Diablo 4 Race to World First Level 100 event will kick off new game with a bang

Diablo 4 is finally upon us and the race to become one of the first players to max out on the game is ready to begin. Diablo 4's Race to World First event will celebrate the competitive nature in players right from the start of the new game's life cycle.

DiabloBuilds, a dedicated fansite to the new game will be offering an incredibly in-depth build calculator for players to use. They will also be hosting the Race to World First event as part of the launch of the game worldwide.

The event is called the Race to World First Level 100. It is a spiritual successor to similar events that have taken place in other games like World of Warcraft.

The DiabloBuilds website will also feature the first leaderboards for Diablo 4. There won't be any native leaderboards in the game, so this will be the only way to track progress against others when the game drops.

Leaderboards will split into Softcore and Hardcore variants and will feature usernames, classes, EXP counters and the level that the player is currently on. It will be a live look at who is the closest to being Level 100 in the game.

Diablo 4 developers will also celebrate the first players to reach Level 100 in the new game. The first 1000 players who manage to achieve the feat in Hardcore mode will have their usernames immortalized on a statue of the demon Lilith.

The Race to World First will be a live-streamed experience for fans to follow along with the action. The stream will be run by DiabloBuilds. It will feature some top talent on the broadcast. The stream will go live when the game releases and will stay live until someone hits Level 100.

The event will feature multiple casters and well-known personalities from the Diablo community. Content Creators have been encouraged to take part in the Race to World First event but any player can enter.

Players can submit their stream to be part of the Race to World First broadcast. Players can do this on the DiabloBuilds website. It requires players to fill out a short Google form with their stream details included.

The official broadcast for the event will take place on the DiabloBuilds twitch channel. It will feature all of the biggest and best POVs that are taking part in the event.

"We are thrilled to bring together the Diablo community and creators from across the globe for this historic race," said Harris Peskin, Co-founder of Diablo Builds. "It truly represents everyone's combined passion of competition and gaming, and it's going to be an unforgettable experience for both the participants and their fans. I can't wait to see who'll be crowned champion."

Some fans complained about the fact that creators were playing pre-release review copies of the game. They thought they had an unfair advantage on their way to Level 100 with playtime in the game already established. That won't be the case though.

Diablo GM Rod Fergusson confirmed that players who had played in the review builds of the game would not be eligible to take part in the event.

Diablo 4's early access release window starts at 7 p.m. EDT (4 p.m. PDT) on June 1. The full game releases at the same time on June 5.

That's all for now. Be sure to stay tuned to esports.gg for all the latest Diablo 4 news and guides as the game releases.