Throughout its livestream right this moment Blizzard has revealed a server slam weekend for Diablo IV. Over the past 24 hours, gamers began to suspect that Blizzard may be taking a look at pushing out one other beta previous to the sport’s upcoming launch in June.
The studio had teased a possibility for gamers to leap again into the sport forward of the launch, and that’s precisely what gamers are going to get. The Diablo IV server slam weekend will start the second weekend of Could. The purpose of this occasion is for Blizzard to actually stress take a look at the servers to verify every little thing is as clean as attainable on launch day. And with that in thoughts Blizzard actually desires as many gamers as attainable to log in all through the server slam weekend.
The take a look at shall be open to all gamers on all platforms. Which suggests you possibly can play on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Sequence X|S, and Xbox One. The server slam will go reside on Could 12 and finish on Could 14.
Diablo IV server slam weekend can have rewards for gamers
Extra time to play is extra time to play. So if there was something you didn’t get to take a look at throughout the open beta in March, now could be the time to take a look at the sport. Whether or not that’s check out new lessons, make it to degree cap or discover extra of Sanctuary.
There’s additionally the chance to earn rewards throughout the server slam weekend. So there may be incentive to play even for those who did completely every little thing you could possibly the final time round. For instance, gamers who didn’t earn the wolf pup beauty throughout the open beta shall be given one other likelihood to get it throughout the server slam.
There’s additionally a brand new reward to earn known as the Cry of Ashava. This shall be a mount trophy beauty, and is actually one in every of Ashava’s enamel. You’ll have to have first reached degree 20 earlier than defeating Ashava throughout the server slam weekend to earn this. The excellent news is that gamers can have rather more time to attempt downing this huge world boss.
Through the open beta Ashava solely confirmed up throughout very restricted home windows. However throughout the server slam weekend, you’ll have an opportunity to take Ashava down each three hours after the primary look at 9am PST on Could 13. The ultimate spawn shall be on the identical time on Could 14. So ensure you don’t miss out.
Moreover, gamers will be capable to try all lessons, and content material would be the identical because the beta which incorporates the prologue and Act 1. You’ll be able to learn extra in regards to the server slam within the official weblog publish and watch the livestream video above.