http://www.diablo-3-forum.com/tags/release-date Diablo 3 forum discusses features, announcements, and more en-US Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:04:40 +0000 bbpress 1.0-alpha-6 q http://www.diablo-3-forum.com/search.php http://www.diablo-3-forum.com/topic/diablo-3-out-on-09-09-09#post-7 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:29:36 +0000 admin 7@http://www.diablo-3-forum.com/ <p>Now, prepare to be surprised by some of the reasoning behind this “news”. Diablo 3 release date has been a hot topic and we’ve all heard the usual Blizzard rhetoric that Diablo 3 will come out WHEN the game is ready.</p> <p>First, some background: a guy who played Diablo 2 for years got a DOL rune and experimented with it until it crushed the game. He got an error message … a series of meaningless numbers. Or are they?</p> <p> 64 69 61 62 6c 6f 20 33 20 20 30 39 2f 30 39 2f 30 39.</p> <p>So why is this significant in ANY way? OK, this is the geek part: 64 69 61 62 6c 6f 20 33 20 20 30 39 2f 30 39 2f 30 39 is hex for : Diablo 3 09/09/09. That means that if you translate the hexadecimal code, it gives you Diablo 3’s release date.</p> <p>Now, the critical part. How likely is that Diablo 2 developers knew in advance when Diablo 3 will be released? NOT LIKELY. At the same time, if I were head of development at Blizzard and I was a bit of a numerology freak… I’d pick EXACTLY this date. Why?</p> <p>Well, it’s pretty obvious. 09-09-09 represents 666 if you turn it upside down. The number of the beast! (cue the Iron Maiden song here) </p>