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Earlier today I received an invitation to go to Blizzard HQ, at the end of July (27th to be exact), for a world first look at the Diablo 3 Beta (which means Beta won't be out before this event), as well as some new feature reveals, including information on Battle.net 2.0. In addition to these reveals and hands on play, we'll be able to sit in a fansite interview with a few developers, so if anyone has any questions, feel free to let me know in this post and I'll ask what I can! The event itself will be under NDA until August 1st, but I'll keep you all in the loop.

Now for some speculation... Keep in mind, there is still no release date, this could potentially be pretty big. As we know, they are shooting for the Beta to be released in Q3 and they want to have all system and game information revealed prior to that happening. With this event coming up, we will then be able to spill all the beans about the Beta, which could mean it could very well start very shortly after this event. Not only that, but depending on how long the Beta lasts, could mean that we may still potentially have a 2011 release date.

tl;dr Sign of the Beta.

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It also looks like Force also received an invitation, so possibly expect some kind of DiabloCastish thing from HQ! :). Here's a little video announcement for those of you that just want some other cool stuff to listen to.

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So this means there's no beta for us in July?

Unfortunately, correct. I probably should've explicitly said that in the OP, fixing it.

We're getting the "world's first look at the Beta" on July 27th at the event... so ya.

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That seems like a Sing of Beta to me...
Anyway, I'd like to know (if possible) whether or not they will make more PvP games apart from Arena. We will probably not see them on release, but I'm curious about that being implemented in a future expansion.

It couldn't hurt for me to ask, but i'm going to tell you the answer is likely no. The whole point of them making the arena is to completely remove PvP from PvE play, ;P.

Quote from hoboman27

this is exciting stuff! especially the guys from diablocast meeting up and testing out the beta together. you guys should seriously record it, like a podcast as you are testing out the beta (if blizzard allows it of course)

I really want to, and i'm sure Force is up for it. We'll try and figure something out, ;).

Quote from Doomscream

Looks like the chinese dude was right
Will you make a separate topic for question-submitting or should we post them here?

Hmph. I'll make a separate thread. Here.

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Whats the point of inviting Sixen and Force btw?

Well, i'm technically from DFans/Curse. Force is technically from DFans/Machinima. As far as you're concerned, 2 DFans members get to go, that's a good thing, :P.

Quote from bloggins69

1. Is single player linked through battle.net 2.0 or is it like diablo 2 and stand alone.
2. will I be able to install the copy of diablo 3 on multiple computers ( on my main system and again on my laptop so i can play at home or when i am away ) obviously not meaning play them at the same time
3. how many character slot on your account have they gone with. they did mention it would be a crazy high number i would like to know what it is because my crazy high is a lot more then theirs i have about 500 D2 characters because i keep my old ones and do not delete them.

that is if for now from me i know i have more but will have to get back with them later

#2 I can answer now, the answer is yes.

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So jealous!

Is what you see on July 27th under NDA? Will you guys be able to release any info from that visit?

It'll be under NDA until August 1st, when i'll do a huge writeup and i'm sure Force will do a video.. and we'll release our DiabloCast-type thing as well.

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Quote from CherubDown

So jealous!

Is what you see on July 27th under NDA? Will you guys be able to release any info from that visit?

It'll be under NDA until August 1st, when i'll do a huge writeup and i'm sure Force will do a video.. and we'll release our DiabloCast-type thing as well.

Accordin to sources i read yesterday they are under NDA untill the beginning of august. I think it was untill the 3rd

I'm telling you it's August 1st, ;P.