, but who knows?

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