Blizzard has announced that Diablo 4 will launch on June 6, 2023, with a public beta coming beforehand. Players who preorder Diablo 4 will gain open beta early access.
Revealed at The Game Awards 2022, the 2023 release date was finally narrowed down as Blizzard confirmed the June date for its first take on an open world version of the action-RPG series.
The release date announcement makes sense given that some players have already had the chance to play Diablo 4. Blizzard launched a closed beta for hardcore fans of the previous games to trial Diablo 4's end-game, though some footage had already leaked.
Diablo 4 was announced more than three years ago at BlizzCon 2019 and has slowly but surely been teased by Blizzard ever since. The game was confirmed to feature fully customisable characters and armor, still spread across the five classes of Barbarian, Sorceress, Rogue, Druid, and Necromancer.
Diablo 4 will also feature a Battle Pass, though Blizzard made very clear following the Diablo: Immortal controversy that this version will only include cosmetic upgrades and players "will not be able to pay for power".
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