{"id":22792,"date":"2023-04-21T03:31:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T03:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d88c6b0d-04e8-417b-b2dd-d1d0d58dcb0a12"},"modified":"2023-04-21T03:31:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T03:31:55","slug":"blizzard-will-let-you-try-diablo-iv-once-more-ahead-of-its-june-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/blizzard-will-let-you-try-diablo-iv-once-more-ahead-of-its-june-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard will let you try \u2018Diablo IV\u2019 once more ahead of its June launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/blizzard-will-let-you-try-diablo-iv-once-more-ahead-of-its-june-launch.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Blizzard is giving gamers another chance to try <em>Diablo IV<\/em> before its official arrival. The game\u2019s Server Slam will give console and PC players 48 hours to explore the prologue and Act I as the publisher prepares its infrastructure for the dungeon crawler\u2019s highly anticipated <span class=\"waslinkname\">June 6th launch<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The Server Slam will take place from May 12th at 12 PM to May 14th at 12 PM PDT. It will be open to players on Windows PC, PS5 \/ 4, Xbox Series X \/ S or Xbox One. The event will support couch co-op, cross-play and cross-progression, and you can play as all five character classes, including Barbarian, Druid, Sorcerer, Rogue and Necromancer.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"end-legacy-contents\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The two-day event will limit character progression to Level 20, after which you\u2019ll no longer receive Ability Points (but you can still earn new gear). In addition, if you played during the game\u2019s Early Access or <span class=\"waslinkname\">Open Beta<\/span> periods, your progress won\u2019t carry over to Server Slam \u2014 nor will progress from the Server Slam transfer to the game\u2019s launch.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard is giving Server Slam participants a challenging boss fight in Ashava, described as \u201cone of the Burning Hells\u2019 most fowl machinations.\u201d The monster with \u201ctwo razor-sharp arm blades, scales stronger than plate mail, and hell-bent on ripping through all who interrupt her quest to bathe Sanctuary in poisonous bile\u201d should present a formidable challenge for Level 20 and under players. However, anyone taking her down will seize the Cry of Ashava Mount Trophy, which will roll over to the final launch. Additionally, you\u2019ll get another chance to earn the trophies from the first two beta weekends, including the Initial Casualty Title (reach Kyovashad with one character), the Early Voyager Title and Beta Wolf Pack Cosmetic Item (both requiring reaching Level 20 on one character).<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard is opening pre-downloads for Server Slam two days before the event, on May 10th at 12 PM PDT. You can read the full installation instructions <span class=\"waslinkname\">here<\/span>, and if you participated in the earlier betas (and didn\u2019t uninstall it), you\u2019ll see an update for Server Slam available to download.<\/p>\n<p>Engadget\u2019s Igor Bonifacic tried <em>Diablo IV<\/em> during a <span class=\"waslinkname\">December preview<\/span> and the more <span class=\"waslinkname\">recent betas<\/span> and was left cautiously optimistic. It revealed impressive attention to story and gameplay detail as the upcoming title slows its pace while still adhering to the franchise\u2019s familiar roots. However, we\u2019ll have to wait and see if Blizzard can \u201cstick the landing,\u201d given the publisher\u2019s hit-or-miss record in recent years \u2014 and memories of the fiasco that was <span class=\"waslinkname\"><em>Diablo III<\/em>\u2019s 2012 launch<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard is giving gamers another chance to try Diablo IV before its official arrival. The game\u2019s Server Slam will give console and PC players 48 hours to explore the prologue and Act I as the publisher prepares its infrastructure for the dungeon crawler\u2019s highly anticipated June 6th launch. The Server Slam will take place from &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22792"},{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=22792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}