Every time I write about Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, I cannot resist the urge to blast “Don’t Fear The Reaper” by Blue Öyster Cult. Then I begin having flashbacks to the original Prey, a game that, incidentally, made me far happier than vanilla Diablo III. But hey, seasons don’t fear the Reaper seems to be kinda on the right track, so that’s encouraging. Now, though, it’s time to keep it from catching aflame (or going up in smoke; I forget how it works in Hell) and careening madly off a cliff by lending a hand during the game’s beta phase. It just opened up to Blizzard’s friends and family (and also ”valued media contacts and key members of the Blizzard community”), but others won’t have to wait too terribly long to take a crack at it. An invite-based closed beta will kick off before the year is out.

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