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Diablo 3 beta invites going out now

Fire up your inboxes, ladies and gentlemen. Blizzard Entertainment has begun distributing beta invites for Diablo 3 to select members of its community that opted in for the test.
Xav de Matos
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Fire up your inboxes, ladies and gentlemen. Blizzard Entertainment has announced it has begun distributing beta invites for Diablo 3 to select members of its community that opted in for the test.

If you're one of the lucky few to make the cut, Blizzard recommends you log into your Battle.Net account and download the client at some point. We recommend you stop what you're doing and get that done now. The client is available for the PC and Mac.

Those that were not selected to participate in the beta will be able to gain access via unspecified upcoming promotions and giveaways.

For more coverage, check out our Diablo III gamepage and watch our recent video interview with game designer Leonard Boyarsky below.

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    September 20, 2011 5:15 PM

    Xav de Matos posted a new article, Diablo 3 beta invites going out now.

    Fire up your inboxes, ladies and gentlemen. Blizzard Entertainment has begun distributing beta invites for Diablo 3 to select members of its community that opted in for the test.

    • Zerbyte legacy 10 years
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      September 20, 2011 5:25 PM

      No invite, must be a sign to play the New Vegas DLC.

    • supermonkeyballz legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 20, 2011 5:53 PM

      No invite, League of Legends time.

    • filthysock legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury ultra mega
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      September 20, 2011 5:55 PM

      no invite, time to jerk off in the toilet

    • hyperwired legacy 10 years
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      September 20, 2011 5:56 PM

      Way to get invite: submit system specification check on old/obsolete/exotic hardware. Alas I havent done this, so no invite for me.

      • edge198 legacy 10 years
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        September 20, 2011 6:00 PM

        Doesn't work, I've probably got one of the oldest machines on here(that is still my main) and I didn't get into this or the sc2 beta

      • DragonSire legacy 10 years
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        September 20, 2011 6:44 PM

        Play WoW. This seems like a good way. My friend played WoW, and not a single other Blizz game since WarCraft 2; and he still got an invite for StarCraft 2 before most others did (the opt-in).

    • smax legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 20, 2011 5:56 PM

      A friend found his invite in his gmail spam folder. go figure

    • sonicbrewz legacy 10 years
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      September 20, 2011 6:00 PM

      Still no invite. My favorite IP too been playing since day 1 of original. Either way it won't be long now...

      • rottdcorpse legacy 10 years
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        September 21, 2011 3:22 AM

        Dude, by the time we get Rage, Arkham City and Skyrim played along with the other life shit everyones got going on, Diablo 3 will be released :D The time is nigh m8ty.

    • sneakyalmond legacy 10 years
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      September 20, 2011 6:14 PM

      I'm torn between wanting an invite and not fucking up my schoolwork.

      • theWhite legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        September 20, 2011 6:16 PM

        if i was still in school, i can say with absolute certainty that the release of D3 would be like a hydrogen bomb detonating my gpa

      • [deleted] 342332194 legacy 10 years
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        September 20, 2011 6:59 PM

        [deleted]

        • Downforce legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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          September 21, 2011 9:47 AM

          yep. I just wish we'd get to test out runes and help fix the AH and fix the public game lobby.

          level cap of 13 isn't bad I guess, but crafting is often messed up (you are going to make something for level 11, and when crafted it comes out requiring level 12) and there's lots of little things. I guess all of that will get fixed behind closed doors.

          I wonder if they'll roll out any new updates for the client, or if everything will just be back end tweaks that don't require a data download.

    • Goncyn legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 20, 2011 6:42 PM

      I don't get any luck with the betas anymore.

      • Metatron85 legacy 10 years
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        September 20, 2011 6:45 PM

        I don't get any luck with the betas anymore

        • Zanee_ legacy 10 years
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          September 20, 2011 7:48 PM

          I don't get any luck with the betas anymore

          • nientiendo legacy 10 years
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            September 21, 2011 9:04 AM

            Your lucks must be good with the ladies then.

    • nientiendo legacy 10 years
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      September 20, 2011 6:42 PM

      Hot damn. No invite. If I close my eyes, I can almost see myself sitting at a pc playing the game. sadface.

    • godm0de legacy 10 years
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      September 20, 2011 8:33 PM

      I got a gtx560 cant be many people rockin those tryin to get into the beta... hope it helps my cause.

    • reverend~heresy legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 21, 2011 1:01 AM

      no invite, they're assholes

    • mad-d00d legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury mega
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      September 21, 2011 3:34 AM

      fuuuck

    • hyperwired legacy 10 years
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      September 21, 2011 4:21 AM

      everyone posting here didnt get an invite... everyone else is too busy playing it :S

    • Marrbe legacy 10 years
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      September 21, 2011 9:13 AM

      The detector doesn't recognize SLI, which might otherwise have been a good way to get in. :(

    • walker270 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 21, 2011 9:21 AM

      I check my e-mail every time I scroll past this thread. :(

    • [deleted] 1575822246 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 21, 2011 9:23 AM

      [deleted]

    • Zek legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 21, 2011 9:42 AM

      It's not clear if this beta is ever going to be as open as SC2 eventually was. From what they've said they don't really need that big of a stress test.

      • ovrlrd legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        September 21, 2011 10:57 AM

        Good then release the game already.

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