Even though Activision might struggle with sales and profits in 2011, Blizzard has stated nothing is stopping them from their goal of releasing Diablo III for this year.
Earlier in the week, Activision's main chief operator in a meeting took the game off of the 2011 release schedule and denied the possibility of the game hitting the 2011 release window.
Blizzard did say that the game itself won't be rushed to meet the 2011 date but if they have the chance to release the game, they won't hold it back like most companies do when Halo or CoD gets released.
Also hinted was the game broadening to more types of gamers ranging from the "15 minute" gamers to the 3+ hours per session gamers.
The game is still set for a PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 release with the console versions getting the customized port and the PC being the primary platform for development.
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Huge rumor involving Activision ready to make a bid to buy Take-Two and Rockstar.
If it is real, Rockstar would replace the studios Activision lost from the True Crime, Guitar/DJ Hero, and Tony Hawk series. It would also give Activision the 2k series for sports.