Starhawk public beta starts Wednesday

Posted January 16, 2012 by Jamie Donnelly in News.

Sony will open the doors to the Starhawk public beta this Wednesday, allowing people to get their hands on the anticipated sequel to Warhawk.

The Starhawk public beta will be opening on Wednesday, giving you the chance to become one of Sony‘s testers: the best part? You won’t even get paid to do it. The beta contains the multiplayer portion of the game, so you’ll get to see if the PlayStation exclusive has improved over its predecessor, Warhawk.

Following on from the closed beta in November/December, Sony will opening testing to everyone as they aim to iron out any gremlins that might have snuck past the vigilant early testers. I should probably have put everyone in inverted commas: only those who subscribe to PlayStation Plus, or who participated in the closed beta, will be getting access on Wednesday. People who bought Uncharted 3 can redeem an online pass and get access on Februrary 1st, leaving everyone else (and this time it actually is everyone) to join on the 22nd of February.

Speaking on the PlayStation Blog, senior producer Florence Kum said: “We’re now happy to announce that the Starhawk Public Beta begins this coming Wednesday, January 18th for PlayStation Plus Subscribers in Europe. This is a crucial step for us as we’ll be testing all sorts of things, including game balance, server traffic, and general bugs.”

This is also a chance for more players to finally see what we’ve been working so hard on. As we’ve been getting so much support and encouragement from fans and press alike, we’re excited to spread the love and get more input to make the best game possible.”

Here at BeefJack, we’ve already had a play of the private beta, or at least Mark Ankucic has, and he came out of it with mixed feelings. If you want more of the latest Starhawk news, you should most definitely stick with us.

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