Gamers are more nervous than ever these days about games launching in poor condition, and with Diablo's not-so-great track record of failed launches, Blizzard knows that many people are worried that its upcoming, always-online RPG Diablo IV could be the next AAA game to crash on launch day. But Blizzard is "really confident" that the launch of Diablo IV will be a more stable and smooth experience this time around.
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Diablo III, like its upcoming sequel, also required you to be online all the time, and when everyone rushed in to grab loot and slay demons, the servers crashed. Diablo II Resurrected suffered from similar issues upon launch. Even Blizzard's Overwatch 2 was anything but smooth sailing. Add in all the problems players have had with recent AAA games like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Redfall , and it's clear why Blizzard is trying to convince people it has everything under control.
In a new interview with Eurogamer, Joe Piepiora, associate game director on Diablo IV, talked about how all the beta testing Blizzard has been conducting over the past few months was key to avoiding a disaster at the game's launch.
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All the work Blizzard is doing for the launch of Diablo IV
Blizzard told Eurogamer that before the public beta test, the company had already done a lot of internal testing. But while these tests can help find some bugs and issues, Piepiora explained that real, large-scale beta tests with real players are much more useful.
Piepiora also wanted to clarify that these tests were obviously not "marketing betas" or tests that are just demos to convince people to buy the game and are not used to actually fix anything.
According to Piepiora, the Diablo IV developers have learned a lot from each beta , including the latest, which has helped them find and fix issues that could cause problems at launch. However, it remains to be seen whether their efforts will actually result in a smooth launch of the game.
Diablo IV releases on June 6th, with early access starting June 2nd.
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source of information:kotaku.com
