Diablo 3 has just opened its doors, yes, players who opted for beta testing can now play Diablo 3 Beta, that is if you were invited. The beta release includes 5 classes namely the witch doctor, barbarian, wizard, monk, and demon hunter. The beta will let you play up until King Leoric also known as “Skeleton King”. You will also be roaming around a familiar place from the old Diablo place called “New Tristram”. I’m still playing the game so i can’t give out much comment but i might record some video about it here.

The greatest change to the game would probably be the auction house which will allow us to use the in-game gold or real cash via Paypal to purchase and trade game items. If you have used Diablo 2, you probably have gone to forum sites and trade from there which is prone to scams and other forms of cheat. the auction house will be a great addition to the new Diablo series. Runestones by class is also new to D3 give you more control over your skills and abilities including enhanced damage, better accuracy, AOE or other special effects. The henchman from D2 were replaced with even better followers in which you can now outfit them with armor and have skills that can be upgraded too. Another new feature is the achivements, which we already saw in Starcraft 2, and i find it very cool just to be able to track how we progress throughtout the game.