For those who wish to participate in the Early Access Beta for Diablo IV, you can now download the Beta via the Launcher so you will be ready to play on the 17th.
Early Access: Early Download begins Wednesday, March 15 at 9 a.m. PDT
Open Beta: Early Download begins Wednesday, March 22 at 9 a.m. PDT
Players who have already downloaded for Early Access do not need to download again for Open Beta.
How To Early Download Diablo IV Open Beta
PC
Launch the Battle.net client. If Diablo IV is not already in your Favorites bar, you can add it by clicking on the + icon. Alternatively, you can find Diablo IV by accessing the All Games page. You’ll see Diablo IV at the top of the list.
Once you get to the Diablo IV Game Page. Click the blue button that says Install. The game will install and once it’s available, click Play to Launch.
Xbox
Launch the Xbox Store and search for Diablo IV–Open Beta. Select Download.
PlayStation
Launch the PlayStation Store and search for Diablo IV Open Beta. Select Download.
SIDE NOTE: I know it just says go to the Diablo IV page and click INSTALL, but the Beta is listed in the dropdown under In Development. My install was 85 gigs.
On a side note i hope they fix academic aquintences for next month travelers req im one of the many players that cant complete it. And gms wont intervene acording to the article.
Edit:
I had completed all the other quests in the area and none unphased the quest-giver. Dropping the other quest did. There are two quests with similar objective just before Academic Aquaintances. If you complete one the other isn’t doable but the quest-giver you need is phased.
Those who have pre-purchased Diablo IV will receive Early Access to the Open Beta from March 17–19. On the following weekend, the Open Beta will be available to everyone from March 24–26 .
Also there were some promos (such as with KFC) that awarded a Diablo IV Beta Early Access code.
Here is a recent video that discusses some of the various promos.
There is actually a couple of different Blizzard Forums that use this setup currently! Not sure if they are testing this to make it permanent eventually for all of their Forums for each game or not however.