I think what he meant is the randomization of the map(in this case, the dungeons) rather than loot, haven't watch the video, so I don't know too.

not much randomization i saw so far from the videos, but one part where you search for the Chancellor's tomb among all the defiled crypt scattered around, its not the same crypt every time you repeat the course

it will be open beta anytime soon? (to all ppl i mean)

its already in open beta phase (since 20th Sept lol), but so far SEA region i dun think got many players are invited yet

its closed beta.

if its open beta anyone can just simply walk into mordor. o

so actually how to differentiate close and open beta? i always thought close beta was confined to blizz employees? maybe i am wrong

Blizz employees only are called FnF Close Beta
Selected people only are called Close Beta
Open to all are called Open Beta

ha! now even RPS complains bout the always on DRM thingy! seems like it will cause lots of trouble when playing solo...what's more with our tmnut style connection.

hope bliz get enough feedback from these betas and improve the final game! i dont want to get disconnected when i was on the way to pick up that loot!!!

We commonly use the term “soon” when referring to Blizzard releases, because we know that no matter how hard we’re working to reach a target, we’re not going to compromise and launch a game before it’s ready. For Diablo III, we were aiming to launch by the end of 2011. As we’re announcing globally today, our new target for the game is early 2012.

While this news might not be a complete surprise, I know that many of you were hopeful that Diablo III would ship this year. We were too. However, this week we pulled together people from all of the teams involved with the game to decide whether we felt it would be ready before the end of December, and we grudgingly came to the conclusion that it would not. Ultimately, we feel that to deliver an awesome Diablo sequel that lives up to our expectations and yours as well, we should take a little more time and add further polish to a few different elements of the game.

The upside of today’s announcement is that we will be running the beta test longer than we initially planned, which will allow us to invite more of you who have opted in.

For those taking on the Diableard challenge, we salute you -- and now fear for your well-being and personal hygiene. We hereby issue an official reprieve to all Diableard participants, including Blizzard employees, if you want to trim or otherwise manage the lower half of your face. We’d still love to see your beardly achievements, and we look forward to seeing more of your efforts as we move into 2012, but not to the detriment of your workplaces and significant others.

Thank you everyone for your support and anticipation for Diablo III. We’re still moving ahead at full pace, and we’ll be keeping you fully informed of any news and developments here at Diablo3.com, including the specific release date when the time comes, so stay tuned.

-Mike Morhaime

if i need to be online to play a singleplayer game or offline mode i will not be getting this stupid game