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Killzone 2 public beta coming, Master Chief is so five minutes ago

9:30 AM on 05.16.2007, Nick Chester 29 comments

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Guerilla Games' lead tester, Seb Downie, has decided to shoot his mouth off on the official Killzone forums about a planned Killzone 2 public beta.

Posting on the killzone.com forums, Seb Downie (under the alias 'motherH') revealed: "Of course there is going to be a public beta. I have always said that any game that has an online mode needs to go through a public beta to ensure it works as intended."

Downie ends his message by insinuating that more information will be revealed later in the year. Both the original Killzone and the PSP follow-up, Killzone: Liberation, went through public beta testing, so this should come as no surprise.

No information on how or when the beta will be distributed (if even this year). But signing up for Sony's PlayStation Underground and crossing your fingers that you get invited to the Game Advisory Panel might be a smart idea if you want to get in as early as possible.

[via C&VG]


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topgeargorilla's Avatar
topgeargorilla at 05/16/2007 09:40
not on topic, but congratulations to destructoid for the profile they received in the magazine gamestm. good job
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Jim Sterling at 05/16/2007 09:45
Funny thing? Gamestm is where I heard about Destructoid in the first place, now I'm here having people ask who the fuck I am.

On topic. I'm still kinda meh on Killzone after the dullness of the first.
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Creamsnake at 05/16/2007 09:46
I thought this game was Killzone 3... Wasn't the one for PSP the sequel?
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AngelsDontBurn at 05/16/2007 09:48
I couldn't get into the original Killzone, but I love the one on the PSP. I'll give the new Killzone a chance, but to me, it's nothing to really get excited about.

At this point I'm more excited about Warhawk.
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Niero at 05/16/2007 09:49
topgeargorilla <3
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BluDesign at 05/16/2007 09:51
What sort of city does this take place in where zoning laws permit open murder of others? For shame, unknown city, for shame...

I feel bad for anyone trying to download the H3 beta right about now. I'll get my turn at it later tonight when I get home. Maybe I'll get to try it before Friday...
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908peruvian at 05/16/2007 09:58
killzone 1 = lag
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MechaMonkey at 05/16/2007 09:59
I only played the single player of Killzone. How was the mutliplayer?
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cbebop007 at 05/16/2007 10:01
*yawn*
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BlindsideDork at 05/16/2007 10:07
I thought the first was fun for what it was and I really liked the atmosphere...makes me want to play Killzone 2
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Gameboi at 05/16/2007 10:16
Well I'm a member of GAP, but I don't exactly have a PS3 at the moment. Oh well...
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Jim Sterling at 05/16/2007 10:26
Puppetpallmich:

It only sucked in a relative sense, in that it was hyped so far to buggery that anything less than God's very own farts would be considered a failure. It was an average game with a lot of potential that just wasn't realised. Not a terrible game by any means, but not all that great either.
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lwesquire at 05/16/2007 10:47
For all the time, money and sacrificial virgins they're pumping into this game it better be good. Killzone was good, but no Halo-killer. Comparatively slow and really rough around the edges (the ragdolling looked like it had been done in 10 minutes), it was still highly enjoyable. I have high hopes for this one.
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lwesquire at 05/16/2007 10:48
Also, does that guy on the turret have Down's syndrome?
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monosylabik at 05/16/2007 10:56
this should be awesome.
i enjoyed killzone but it didnt exactly wow me.
i hope they are able to refine the weapons and ai a lot more and fix the damn lag!
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DanGale at 05/16/2007 11:39
@Iwesquire
"Also, does that guy on the turret have Down's syndrome?"

Thanks for that. Just spilled my drink all over the floor. Damn comedians :D
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cjpkiller at 05/16/2007 11:44
must... get... into... gamer advisory panel...
hooooowwww?!
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Azrael at 05/16/2007 11:44
uh.. the damn beta is not even out and they are "countering it" by saying "this year MAYBE we will have a killzone 2 beta"

Guys cut the price down first so someone can play the damn beta, then try to counter halo 3 (good luck on that)

btw: The beta will be up later in the day. stop whinning.

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=12468

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908peruvian at 05/16/2007 11:47
@Iwesquire
"Also, does that guy on the turret have Down's syndrome?"

HAHAHAHAHA!!
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Azrael at 05/16/2007 11:47
Also guys, we can have this conversation when you have 4.5 million presales. ok?
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Faraday at 05/16/2007 12:55
anyone think the guy in the front right's arm is a little short?
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brainderailment at 05/16/2007 13:11
Yes G.A.P. is my goal, Jesus, I want to get a piece. I just hope this Multiplayer will be much better than the first. I jumped on killzone online recently, people still play the crap out of that.
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lwesquire at 05/16/2007 13:22
Just playing versus was bots was a great laugh in the original, except the lack of any kind of weapon or game mode setting beyond 'choose level' robbed it of splitscreen longevity, some games would just become Spawn, Run for a bit, Hear grenade launcher noise, Perish. I just hope they don't spend all their time trying to make it look as good as the video (because Peter Moore will drop a nuclear smugbomb if they don't) and make it worth playing.
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Samit Sarkar at 05/16/2007 17:31
Well, I’m a GAP member and a PS3 owner...I wonder how many of those exist in the world?
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bradleyrose at 05/17/2007 14:02
*thinks of a certain part in "How to Kill your Brand" regarding Killzone*

Cheers,

Bradley
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