The War Within Beta Begins June 5! - Immediate Beta Access for Epic Edition Pre-Purchase & New Key Art
The War Within Beta begins on June 5th! Players who pre-purchase the War Within Epic Edition will gain immediate access to the War Within Beta.
War Within Epic Edition Pre-Purchase
Blizzard has released new key art to celebrate the launch of Beta!
Players selected to participate* will receive an email invitation directing them to download the game client directly from the Battle.net desktop app.
Players who purchase the Epic Edition may also receive email notifications. As always, please be aware of phishing attempts—if you’re unsure whether your invitation is legitimate, please log in to your Battle.net account to verify that there is a The War Within beta license attached (under Your Game Accounts).
Getting Started
Join us in testing The War Within.
Players who have opted in can be selected to be testers, and invitations will go out regularly throughout the test. If selected to participate in the beta test, your Battle.net account will already be flagged for access.
Players who upgrade to the Epic Edition of The War Within will also gain immediate access to the beta.
- Make sure your graphics drivers are up to date.
- Run the Battle.net® desktop app—it may need to update itself if you haven't run it recently. If you don't have the app installed, get started here.
- Once Battle.net is installed and updated, select World of Warcraft from the list of games.
- In the Game Version drop-down menu above the Play button, choose The War Within (listed under In Development) option, then click Install.
- Allow installation to complete, click Play, and select any available Test
