Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it looks like the wait is over! Blizzard has officially announced the release date of the highly-anticipated action RPG game for the 15th of May 2012. If you’re the extremely competitive player, you’ll be pleased to hear that Blizzard is accepting pre-purchases of the digital version of the game today, meaning when the game goes live, you will be one of the first to log on and start your adventures.

For those who plan to purchase physical copies of the game, expect it to retail for $59.99 and will be available on both PC and Mac, while the Collector’s Edition will go for $99.99 which includes the full game on DVD-ROM, a behind-the-scenes Blu-ray/DVD two-disc set, the Diablo 3 soundtrack CD, a 208-page Art of Diablo 3 book, a 4GB USB Soul Stone which includes full versions of both Diablo 2 and the expansion, Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction, a Diablo skull base along with exclusive in-game content for Diablo III, World of Warcraft, and StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. So who else is excited?!

Diablo 3’s release date is just over a month away, and to celebrate Blizzard has revealed new videos of some of the game’s more destructive skills.

“Doing battle with the Burning Hells means fighting fire with fire, and this week’s videos are all about destruction. We’ve got skills to tear through demonic invaders with summoned zombies and locusts, pepper them with knives and arrows, warp their minds, blow their bodies apart, and more,” reads the Diablo 3 blog. Click the link to see the skills below in action.