Killzone 3 Beta Starts on October 25th: Here’s Your Chance to Get In!

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Yes, the Killzone 3 Public Beta Trial really is coming! Just like its predecessor, the multiplayer mode for Killzone 3 will be put through rigorous testing at the hands of the toughest, most demanding critics in existence: you, the fans. The Trial starts on October 25th and access is limited to 5,000 U.S. Plus subscribers, so please read the following instructions carefully if you want to know how to secure a spot in the Public Beta:

  • Be(come) a Plus subscriber
  • With the exception of a handful of key media partners and selected PAX feedback participants, access to the Killzone 3 Public Beta Trial is limited to PlayStation Plus subscribers. If you’re not enjoying the many benefits of Plus membership yet, now’s the time to sign up!
  • Download the theme
  • On October 19th, an exclusive Killzone 3 XMB Theme will appear in the Plus section of the PlayStation Store. The first 10,000 Plus subscribers to download this theme (5,000 U.S. Plus subscribers and 5,000 European Plus subscribers) will receive access to the Public Beta Trial.
  • Check your email
  • After you’ve downloaded the Killzone 3 XMB Theme, you will receive an email on Oct. 25th containing the Public Beta Trial promotion code and further instructions through the address you registered as your PSN Sign-In ID. Make sure you’ve set your notification preferences to accept emails from SCE, or we won’t be able to contact you.

Those of you who make it into the Public Beta Trial are expected to provide honest gameplay feedback, report bugs and glitches, and help test our network code in real-world scenarios. In short, we’re counting on you to help us improve Killzone 3! In return you’ll get a good taste of the multiplayer mode, including its brand-new Operations game type, party system, and jetpack and exoskeleton vehicles.

And if that doesn’t convince you to take a shot at the Public Beta Trial, maybe this new trailer will:


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  • i dont think so. im pretty sure all of u.s. has the same server.

  • This beta right here is worth my PS Plus subscription. I already got some fun PSN games, and avatars with my subscription. All I was waiting for was one really good beta to make me happy and feel like I got a good deal. Thanks for the post Victor. Now all I have to do is be in the #5,000 members and I will be happy if not I will higher some Helgast to kill some people!

  • On October 19th, an exclusive Killzone 3 XMB Theme will appear in the Plus section of the PlayStation Store. The first 10,000 Plus subscribers to download this theme (5,000 U.S. Plus subscribers and 5,000 European Plus subscribers) will receive access to the Public Beta Trial.

    5000 “U.S.” …. Canada not invited?

  • sigh……
    dear GG Can you PLEASE just answer this for everyone?
    Does the store update at the same time for east central and west?
    im central but i think the east should have as good as a chance as the west. They never tell us when it updates… sometimes 5 sometimes 8… just wanna know so we all dont have 2 spend hours trying 2 get into the beta….
    I’m just wondering… thats all..
    if you dont know… please just say so, otherwise ppl will get frustrtaed with this…. i can feel the heat and frustration on this blog opst.
    rhanks alot.

  • wow that kinda blows.. i’d have prefered if it was just random

    sometimes i work late, its random i never know when.. so if i’m working late i miss my chance to get in the beta..

    that really blows…

    and i never know when the store goes live.. the other night i went to download tuesdays offerings.. it was almost the middle after 8pm and the store was not updated yet..

    not a great way to do things if you ask me..

  • i want split screen online. give us what we want Aryeh Loeb

  • What a bunch of babies. Go home and cry to your mammy that bought your subscription.

    And who is the ******** that talks about Killzone player count going to 24 and the maps being too big in KZ2. Are you ******* stupid? The whole community is responsible for making the maps larger and the player count lower FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. WTF. Who are these people?

  • How marvelous.

  • ok this very unfair, what you are saying is that, even if we purchase the playstation + package, you ARE NOT GUARANTEED to get in the beta. lol that is ludicrous, it almost sounds like a scam, what about all those people that work during the time you guys post the theme for DL? you are leaving many of us PREMIUM members at the disadvantage

  • in Canada too?

  • I caant believe there is still ppl complaining

    best service ever

    sony ftw

  • I want this Beta sooooo bad.
    This and LittleBigPlanet 2 are the two betas I’m most excited for.

    I just told my girlfriend about this, and if I can’t be there to “camp” the PSN for that theme, she said she’ll do it for me. :) Eff yes.

  • I’m not crazy about the way the keys are being sent out. Considering how limited they are, I think you should have limited it to Plus subscribers with a significant amount of time in KZ2 multiplayer or those with the platinum trophy, just to ensure that those that do get in are likely to care enough about it to play it and offer feedback.

  • To all people saying that they aren’t paying $60 for a chance to get in the beta listen to yourselves….its not you paying $60 for a chance to get in one beta. you have a whole year to get betas…
    I had my subscription for 1 month and i have the Dead Space 2 beta and the Assassins Creed Beta :)

    Don’t say its not worth the money because your not thinking about the future. Your just thinking in present time…

    $17.99 and i got 2 betas no complaints here Sony :)

  • please publish late that day ( don’t get home until 6:15 on tuesdays

  • @264 same here 2 betas one month

  • So what is the point in being a Plus subscriber if I have to compete with all of the other subscribers just to get into a beta. If I was told I had to compete, I never would have signed up. I’m thinking I wont renew my subscription, it seems pretty useless for me. I pretty much already bought some of the stuff that has been lowered in price anyways.

