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Diablo III‘s opening-day sales just further prove that PC gaming is nowhere near dead. Blizzard’s Diablo III just became the fastest selling game in PC history. 3.5 million copies in just 24 hours. Another 1.2 million World of Warcraft gamers also joined through a special promotion, increasing the total number of gamers on day one to 4.6 million.

It's true - the world is big into Diablo 3 . So much so that the game was purchased more than 3.5 million times in its first 24 hours available, making it the "fastest-selling PC game" of all time, according to Blizzard. On top of that 3.5 million, another 1.2 million copies were scooped via the WoW Annual Pass (which included a free copy of D3 ).

This fall, it will be common for multiple huge game releases to flood retail shelves and drive gamers to , , Wal-Mart and other retailers. But for the middle of May, it's a rare occurrence. But that's just what happened with the huge launches of Blizzard Entertainment's delayed Diablo III for PC and Mac and ...

Blizzard is known for two things: making great games and making us wait for them. For Diablo 3, the wait is almost over. May 15 is the official release date for Blizzard's hotly anticipated hack-and-slash game and follow-up to 2000's Diablo 2. It hasn't been an easy development cycle: the team recently announced that ...

Ten days ago, Diablo 3 Game Director Jay Wilson said a launch-date announcement is "near." Evidently sick of waiting for that day to arrive, Amazon Italy has slapped an April 17 release date on Diablo 3.