Diablo 2 Resurrected beta kicks off this weekend
Diablo 2: Resurrected beta kicks off this weekend Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Diablo 2: Resurrected beta kicks off this weekend Early access first, then open to all. News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 11 Aug 2021 23 comments The Diablo 2: Resurrected beta kicks off this weekend, Blizzard has announced. Early access to the beta begins at 6pm UK time on Friday 13th August across PC, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. The beta is not available on Nintendo Switch. Watch on YouTube To get the early access you have to pre-purchase the game or the Diablo Prime Evil Collection. For the early access beta, you need to have separately pre-ordered Diablo 2: Resurrected or Diablo Prime Evil Collection on each platform you want to play on, Blizzard added. The open beta begins at 6pm UK time a week later, on 20th August. The beta weekends for Diablo 2: Resurrected, the remaster of Blizzard's 20 year-old action role-playing game, include two additional classes: the Druid and the Paladin. These join the three available to play with the previous alpha test: the Sorceress, the Barbarian and the Amazon. Diablo 2: Resurrected launches with seven playable classes. Both test weekends will have multiplayer enabled, Blizzard said, alongside cross-progression. Up to eight players can play together in one game (experience, monster hit points, and the quantity of items dropped scale upwards as more players join the session). There's PvP via the duel system, too. As with the technical alpha, both Act I: The Sightless Eye and Act II: The Secret of the Vizjerei are fully playable in the open beta, including the fully remade cinematics for both acts. There is no level cap. Progression from the early access test carries over to the open beta, but progress will not carry over to the live release on 23rd September. Some more housekeeping: the early access weekend test runs until 6pm UK time on 17th August. The open beta weekend ends at 6pm UK time on 23rd August. "This will allow us to get the right amount of gameplay feedback and client performance data," Blizzard said. Xbox Live Gold is required to play during the early access, and to access multiplayer features at launch on Xbox. Xbox Live Gold is not required to play during the open beta on Xbox, though. PlayStation Plus is not required during the early access or the open beta, but is required to access multiplayer features at launch on PlayStation. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Lady Dimitrescu will be a tad smaller in Resident Evil Village's Mercenaries DLC Level the playing field. 1 Overwatch 2 suffers another DDoS attack and character roster bugs Mei Mei. 13 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store