NEWS: Diablo III Reaper of Souls - Beta Begins By End of 2013

The first expansion for Diablo III will be in a closed-beta phase by the end of the year.

The beta has officially opened, but only to Blizzard employees and respective friends and family members, which has been described as "the first step of public testing".

However, the official Diablo III website has revealed a Closed Beta will take place before 2014, but will be "extremely limited" with your chances being higher if you're a player who plays the game regularly as you'll be recognised as an active player.

The Beta's content will include the new class Crusader, an NPC known as Mystic (or Myriam Jahzia) who specialises in enchanting, and finally Adventure Mode. The final boss battle will not be available though.

In order to have a chance of getting into the Beta, login at Battle Net and follow the instructions.