Diablo IV open beta dates confirmed for March

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With Diablo IV’s release on the horizon, Blizzard has announced a pair of open beta weekends for the hotly anticipated action RPG in March. Diablo IV will get its full launch on 6th June 2023 across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One and PC, with the beta available across all these platforms.

Access to the Diablo 4‘s two beta weekends will depend on if you’ve pre-ordered the full game or not, with those who have getting to play a week before Blizzard opens the gates to all and sundry.

Players will need to have a Battle.net account in order to participate.

During these weekends, Blizzard will let played dive into a healthy chunk of the game’s opening, including the Prologue and the entirety of Act 1. This will allow you to sample the first zone, Fractured Peaks, with a rugged landscape filled with demons to batter as you gather experience and level up, the gear you’re able to find topping out at Level 25.

Diablo 4 looks to continue the legacy of this action RPG series over a decade after the original launch of Diablo 3. In that time there have been a number of dungeon crawling contenders from fan favourite, Path of Exile, to recent games like Undecember and Torchlight: Infinite. In 2021, we even got a full-on Diablo 2 remake while patiently waiting for Blizzard’s sequel.

For Diablo 4, Blizzard are adopting a seasonal approach to updating the game and keeping things fresh. Each season will come with new gameplay features, a new questline and mysteries, and more of the world of Sanctuary. There will also be live events that crop up, and a Season Journey that is free for all players. This, however, feeds into a battle pass system that has both free rewards and a paid track of rewards to complete.

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