Blizzard has quietly opened pre-registrations for a Diablo 4 closed beta, allowing players to opt-in for a shot at the closed beta when testing starts. To do so, all you need to do is head to the Diablo 4 website and click a little "Pre-Register" button, then log in to your battle.net account for a chance to get picked as a tester. As of now, no date has been announced for the closed beta.
It's the first we've heard about someone outside of Blizzard actually playing Diablo 4 in a bit, but does track with the suspected release date of 2023. For more on that, check out everything we know about Diablo 4.
It's a pretty low-key announcement for what should be one of Blizzard's tentpole series, but the Diablo brand name has been tarnished by association w ith Diablo Immortal. The recently released mobile game has attracted massive backlash due to its microtransactions, many of which can be described as predatory at best.
This follows a tumultuous few years for Activision-Blizzard at large as a multitude of lawsuits attending harassment and abusive workplace allegations, as well as a theoretical acquisition by Microsoft, have made a once-flawless reputation, now, well, quite flawed indeed.
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