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With the game’s early release now very close, gamers out there might be wondering if you can use the New Zealand trick for Diablo 4.
Diablo 4 will be available for those on the early access very soon now. In the past gamers have discovered a clever way to gain access to games hours before they are released in their country. Because New Zealand is part of a time zone close to the international date line, release dates pass there first. For some games, this has meant that by changing your time zone to New Zealand you can get early access to a game.
However, many developers have caught on to this. For example in games such as Modern Warfare 2 and Minecraft Legends fail-safes were implemented to prevent the trick. Gamers are right to worry the same thing could happen for Diablo 4.
Can you do the New Zealand trick with Diablo 4?
No, the New Zealand trick will not work in Diablo 4. We knew this was very likely after we learnt that the Diablo 4 Open Beta New Zealand trick was a hopeless endeavour too. This is thanks to Blizzard releasing the beta with a global launch time, and the same thing will happen with Diablo 4 early access.
As you can see, the game will be made available at the same time around the world, with 12am BST in London on June 2nd being the same time as 7pm EDT in New York on June 1st. This means that even though midnight arrives first in New Zealand, the game won’t actually be released there earlier.
While this is a downside for gamers in countries with inconvenient launch times, overall it does make sense. It means that players around the world will be able to access the game at the same time, meaning certain people can’t start progressing or improving earlier than others.
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