Honestly, the only thing making me believe this, is "SC2 Phoenix"... Why would someone faking this put in something unheard of? Maybe the creator of this is a pyschology genius, but I'm believing it for now.
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True enough, but notice their careful wording. The title says he was fired, but the article says he left. Those are two very different things. Either way, of course, it does prove there is something substantial to it, but until Blizzard actually gives us a release date, this is still just as factual and useful as any of the heresay release date theories we have on the board.
The WoW Brazil schedule just makes me think this calendar is real. Blizz did not deny it. Blizzard Brazil just landed here a few mouths ago and started to build up ridicolously large servers. The WoW Brazil rumor existed long before this image and it just confirmed what everyone was expecting. For me this add a big slice of legity to it.
Game Informer has a post about Blizzard's response to the "Slate". They don't outright deny it, so I think that adds to the list of reasons why this may not be just rumor fodder.
My thoughts on this is that the slate is possibly a probable release date from blizzard. Though when looking at the date. 4/2/10. Thats 7 months ago! Which gives me the thought that it is possibly outdated. Hence unusable information.
Only real thing we can take from this is that blizzard is planning on putting games out in the future.
"As always, we appreciate the interest in Blizzard’s current and upcoming games, but we don’t comment on rumors or speculation and we don’t have any new announcements to make. Right now we’re fully focused on the upcoming launch of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, and we’re very much looking forward to celebrating that event with players around the world starting on December 7."
That said by Blizzard, it's just considered another rumor so far. We knew there's a map marketplace coming, they've discussed it quite a few times already. We also know by a Blizzard official that Heart of the Swarm (SCII exp1) is currently being worked on with a more likely release sometime in 2012. Anyone could make such an image and i wouldn't consider it real for some of the reasons mentioned in here.
Whether it was legit or not, a late 2011 release for DIII seems more than likely thing to aim for... It's not like June 2011 is looking possible, unless beta starts in January - next month, which I think is bit of a stretch considering the state of, for example the DH.
Agreed.. I predict it will be released on thanksgiving.
One of the lead SC2 guys said around Blizzcon that SC2: Heart of the Swarm wouldn't be out for another 18 months. Plus I don't know why in the world Blizz would release two games in one quarter. Not only could they potentially "steal" sales from one another (I for one wouldn't bother with SC2 if D3 was coming out soon), but it also makes it so they wouldn't be able to have people shift between teams for help during launch to help with the hectic time during the first few days of releasing a game.
I really think it's fake...First off look at when this was released? A week ago? 2 weeks ago? A month? What I'm trying to get here is that anyone of us fan boys (for Diablo that is) could come up with something like this...let alone a fan boy for blizzard all together..Isn't titan one of their first games ever made? Or something like that?...depending on the information in the next 3 months I still think June 28 2011 will still be the date. 1000 random people already have a code for the beta when will they come into play? Also one reason why SC2 took a delay was because of battle.net 2.0 not the whole game its self...(of course there could of been some problems...there always are). Basicly D3 wont have AS many problems as SC2 (not saying there wont be problems just saying not as bad and now they know what they need to do). So 6/28/11 see you guys online
Titan isn't one of their first games, but the fact that "Titan" - which is probably referring to their rumored MMOFPS - is shown as coming out during the same quarter as a WoW xpac, and Blizzard having any game, especially an MMO, coming out during the same quarter as a WoW xpac is ridiculous. I call shenanigans. Until Blizzard confirms this as real or stuff on this list starts coming out, I'm assuming its fake.
Titan isn't one of their first games, but the fact that "Titan" - which is probably referring to their rumored MMOFPS - is shown as coming out during the same quarter as a WoW xpac, and Blizzard having any game, especially an MMO, coming out during the same quarter as a WoW xpac is ridiculous. I call shenanigans. Until Blizzard confirms this as real or stuff on this list starts coming out, I'm assuming its fake.
Why wouldn't it come out at the same time if, as rumored, it's a console-based game? Different markets.
Titan isn't one of their first games, but the fact that "Titan" - which is probably referring to their rumored MMOFPS - is shown as coming out during the same quarter as a WoW xpac, and Blizzard having any game, especially an MMO, coming out during the same quarter as a WoW xpac is ridiculous. I call shenanigans. Until Blizzard confirms this as real or stuff on this list starts coming out, I'm assuming its fake.
Why wouldn't it come out at the same time if, as rumored, it's a console-based game? Different markets.
