Nearly twelve years ago Blizzard released Diablo II, and work began almost immediately on developing Diablo III. After over a decade the game is almost about to hit store shelves, so it seems like life can’t get any better for Diablo Fans. Then this morning Blizzard invited everyone to play an Open Beta for this weekend only, and suddenly life got a little more savory.

That’s right, this isn’t a Closed Beta (which ends on May 1st btw), but an open one. Anyone whom has registered a Battle.net account (it’s free) and created a BattleTag (also free) can go to their Account Management screen and the section under games and download the Beta client on to their computer to play this weekend.

The Beta will run from Today, April 20th starting at 3:01 p.m. EST, and will end on Monday, April 23rd at 1:00 p.m. EST. The client is already available for download. Heads up though, the Beta is a little over 15 Gigabytes, so be prepared for a long download.

The full details of the event can be found on Blizzard’s Diablo 3 site.