NEWS: Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls Pre-Order Goodies Confirmed

Blizzard has detailed various bonuses available for those who pre-order the expansion.

A recent blog post on the game's official website has shown off exclusive "loot" that is to only available through pre-ordering the upcoming expansion.The special content (as seen above) includes the Wings of Valor and Valla the Demon Hunter.

Those who have already pre-ordered Reaper of Souls are to have The Wings of Valor put into their Battle.net account March 20, whilst Valla the Demon Hunter will be available when Heroes of the Storm is released.

Blizzard goes on to warn those who placed their pre-order at a retail store, saying "be sure to redeem your Reaper of Souls game key via you Battle.net account on or before 11:59 PM PST on March 31, 2014. If you redeem your game key after that date, your pre-order loot will be consumed by the fires of the Burning Hells and lost forever."

Reaper of Souls is to release March 25 for both PC and Mac, standing at the first expansion to the original Diablo III game.

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.