Uh what? For one an MMOFPS would still work fine on the computer, so I don't see why Blizzard wouldn't release it on both if its going to consoles at all. Its not like their first console game would be a console exclusive. And its really not different markets. Most people have a console and a computer. If I was going to go pick up their new MMOFPS, I'm considerably less likely to also get an MMORPG, and same goes for the next SC2 xpac and D3 coming out in the same quarter. Plenty of people I know that play WoW also play Black Ops or Halo or other shooters. Sure, they aren't closely related markets, but why would you risk your first MMOFPS by potentially "drowning" it out with a WoW expansion?
"As always, we appreciate the interest in Blizzard’s current and upcoming games, but we don’t comment on rumors or speculation and we don’t have any new announcements to make. Right now we’re fully focused on the upcoming launch of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, and we’re very much looking forward to celebrating that event with players around the world starting on December 7."
That said by Blizzard, it's just considered another rumor so far. We knew there's a map marketplace coming, they've discussed it quite a few times already. We also know by a Blizzard official that Heart of the Swarm (SCII exp1) is currently being worked on with a more likely release sometime in 2012. Anyone could make such an image and i wouldn't consider it real for some of the reasons mentioned in here.
It's been awhile since I've been active on this forum.
But when i was,
Rumors, speculation, opinions, UNOFFICIAL RELEASES, rants, polls, you name it. These things were honored in this forum,
Unofficial things from uncredited sources were posted in a way that informed the community, while reminding them that "it is not necessarily official"
Before diablo 3 was officially confirmed, that is how we proceeded, and the forum was rich with interesting people, ideas, and opinions. It seems that the majority of that community, that many of us remember and love, has vanished.
Sure magistrate, you can do as you wish, you can even ban me or warn me (again) for sharing my (no longer) valued opinion, but before this post/thread is deleted (as is often done, when one goes "off-topic" or the thread is not suited to the eyes of the administrators/moderators) i would simply like to state that i miss that community we had, and some nice people that used to administer this forum, and i would also like to mention, (if possible) that next time an unofficial "yet highly newsworthy" leak appears like this again, to at least make a little side note on the home page, just for people who are interested in, you know, some relevant news, official or not, on the game we all love.
Ciao! I have my stopwatch ready here.
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I doubt it would hasten any release date. As it is, these would only be predictions, which would make them more liable to be pushed back, if anything.
Nah probably not. It's not like having a leaked product slate is going to make them work on the game any faster.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/11/30/is-this-blizzard-s-release-schedule-for-the-next-four-years.aspx
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
Only real thing we can take from this is that blizzard is planning on putting games out in the future.
That said by Blizzard, it's just considered another rumor so far. We knew there's a map marketplace coming, they've discussed it quite a few times already. We also know by a Blizzard official that Heart of the Swarm (SCII exp1) is currently being worked on with a more likely release sometime in 2012. Anyone could make such an image and i wouldn't consider it real for some of the reasons mentioned in here.
Agreed.. I predict it will be released on thanksgiving.
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Why wouldn't it come out at the same time if, as rumored, it's a console-based game? Different markets.
Uh what? For one an MMOFPS would still work fine on the computer, so I don't see why Blizzard wouldn't release it on both if its going to consoles at all. Its not like their first console game would be a console exclusive. And its really not different markets. Most people have a console and a computer. If I was going to go pick up their new MMOFPS, I'm considerably less likely to also get an MMORPG, and same goes for the next SC2 xpac and D3 coming out in the same quarter. Plenty of people I know that play WoW also play Black Ops or Halo or other shooters. Sure, they aren't closely related markets, but why would you risk your first MMOFPS by potentially "drowning" it out with a WoW expansion?
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It's been awhile since I've been active on this forum.
But when i was,
Rumors, speculation, opinions, UNOFFICIAL RELEASES, rants, polls, you name it. These things were honored in this forum,
Unofficial things from uncredited sources were posted in a way that informed the community, while reminding them that "it is not necessarily official"
Before diablo 3 was officially confirmed, that is how we proceeded, and the forum was rich with interesting people, ideas, and opinions. It seems that the majority of that community, that many of us remember and love, has vanished.
Sure magistrate, you can do as you wish, you can even ban me or warn me (again) for sharing my (no longer) valued opinion, but before this post/thread is deleted (as is often done, when one goes "off-topic" or the thread is not suited to the eyes of the administrators/moderators) i would simply like to state that i miss that community we had, and some nice people that used to administer this forum, and i would also like to mention, (if possible) that next time an unofficial "yet highly newsworthy" leak appears like this again, to at least make a little side note on the home page, just for people who are interested in, you know, some relevant news, official or not, on the game we all love.
Ciao! I have my stopwatch ready here.
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