Diablo 4’s third “Server Slam” beta announced: Start time and end date revealed

Diablo 4 will finally be getting a third playtest ahead of its official release on June 6, 2023. From May 12, 2023, 12:00 pm PDT to May 14, 2023, 12:00 pm PDT, everyone will be able to take part in the beta that the developers are calling a “Server Slam” weekend, as it will be dropping for all major platforms.

With the RPG finally going gold, this is exciting news, and it’s safe to say that there are many players who will be looking to try the beta out.

The Diablo 4 “Server Slam” beta will drop for Windows PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4. Additionally, some of its quality-of-life features will also be live. Players will be able to enjoy couch co-op for consoles along with cross-play and cross-progression for all platforms.

When it comes to the amount of playable content in the Server Slam beta, players can look forward to something similar to the previous Open Beta weekend.

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What will Diablo 4 “Server Slam” beta offer?

While the content will be quite similar to that of the open beta weekend, there will be a number of balance changes that players can look forward to. The patch that the beta will be played on will be the beta feedback patch, which will contain a fair bit of nerfs and buffs for some of the classes in the game.

Some of the bigger highlights are the buffs that will be hitting the Barbarian and the Druid. These two classes were not performing well on the lower levels. The developers have listened to community feedback, and quality-of-life updates will be hitting them in Diablo 4.

Additionally, there will be changes to dungeons. Going forward, players will have to backtrack less through areas where there are no monsters and they have already cleared.

The Legendary will also not be inflated for the Diablo 4 Server Slam beta so that players can get a glimpse of how the game will actually feel on lower levels upon launch.

It’s important to note that the beta test will be held to check the durability of the servers. There may be a number of server crashes and performance issues, depending on the traffic surge.