Blizzard hasn’t precisely been refined in advertising and marketing Diablo IV, however its newest PR stunt is very on the nostril. To have a good time the discharge of the sport’s new season, Season of Blood, and the high-payoff Blood Harvest occasions it launched, Blizzard has launched a month-long blood drive within the US that’ll unlock in-game rewards as extra folks take part. As soon as donations attain 666 quarts altogether, gamers will have the ability to enter a sweepstakes for “a customized liquid-cooled PC infused with actual human blood.”
The primary tier of rewards, a batch of 5 weapons cosmetics, will unlock as soon as donations hit 33 % of the purpose. On the 66 % mark, gamers may also be granted entry to the Loch Raeth Maor Barbarian armor beauty. When donations attain 100% of the purpose — a complete of 666 quarts of blood — the Vermilion Eye Piebald Mount will grow to be out there, and the sweepstakes for the customized PC will open.
Other than the entire “human blood within the coolant” gimmick, the Seasons of Blood customized PC options NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4090, an Intel Core i9 CPU, 64GB of DDR5 RAM, 3 TB SSD Storage, and the Quantum Vector GPU Waterblock for cooling. And, the sweepstakes gained’t simply be reserved for individuals who donated. As soon as the purpose is met, any participant within the US over 18 can enter. The blood drive is open from now by November 20, and also you don’t must go anyplace particular to get in on it. Gamers 18+ can donate at their native blood facilities, then submit proof on the Diablo Blood Harvest website.
A typical blood donation is 1 pint, so it’ll take a bit of over 1,300 donations to hit the ultimate purpose. Gamers can preserve observe of the blood drive’s progress by visiting the above web site and its motivational fountain of gushing blood. On the time of writing, it’s already at 15 % — or virtually midway to the primary purpose.
Contemplating the Red Cross lately introduced we’re in the midst of a blood scarcity, it’s possibly not the worst concept. All the rewards can be doled out a couple of days after the blood drive closes, on November 22. Blissful harvest!
This text initially appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/blizzard-will-raffle-off-a-human-blood-infused-pc-if-diablo-iv-players-donate-666-quarts-192828807.html?src=rss
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