Changes

There will be[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-on-skills-party-help-and-beta-confirmation/] a Diablo III Beta Test, which Jay Wilson estimated will begin around six months before Mike Morhaime stated is to occur in the game's releasethird quarter of 2011[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-beta-details-announced/P20/].

==Beta Announcement Coming Soon?to Begin Summer 2011==

An Mike Morhaime, during the May 9, 2011 Activision-Blizzard conference call, stated that the Diablo III beta shall commence in the third quarter of that year, and that internal testing had already been underway for a week[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-beta-details-announced/P20/]. [[Bashiok]] further clarified the timeframe[http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=27808130648&pageNo=1&sid=3000#9]: <blue>The 3rd quarter reference in the earning's call today was a calendar quarter, meaning that we're aiming to launch the Diablo III beta between July 1st and September 30th. Keep in mind that it's our current goal, and of course that can change as development continues.</blue> Previously, an announcement about the start time for the beta test is was expected in the Q1/2011 Activision/Blizzard conference call, scheduled to take place in early May, 2011. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/activision-blizzard-q4-2010-investor-conference-call/]