A very last minute invite.. it's possible they weren't even sure if he was going to be presenting today or not.
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It's too soon for a release date announcement, plus Mike Morhaime said that it would be in the "weeks ahead." (Not "within the week ahead.") If any kind of release date announcement is made, it would be the announcement of another delay. :)
* UPDATE:
It was pretty much information we already knew. They have 2 releases in the pipeline, but they still might bring 3 (at the VGA, Mike had said 3 releases this year.)
Thomas did mention what I was talking about before. They're not afraid of cannibalization and they want WOW players introduced to the Diablo franchise so that they eventually play both (great way to extend the longevity of WOW in the absence of regular content additions.) By encouraging customers to play Diablo, they will use the RMAH to pay for their subscriptions and other games.
He was hesitant to talk about the revenue model for their Next Gen MMO, but I got the feeling that it won't be subscription based. "It works well for World of Warcraft, but not others." Makes me wonder if Titan will be much smaller in size and scope than WOW.