



Blizzard has two big releases slated for 2010, in the form of StarCraft II and the WoW expansion Cataclysm. Being a developer known to patiently hone and sharpen its titles long past projected release dates, having these two game come out in the same year is akin to the stars aligning. Keeping in mind this miracle, Blizzard executive Rob Pardo’s confirmation that Diablo 3 won’t being arriving in 2010 should come as no surprise.



Speaking to Techland of Diablo III’s announcement to hungry fans about a year and half ago, and Pardo said “We always announce all of our games too early. We realize that and go, ‘You know what? Next time we’re not going to do that.’ And then we always fail at that. But I’d rather fail at that than fail at making the game great. I think it’s safe to say that, yeah, (Diablo III) is not going to be out next year.”



Pardo also insists that this isn’t a case of Blizzard’s two 2010 games crowding Diablo 3 out of the fiscal-calendar year. “We’re definitely not fiscal calendar-driven,” says Pardo, citing the delay of 2007’s WoW expansion Burning Crusade past the holidays as an example.



“We’ve been wrong (on release dates) for as long as I can remember,” admits Pardo.



This news shouldn’t come as a huge revelation to longtime Blizzard fans, but it should come in handy to those poor souls still holding out hope. Let’s cross our fingers for 2011.