Blizzard has gone live with the multiplayer beta for StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void, but beta keys won’t be sent out ”until later on in the beta cycle.” If you’ve been picked then the beta will be in StarCraft II’s region selection.
A welcome email will also have been sent out. Opting in for the multiplayer beta requires fiddling with your account Beta Profile Settings. A ”variety of factors” determines who is chosen.
”The number of players we invite will be based on our testing needs. If during the course of testing we determine we need more players to participate, we’ll invite more,” stated the Battle.net news post. ”Further down the line we’ll be providing beta entry giveaways through various promotions on our sites, as well as through fansites and community VIPs.”
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The beta is focusing on the multiplayer side of things. ”We’ve added an exciting array of new units and abilities to the Terrans, Protoss, and Zerg, and we’d like to have as many eyes on them as possible. This testing will also include the upcoming Archon Mode. We will share information about future plans for the beta as we get closer to new content being released.”
”We have not determined an exact end date for the beta test. We will notify participants when the beta test is nearing completion,” they added.
You needn’t own the original two StarCraft II games to opt in for the beta, however ”your level of Heart of the Swarm activity may play a role in your chances of being selected as a beta tester.”
The new Archon mode is available from the start in the beta, which lets two players control the same army. Blizzard hope this will spice up co-op battles and help ease new players into the sci-fi RTS.
Check out the full Battle.net blog for more information on the StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void beta.
