info for United Kingdom players only
after contacting a number of retailers finally have a response:

Dear Mr
Thank you for your email and please let me apologise for the delay in my response.
My name is ... and I’m the Customer Service Manager responsible for helping you with your query.

I have investigated your query for you and I’m delighted to tell you that we will be stocking the PC game Diablo 3 in the majority of our larger Tesco Extras and Superstores. This game will be subject to a midnight release on the 15th May 2012. Please look out for advertising of this within our stores closer to the release date.

I do hope you find my response helpful and thank you very much for bringing this to our attention. Please do not hesitate to contact me again if you feel I can help in any way.

Kind regards
... Tesco Customer Service

this morning also received link to the ad and code for £5 discount if preordered online: DIABLO5 (only 500 redemptions so it may be not valid any more)

http://www.tescoentertainment.com/store/game/pc-diablo-iii/8:785845

We are 8 hours ahead of Blizzard (assuming Activision will use CA LA time) so we may be getting our hands on a LE before USA
Also note: Tesco says "Despatched to Arrive for Day of Release"

Watch for Blizzard announcement about the time zone to be used!

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?day=15&month=5&year=2012&hour=0&min=5&sec=0&p1=137&p2=136
The World Clock – Time Zone Converter – results
At the specified time, local time in London is 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles

Location Local time Time zone UTC offset
Los Angeles (U.S.A. - California) Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 00:05:00 PDT UTC-7 hours
London (United Kingdom - England) Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 08:05:00 BST UTC+1 hour
Corresponding UTC (GMT) Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 07:05:00

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what?

they can buy a hard copy of the game before we do......

FUUUUUUUUUUU

doesnt matter, not like they can play it before us lol. Only ppl who will be maybe an hour or so behind are ppl living in the pacific timezone lol

I forgot about trolls

so exact time for servers to open is midnight 15th ? (in uk)

this..

no, servers to open 7 or 8 am in UK but you can buy the box in tesco at midnight

i wonder i can get collectors edition at sesco

ill prob pop down n ask them next time im there..but would you happen to know by any chance ?

This post was edited by -=vasya=- on Mar 24 2012 11:32am