During the 9th may conference call Blizzard made it official that they target to get Diablo 3 into external beta testing. They head for Q3 this year, that's between 1 July - 30th September.
You can read more about it over at Diablofans.com
Diablo 3 beta getting closer
Re: Diablo 3 beta getting closer
Is there a way for us to maximize chances for beta invitation?
Re: Diablo 3 beta getting closer
There isn't.TrueMage" wrote:Is there a way for us to maximize chances for beta invitation?
But, you can opt-in at your battle.net account. All who have op-in have equal chances to get into beta.
I got into World of Warcraft: Cataclysm beta in this way. So, it's definitely a chance at least