Finally, the long wait is almost over! Blizzard has revealed the global launch date of Diablo 3 and the said event will be on sundown of May 14, 2012. The participating retail partners that are expected to join are those that are coming from US, Germany, France, UK, Poland, Sweden, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, and Taiwan.
The official launching in the US will be staged by Blizzard and GameStop at the Great Wheel Court of the Irvine Spectrum Mall – 71 Fortune Drive – Irvine, CA. The said event is expected to begin at 8PM PDT and there would be some freebies to be given away and one of which is a laser-etched desktop PC given by Intel.
What is more exciting is that the development team members of Diablo 3 will participate during the official launching event together with the participating players to personally sign their copies of Diablo 3 game.
Another highlight is the chance to purchase collector’s edition aside from the standard game edition available for everyone. The collector’s edition includes bonus items such as limited visual artifacts for Diablo III, a 2 disc set DVD/Blu-ray behind-the-scenes video containing detailed interview on the making of the world of sanctuary, a 208 pages art book that displays several pieces of Diablo 3 art starting from the initial concept to final 3D version, a CD containing the official Diablo 3 game soundtrack, a 4 gigabytes USB soulstone loaded with complete versions of Diablo 2 – Lord of Destruction and corresponding Diablo skull base, limited edition of World of Warcraft in-game fetish shaman pet, exclusive portraits of StarCraft II Battle.net and army decal. If you’re experiencing high diablo 3 ping or latency, visit Diablo3Proxy for tunneling solutions.