Most people don't expect Blizzard to deliver Diablo III this year, but during an earnings call yesterday top dog Mike Morhaime said that they are trying to get the game ready for release in 2011.
"There are a lot of moving parts in putting out a complex release like Diablo 3," IGN reports him as saying. "We talked about the new auction house technology which hasn't been fully tested. We're not yet in Beta, and really it's just going to come down to when the game is ready for prime time."
In short, it might come out this year. Maybe.