Just the sheer time gap - almost a full year - between the announcement and the actual beta suggests to me that Grinding Gear saw an opportunity to strike while the prevailing king of ARPGs is momentarily down. Path of Exile 2 is Diablo 4's most formidable competitor at the moment, so it seems a cunning move to announce its big news at a time when a lot of ARPG fans are looking for something new.Īctually, the more I think on it, the more I'm convinced this is too perfect to be coincidental. The game is coming in 2023 to PC, PlayStation and Xbox platforms, but there is no specific date yet, but the first half of the year is quite likely.It's hard to say with any certainty whether Grinding Gear deliberately timed this news to coincide with the backlash around Diablo 4 Season 1, but it sure looks like the former is eyeing the latter's crown. But if you are not an end game player and still want to help test the game out, some more welcoming betas will be coming in 2023, but there are no details on those at this time. Blizzard are using gameplay data, if you have shared it with them, to see how much time you have spent in the end game, so if you have never touched it, the odds of you being invited are slim.ĭetails on how to ensure you are all set up to be invited, if you have the relevant requirements met, can be found here. The best examples of how the end game content will impact players, is by calling long time end game players from past games into test it out and that is what they are doing here.

One thing we can talk about though, is who is going to get to play in this closed beta.

Rather than me just copy and paste the details on each, you can hit up the official games website, to learn all about the new modes. These are the specific end game offerings that are being included in the beta, no word on if this is all the game will have, but I doubt it.

Diablo 4 closed beta date