Best Buy with a Diablo III release date?

Wing Zero

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http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/07/best-buy-thinks-diablo-3-is-coming-out-on-february-1-2012/

Best Buy apparently believes Diablo 3 isn't far off from launch in North America, as a Winnipeg, Canada-based Twitter user spotted a display for the game in a Rochester, Minnesota store showing a February 1 launch for the game alongside a countdown timer. Bizarrely, the tweet has since been pulled, but we snagged his image (addressed to former Joystiq previews editor Arthur Gies -- thanks Arthur!) and tracked down the Best Buy to confirm its existence.

A store employee politely assured Joystiq of the end cap's existence and noted the February 1 launch date, which will coincide with a midnight opening (at least at her location). We've reached out to Blizzard Entertainment for comment, but, well, this looks pretty legit.

Oh, and it also doesn't hurt that Best Buy's web store is showing a February 1 launch date for the game. In case you wanna pre-order it for launch or something, of course.

Update: UK retailer Gameplay is showing a February 3, 2012 release date for the game, adding more fuel to the fire. Thanks to Twitter user @JKeverne for the tip!
 

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Seems like a few retailers have been picking some arbitrary dates to place on their sites. I bet this is so that more people do their pre-orders. Based on the dates that are being posted on retailer websites I would assume that Blizzard has informed retailers of a Quarter 1 release (without specifics) and these retailers are then applying that general range.
 
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