Recently Blizzard hinted that Diablo III would not be releasing in 2010 alongside StarCraft II and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and that it would be coming in the "next few years."  Speaking with Techland, Blizzard's VP of game design, Rob Pardo, confirmed that Diablo III will not be coming next year. "I think it’s safe to say that, yeah, [Diablo III] is not going to be out next year," he 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."

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At a presentation in New York City, Activision Blizzard made note of the fact that, while StarCraft II and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm would be coming out sometime in 2010, the StarCraft II campaign expansions, Diablo III and an announced MMO will be coming out in "the next few years." Diablo III is set to be released in 2011 at the earliest. Not very promising words for Blizzard fans.