Well, I dont think this is gonna be a huge surprise for anyone at this point, but in a video you can find here http://www.starcraftwire.net/n/1412/starcraft-beta-in-2009 Chris confirmed the beta would be playable by 2009... They also say starcraft 2 is gonna come before diablo if nothing weird happens and talk a lil bit about the merging with activision... A really not that useful interview. Lately they've been giving more interviews than workinf on the game D:
That could be taken as bad news for any Diablo fans, although since they did release the info that it was in the making... Yeah Diablo 3 would've come out later than Starcraft 2 anyways.
Well D3 fans shouldn't be sad. As we all know Blizzard. They like to announce games years before they are ready. And 2009 is almost 2 months away. So not that far. But I do think the beta won't be ready January 1 though. That'd be cool mind you but I don't see that happening.