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"Diablo III&amp;#039;s closed beta is now underway, Blizzard has announced. Invites to the playable teaser will be sent to Battle.net account holders who have opted in for beta access, as well as those with promotional beta keys from giveaways. As with previous Blizzard betas, testing will occur in phases, with more invites to be sent out in the coming weeks. The beta will help test in-game bugs as well as server stability and hardware, while Blizzard invites testers to provide feedback on its forums. At gamescom 2011, Blizzard announced a new Inferno difficulty mode, which will provide exclusive loot and armour items to collect. Blizzard also reiterated its intention to  &amp;quot;bring the Diablo experience&amp;quot; to home consoles.  Diablo III has yet to be given a release date on PC and Mac. &amp;gt; Read Digital Spy&amp;#039;s live blog from the Blizzard press conference at gamescom 2011 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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