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"Diablo III will not be released next month, Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed. Over the weekend, US retailer Best Buy posted a February 1 release date on its website. Meanwhile, images of in-store advertising featuring the date were posted online. Community manager Micah Whipple has said that the dungeon crawler has yet to be dated, and that &amp;quot;any store or person claiming otherwise is guessing&amp;quot;. With regards to the storefront image, he confirmed: &amp;quot;They misspelled February. I&amp;#039;m not sure it was all that official to begin with.&amp;quot; In response to other users, Whipple said that retailers will know an official date through a press release, and that it &amp;quot;can&amp;#039;t really keep every individual retail shop from making up a date&amp;quot;. He added: &amp;quot;The pressure is to release a sequel in one of the most beloved franchises of all time. We&amp;#039;re going to take our time.&amp;quot; Blizzard previously confirmed that Diablo III will be free to users who sign up for the new World of Warcraft annual pass, a yearly subscription to the popular MMO. Watch Diablo III&amp;#039;s opening cinematic below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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