Diablo 2: RisenThe multiplayer beta begins this weekend, Blizzard announced on Tuesday. Players who pre-ordered the Dungeon Crawler 2000 remaster will be able to participate in an Early Access weekend starting Friday afternoon, with the public open beta following next weekend.
Early Access begins on Friday, August 13th at 1:00 p.m. EDT / 10:00 a.m. PDT and is available to pre-order for Diablo
The open beta begins on Friday, August 20 at 1 p.m. EDT / 10 a.m. PDT. This Beta and Early Access Beta will cover all platforms except Nintendo Switch. Players can try cross-progression support on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X versions.
Blizzard says both betas will allow players to try five classes: Paladin, Druid, Barbarian, Amazon, and Sorceress. The multiplayer component supports up to eight players in the PvP or PvE game.
Both beta periods are limited to Act I: The Sightless Eye and Act II: The Secret of the Game’s Vizjerei. There won’t be a level cap, however, so players can try a variety of builds as long as they want to progress through these two acts.
Blizzards official blog post has more details. Diablo 2: Risen starts on September 23rd.
Blizzard announced for the first time Diablo 2: Risen at BlizzConline earlier this year. At the time, executive producer Rod Ferguson pointed out that Risen is a remaster, not a remake.
In a technical alpha in April we found Diablo 2 was as faithful a re-release as Blizzard had promised, and that controller support made all the difference for newer players.
