I remember when the preorders were first available, they all had a late November date as a placeholder. About 2-3 months ago when I checked most stores had changed the date to 11/3 so my bet is that the plan is early November if all goes well. I doubt a company as large as Blizzard wants to release this too close to the holiday season, nor would I like it either. Too much going on with kids during that time. Pre-holiday season would be great though, playing DK through the Thanksgiving weekend.