÷ÏÔ ×ÁÍ Ó×ÅÖÁÊÛÅÅ Ó ÂÌÉÚÚÉ.ËÏÍ: [cut here] June 7, 2000 Diablo II Goes Gold! Clear your calendars, Diablo II has gone Gold! The game, which has initial orders in excess of 1.5 million copies worldwide, will start shipping to retailers worldwide as early as the end of June. [end cut] á ×ÏÔ ÐÒÅÓÓ ÒÅÌÉÚ: [cut here] DIABLO II GOES GOLD Blizzard prepares for its biggest worldwide launch ever IRVINE, Calif. - June 7, 2000 - Gamers should start clearing their calendars and stocking up on caffeinated beverages now. Blizzard EntertainmentR announced today that DiabloT II, its highly anticipated real-time action role-playing game, has gone gold. The game, which has initial orders in excess of 1.5 million copies worldwide, will start shipping to retailers worldwide as early as the end of June. In Diablo II, p_layer_s return to a dark world plagued by evil forces. After possessing the body of the hero who defeated him, Diablo resumes his nefarious scheme to shackle humanity into unholy slavery by joining forces with the other Prime Evils, Mephisto and Baal. P_layer_s face a new series of quests to rid the world of Diablo and his vile brethren forever. Diablo II is our most ambitious undertaking to date, said Mike Morhaime, Blizzard Entertainment president and co-founder, From the depth of each character class and the size of each act to the expansion of Battle.netR's new worldwide architecture and the number of languages for which we localized the game, the scope of Diablo II is much larger than any of our past projects. With development complete, we are now focused on shipping this game to retail worldwide by the end of the month. Key features in the game include: Five all new character classes