# Free PC game and free weekend notification thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** video-games-e-games\
**Created:** [November 13, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513 "2014-11-13T08:16:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2044 "2023-11-26T17:31:33Z")

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Our actual D4 thread:

> [@Diablo 4, cross-platform, now in beta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-4-cross-platform-now-in-beta/981620):
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> The open beta is [running now through the weekend](https://diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/beta), free for anyone to try. Who has preordered the game, who has played it in beta, what do you think so far? I’ve preordered the regular version of the game (the perks for the more expensive versions are just some cosmetics and 4 days early start, not worth it to me). I played the closed beta last weekend and really enjoyed the Sorceress class. This weekend I tried the Druid, which I thought was prop but was disappointed. I am playing a Necroma…

(linked upthread back in March, but useful now)

But to answer the question, yes, may flavors of well-rendered, demon-infested (and oft unpleasant) hellholes that vary in climate.

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