Blizzard is “confident” that Diablo IV’s launch servers can handle the load
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Blizzard says it's "really confident" that the upcoming launch of Diablo IV will not be subject to the infamous server issues that plagued the launch of Diablo III over a decade ago.
That quoted vote of confidence comes from Diablo IV Art Director John Mueller, who told Eurogamer that the game's March beta tests and recent "Server Slam" test weekend gave the team valuable perspective on how the game's infrastructure will function when millions of early adopters try to log in at once on June 5 (or June 2 if you paid for early access).
"It's not a marketing thing," Mueller said of the beta tests. "It's really about getting that information so we know day one is going to be as good as we can possibly make it and that we just feel confident going in. So, currently right now, we feel really confident."