Following yesterday’s news that the game will launch a little earlier than expected in the US, gamers in Australia may be a little confused by recent official launch time mentions in emails. So, here’s some clarification on Australian Diablo 4 launch times.
PureDiablo Twitter follower TrainerSkitz pointed out that emails being sent out after the betas to Aussie gamers were stating a launch date of 7 June.
Getting kinda mixed messages about launch, I just got this email that says June 7th.
I was assuming the date was localised for Oceania but your link shows it as (assuming Aus is Asia to them) clearly 6th June 8am pic.twitter.com/KEOLdhEMxO— TrainerSkitz (@TrainerSkitz) April 6, 2023
Since that note appeared on our timeline, another email has gone out with the developer chat promotion stating that Australian gamers will be playing on 6 June at 8AM.
Effectively what is happening is that there’s a global launch time based around the PST time zone which is set for 4PM in the US.
Wait not that time is correct, Seoul is same as WA so it'll be 8am 6th for us
Latest email says 6th again, must have been an error or recent internal change (USA being on the 5th is kinda wild, defeats the whole 666 marketing) pic.twitter.com/N8F3xAeVkp— TrainerSkitz (@TrainerSkitz) April 6, 2023
Time zone differences can be a real pain when it comes to global launches but it’s good news for Australians as they can start playing nice and early in the day. Meanwhile, EU players are going to have to play through the early hours of the morning if they want to get some decent play time in.
Time to move to Australia?