
Any significant changes to the game’s core are focused on improving the player’s quality of life. It holds to the “remaster” grouping, providing a high-definition (and frankly, beautiful) version of the horror experience we fell in love with during the early 2000s. Great news for streamers who want to blast testing through both weekends.Ī few Watchers got to try the technical alpha in April, and I must say the game was looking extremely sharp even then. The beta announcement FAQs note another particularly nice touch: if you participate in the early access weekend, your progression from that test will carry over to the open beta. But fear not! The beta will have controller support available for testing.

In addition, the newly added cross-progression between PC and consoles will be on the testing docket, although only Xbox and Playstation will be able to join in the beta. We’ll still only be testing Acts 1 and 2, but we’ll be able to use the multiplayer system. However, the beta test announcement provides some additional details. The alpha test classes (Amazon, Barbarian, and Sorceress) return along with the core game’s Paladin and the Druid (added in the Lord of Destruction expansion). The release date (September 23, 2021) announcement included a few critical details about the coming beta, namely the scope of the test. The game download is available for preloading beginning August 18.


So, if you’re like me, your first question for Blizzard is: “when can I get my grubby little hands on this to test and love and adore?”īlizzard ran a small technical alpha the weekend of April 9, and now we have our dates for the open beta(s)! Here are the essential details: We’re finally officially getting Diablo 2: Resurrected! We’ll now have our opportunity to smash Mephisto in high-definition graphics on both PC and console with cross-progression.
