See when you can install and play the game, and what errors to avoid

May 14, 2012 19:20 GMT  ·  By

Blizzard has begun rolling out Diablo III today, currently allowing European customers to install the game and soon giving them a chance to play it once the servers go live. As always, there are a few problems that have appeared, so read on to find out a few quick tips and tricks.

First up, those that want to install the game's European version in either English or German will have to redownload their game clients from this location.

If you already downloaded the installation files with a previous client, all you have to do is point the new one to the same folder and it will just do a quick update, instead of re-downloading 7.5GB of files.

European customers can already start installing Diablo III, but they should remember to run it as an Administrator (in Windows Vista/7).

If you encounter an error that says the d3-09558-Win-final.MPQ file is corrupted, then you should uninstall the game and try to install it on another hard drive or another partition, at least according to some of the tips from the Diablo 3 forums.

European owners of the game can begin playing it at 00:01 CEST on May 15.

Diablo III fans in other territories, like the U.S., Canada, Latin America, New Zealand, Australia, or South East Asia, need to wait until 8:01 a.m. PDT on May 14, to begin installing the game, and until 12:01 a.m. PDT, May 15 to begin playing.

In case you want more help with Diablo III, check out the game's Technical Support forums here.