“Diablo 4” Beta Early Access breaks 1 million players, Blizzard intends to add more “Butcher’s Surprise” | 4Gamers

“Diablo IV” (Diablo IV) received a lot of response in the Beta early experience last weekend. Whether the feedback is good or bad, Blizzard officially claimed that more than 1 million players joined the early experience, and they expect to be free in the Beta this weekend. Invite more players for server stress testing.

according to Eurogamer Interviewing Blizzard Entertainment’s “Diablo 4” executives, general manager Rod Fergusson is very satisfied with the results of this Beta early experience. Of course, he also knows the problem of queuing up and confirms that the team is fully prepared for the weekend’s free Beta test.

“Beta is a twisted word, it has become a kind of “marketing beta” (marketing beta), which means (unfinished) to show you, but for us this is a real beta, because we Hopefully this test means looking at how loaded the servers are and getting more players involved. So last Friday was a bit of a bump, but we’re going to take a hard look at the issues we find and they’ll go to market more smoothly. So on This weekend is to get ready for the next weekend of testing.”

“I don’t have the final number, but more than 1 million people joined the early access over the weekend.” Fergusson emphasized: “It will be completely open and free, and we hope that millions of people will come and play.”

In response to the server stability and queuing issues complained by overseas players, Fergusson also explained in the interview that the official has carried out 6 very large repair measures and solved dozens of game problems, so the status of the server will return to stability in the next few days .

In addition, when talking about “The Butcher”, in the face of heated discussions in overseas player communities, development director Joe Shely was very happy that this classic BOSS was described as an “angry treasure goblin”.

“Yeah, it’s kind of a reverse treasure goblin,” Joe Shely said. “It’s the funnest thing about changing the player’s goal at some point, and the treasure goblin will run away with a bunch of loot, and you might You run into danger for that pursuit. But the Butcher uses sneak attacks to create a situation where you might run away, or choose to fight in the face of other pressures.”

Joe Shely emphasized: “And the butcher is a perfectly qualified character, because the essence of the player’s love for the butcher is the ambush and the sense of fear, so he is a perfect surprise, and we also want to add more similar things in the future.”

The free public beta test of Diablo 4 will start at 12 am on March 25 and end at 3 am on March 28. At that time, players can experience 5 professions, including barbarians, necromancers, and magicians. Envoys, Rogues and Druids.