The other reason is to begin collecting player feedback early on the end game experience and challenges with the goal of incorporating as much of the feedback into the game as possible before launch.Īs a closed beta, players will be under NDA and will have to be invited to participate. For one, the Diablo IV team is eager to avoid spoiling the story of Lilith's return, so the beta will be set in a post-campaign Sanctuary. The Closed End Game Beta will be focused on Diablo IV's end game for a couple of reasons. Blizzard is promoting the upcoming beta as the first of a few opportunities for select players to experience a little taste of Diablo IV. There’s all the info you’ll need along with links to our huge guides database.Are you a Diablo fan? Did you ignore the GTA VI leak this weekend to spend your time on the Diablo IV gameplay leak? Have you been whiling away the days until Diablo IV's release by digging into your umpteenth play through on Diablo II: Resurrected and Diablo III? If so, then Blizzard has some good news for you.īlizzard has announced the first chance for gamers to test an early version of Diablo IV, coming soon in the form of a Closed End Game Beta. If you are coming back to the game or are completely new, check out the Diablo 2 Resurrected section here on PureDiablo. A second test will run that’s an open beta where everyone can take part.

Those who have pre-ordered will have access to the first test. If you want to take part in the test, it will run in two phases. Just we aware that you may need to start thinking about keeping a couple of weekends free if you want to take part. However, as we already know, these tests are taking place as stress tests to put BattleNet under load now that D2R has moved to modern BattleNet. It’s also a really short time period to get to grips with the game. Older gamers like myself can’t always take a whole weekend off to lose ourselves in a beta test.

While it’s commonplace these days for beta tests to run over the weekend, it’s not ideal for a lot of folks.

Think of the phases as different weekends as typically that is when most people can play and we really need to stress things with MP being involved.

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