Blizzard's confirmed that the company are still working hard to release Diablo 3 this year.
However, they aren't ready to fully commit to a 2011 launch yet. Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime said on the role-playing game's release details:
We are still working hard to ship [Diablo 3] before the end of the year, but we are not ready to commit to a release date at this time. The timing on the Diablo 3 release date will come down to a lot of moving parts in putting out a complex release.
We talked about the new auction house technology which has not been fully tested. We're not yet in beta, and it's just going to come down to when the game is ready for primetime. So, we'll know more when we hit beta and when we've put some of these new systems into test.
It's a brand new infrastructure with a lot of moving parts.
Diablo 3's beta, meanwhile, is on track for a release soon.
Thanks, Eurogamer.