No Tech trees in Diablo III, no playing next year

For those of you that haven't heard, Diablo III will not be released next year. Sorry sports fans, better luck next time.

It also will not be using a tech tree system used in games such as WoW, as stated in an interview with Diablo Fans:

(natch) Wilson states, "About that, we've decided to remove the tree-type architecture and we are moving into a purely skill-based system." Wilson admits that their new skill system is still in the early design stages and that they wanted to try out a few new ideas. He adds, "It differs from the World of Warcraft/Diablo II type hierarchical styles and is more of a skill pool/path than a tree per se."