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==Will there be an open beta test?==
Blizzard ran open beta tests after the closed betas on most of their early games, when they needed additional testers running a pared-down, demo-like version of the game simply to stress test the Battle.net servers. They did for Diablo II, which was called a "stress test" to stress the new battle.net infrastructure. Blizzard also held an open beta with a similar intention for World of Warcraft near the end of the beta cycle (but there were no open betas for the subsequent expansion packs). StarCraft II did not have an open beta, but it had a very large pool of testers. In the United States, simply pre-ordering the game at GameStop would give the player a key for the beta. However, it is much harder to retain a large amount of testers for an [[RTS]], especially one as über-competitive as StarCraft II. This may not be the case for Diablo III, an [[ARPG]].
==What's an Alpha Test?==