Diablo III gets May 15th release date

Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that the hotly anticipated Diablo III will be released on PC and Mac on May 15th.

The game will be released simultaneously across the globe and can be purchased either from retail or directly from Blizzard’s Battle.net website.

Alongside the English language version the game will also be localised for the Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, European Spanish, Italian, Polish, Russian, Korean and Chinese markets.

After many years of hard work by our development team and months of beta testing by hundreds of thousands of dedicated players around the world, we’re now in the homestretch,” Blizzard CEO and cofounder Mike Morhaime stated.

We look forward to putting the final polish on Diablo III over the next two months and delivering the ultimate action-RPG experience to gamers worldwide starting on May 15th.”

Those who have previously signed up for Blizzard’s World of Warcraft Annual Pass can claim a free digital copy of Diablo III as well as some exclusive WoW-themed in-game items.