

There will be some touchscreen use required during the closed beta, such as for navigating UI screens. The question of whether players would be able to play the mobile game with a controller has been a hot one in the past months. One very exciting development in the closed beta is an early look at controller support. The closed beta will also offer more PVE content, such as eight-player raids in the Helliquary, and more options about how players can choose to progress through the Battle Pass. The beta will introduce the Necromancer class (that sound you hear is me squealing in joy), as well as more PVP features and end-game set items.

Over the course of the past year, Blizzard has prepared more systems and content for the next round of testing. The mobile game got a technical alpha test limited to Australia and a handful of community leaders in December 2020, but other than that - and some BlizzCon demos - the title has mostly been under wraps. Access to the closed beta will expand to South Jorea, Japan, and China “at a later time.” Blizzard is anticipating tens of thousands of people to participate in the closed beta, which will likely last three months. The testing is regionally focused, with players in Canada and Australia kicking off the beta. After years of gradual development, Diablo Immortal is getting its first run of beta testing: the game began a closed beta on October 28.
