Diablo Immortal Closed Beta Launches Today

Diablo Immortal, the mobile Diablo game which received an incredible amount of hate when it was first announced, is finally inching closer to release with its closed beta beginning today. Closed beta is available on Android devices only and a select few players have been invited to participate already, but anyone can pre now which presumably puts them in the running for closed beta. The beta runs for several weeks (no exact end date announced).

There's been a lot of changes to Diablo Immortal since its beta earlier this year. These changes include:

• A new playable class – The Necromancer. Reanimate corpses to create an army of the dead while inflicting curses and pestilence upon the enemies of Sanctuary.
• PvP and PvE updates. The game’s popular faction based PvP & PvE system, The Cycle of Strife, is now enhanced with a 30x1 battle called Challenge of the Immortal; Ladders are being added to the 8v8 Battleground PvP system; A new end-game gear system, Set items, is introduced; Players will now be able to challenge the Helliquary raid bosses with up to 8 total players; and more!
• Controller . Players will be able to experience a preview of controller for Diablo Immortal.
• Optional In-Game Purchases. In Closed Beta, we will be enabling optional in-game purchases to gain valuable from our community and test the functionality. All player progress will be wiped at the end of the Closed Beta, and any purchases will be converted to equivalent in-game credits and available in Diablo Immortal at launch.