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Bring Your Friends to the Beta Test

by - 9 years ago

Blizzard has announced plans to let folks who are currently in the Heroes Beta distribute keys to their friends.

This is a great way to continue building hype for the game, though it does potentially cut into Founder’s Pack sales. Consider this, though: if Blizzard is willing to give beta participants their own free keys to hand out, as well as well as keeping up with automated invite waves to bring in players for free, maybe it feeds the narrative that Blizzard really only added the Founder’s Pack so people could contribute to the project in a crowdfunding-like manner. The game is definitely coming out no matter what, and the beta test is going to have a ton of people in it regardless, so if people want to give Blizzard some additional capital up front in order to polish the game further, is there anything wrong with that?

That’s all beside the point, however. Ultimately, Blizzard wants players to bring more people into the beta, and that’s what this is all about. Other MOBAs, like Dota 2, did this during their beta periods, so it’s not really the most unusual thing to see given modern game development.

Read the full post below, and maybe start poking some of those friends of yours who have been itching for a beta key.

As a way to say thank you to the community for helping us make Heroes of the Storm the best game it can possibly be throughout its Alpha and Beta phases thus far, we’ll soon be trying out a new method for sharing Closed Beta testing invitations, which will allow existing players to bring a few of their friends into the Nexus.

Essentially, a number of players will receive an email containing four Heroes of the Storm Beta Keys, which they can then give out to their friends and start brawling as a team. Initially, we’re going to send these Beta Keys out to a rather small group of playtesters. If everything goes smoothly with this trial run, we will expand this program to include many additional players over the weeks to come.

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It’s important to note, however, that this will not replace our existing Closed Beta invite waves, which we’re still sending out regularly. If you do not already have Beta access, make sure you’ve opted in to Heroes Beta testing on the Beta Profile Settings page in Battle.net Account Management. If you’d prefer not to wait for an invitation, you can purchase a Founder’s Pack to gain immediate entry into the Heroes of the Storm Closed Beta.

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If you’re currently participating in Closed Beta testing, you may wish to keep an eye on the email address associated with your Battle.net account over the coming weeks to find out if you’ve received invite codes. We hope that many of you who receive these invitations will enjoy playing Heroes of the Storm even more after introducing your friends to the game, and we hope that you’ll keep sharing your feedback with us as Beta testing continues.

Thank you very much!


JR Cook

JR has been writing for fan sites since 2000 and has been involved with Blizzard Exclusive fansites since 2003. JR was also a co-host for 6 years on the Hearthstone podcast Well Met! He helped co-found BlizzPro in 2013.


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