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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: FREE 5 day trial of Diablo IV Steam
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 18:00:05 -0000 (UTC)
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 17:09 this Thursday (GMT):
> On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 08:20:40 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On 8/22/2024 8:17 AM, Justisaur wrote:
>>> Diablo 4 is Free to try for 5 days!  Like a free weekend but longer. 
>>> Also 40% off if you buy when it ends.
>>> 
>>> https://store.steampowered.com/app/2344520/Diablo_IV/
>>> 
>>> Possibly long enough to finish the game?
>>> 
>>> DLing now myself.
>
>
>>Dog Gamit!  They got me.  It's just the demo to level 20 that's always 
>>been available.  What a bunch of BS.
>
> The combination of it being all-at-once an Activision game, a
> Microsoft game, a 'live-service' game, a Diablo game AND a
> time-limited trial were already enough to keep me from playing it.
>
>
> That they time-limited a DEMO is just icing on the cake. ;-)
>
>
> I always find it amusing that Diablo is now on Steam (yes, I know it's
> been on Steam since the start). I guess BlizzNet just wasn't getting
> the traction ActiMicroBliz needed to pay the bills.


I'm surprised they didn't throw Denuvo on top to really make a sh*tshow
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