Although there is still no official release date, Blizzard’s president Mike Morhaime has addressed concerns of players losing patience waiting for Diablo 3.

In a recent earnings conference, Morhaime told investors “We are still working hard to ship the game before the end of the year; however, we’re not ready to commit to a release date at this time. Diablo 3 is still on track to go into external beta testing later this quarter,” Morhaime said.

It appears as though whether the release is happening this year will depend on the results of the beta. “We’ll know more when we hit beta and we’ll know more when we put some of these new systems into test. It’s a brand new infrastructure, with a lot of complex moving parts.”

Here’s an ingenious idea, participate in beta and praise how bug-free Diablo 3 is.