  • @267

    Yea i have to agree with you. The way these betas are being distributed is kind of off because I was able to get a Dead Space 2 Beta and Assassins Creed Beta but I never played those games before and I wont understand whats wrong with the game on the account that i never played them.

    Basically any feedback I give would suck.

    Yet I played Killzone 2 and LittleBigPlanet a lot but i doubt that I will make it into those betas because the distribution just seems too random.

  • my god so much whining going on here… people need to relax

    anyway cant wait and i hope im fast enough with the dl

    KZ3 is going to be sweeeeeet

  • @50; You realize that a demo and a beta aren’t the same thing right? You seem to interchange them. Which is… lol.

    @article; Lame. US? Why no Canada?

  • I have some questions:

    Do Canadian and Latinamerican PS+ accounts have a chance to get a code? I want to know if I have a chance, because my PS+ account is not from US :S

    My birthday is on October 19th… can you give me a KZ3 Beta code as a birthday gift? :3

  • @267

    The point is you are getting a chance. It’s amazing how many people complain about something when the only feasible alternative is nothing.

  • I MIGHT get Plus after hearing about AC:B and KZ 3 Betas.

  • Well, it looks like being a PS Plus member might come in handy after all. I can finally get some use of being a +member!

  • SONY Take Down “Priority Beta Invitations: You’ll be the first to receive invitations on select Betas.” as an Advertisement. I don’t want to join a Class Action Lawsuit.

  • to bad i have i job.. other wise i’d get in.. maybe i should take the day off and try.. sony will you pay my bills?

  • ok sony Assassin’s Creed beta is open to ALL PS + subscribers and it is a THIRD party game , Killzone 3 is FIRST party so… whats up ? whats it going to be sony ? come on dont tell me a third party game will let us all get to be in beta and one of the most anticipated first party titles for next year wont ? uh am i missing something here? oh and i better get my hands on Motorstorm Apocalypse online multiplayer demo ASAP, thank you

  • AWESOME… PS+ FTW

  • Will the “Theme” be included when the ps3 store updates like it usually does on Tuesday?

    thank you

  • Congrats PS+ peeps. I envy you guys hope you guys give good feedback so we can get a great(er) game. 8)

  • Wish i had ps+ lol

  • or earlier in the day?

  • Does Canadian citizen are eligible for this or really just the U.S?

  • Glad to be a PS Plus member now! :D
    Thank you so much!!!!!

  • theres an assassin’s creed beta available to all plus subscribers. chill the **** out guys if you want in, subscribe, if you dont get it/in, wait for retail. simple really

  • so you want us to pay money for a useless service, just in the beta?
    and what if i do get PS+ and im not one of the lucky 5000 people who got the beta, can my money back or do i have to sue to get it back?
    no matter what, this is bull$h!t and not worth wasting money for.

  • Ok, seriously people, when the playstation plus was announced, they didn’t force you to buy it, they said that it would receive exclusive things like, early demo/beta access. Plus, its not the ONLY way into the beta. Also, all you whiners saying that you’ll switch to xbox because of this, fine go. No one is stopping you, and we won’t have to listen to you.

    Now the only question I have is will Move and 3D work together? I don’t have a 3D TV, but that would be the ultimate in immersion experiences.

  • Please give keys on gamespot.com. If you don’t, I get mad. Thank you :p

  • For everyone who wants to sit here and cry and moan about how you have to be a PS+ member to possibly get access to this, don’t get it. Simply stand aside and leave the keys for people who enjoy being a PS+ member. I have no problem paying for the service. We just got the Assassins Creed Brotherhood today, so spare the tears. Some of you will just never be satisfied.

  • is it a dynamic theme

  • @Aryeh Loeb

    Will there be online/offline co-op in Killzone 3?? This is a must features now days….let me know if I should keep my eyes open for ‘future announcements’ about it ;)

    Thanks

  • @markdoncaster. I’m not sure if your confusing a beta with a demo, but a beta is not a finished product. Rarely will a beta look exactly like a retail copy. Every beta that I was ever in never looked 100% like a retail copy. The gameplay, environment, and interaction with different elements in the game differed from retail. One beta that I’ve seen drastic changes in was MAG. Now if you say a beta is a finished product then you probably don’t pay too much attention via gameplay in a beta, or you overheard someone saying a beta is a finished product. Now a demo on the other hand is suppose to be the finished product. Reason I say suppose is because when I played the GOW III demo they took out certain events that didn’t make it on retail copies.

    If your reading this, then you have to call me daddy from now on

  • I can;t wait to download the Killzone 3 theme! I will make sure to be the first to download it! I want that KZ3 Beta invite!

  • Ill be the one getting this beta!!Oh for sure!!

  • stop the constant wining… the bèta’s are part of the advantages of PS+

    with this and the many Games and trials that where ‘free’ to download, we already got our Money back…

    PS+ is an option, so if you get Plus, you get a lot stuff others don’t…

  • LOL to the people threatening to switch to xbox and saying this is killzone 2.5 I’m sorry but if you’re going to act like that PLEASE switch to xbox. And killzone 2.5 HA! pleeease. Pull your heads out of your
    A$$es lol

  • I really do understand that people have the right to post their opinion and everything but, do you really have to whine as if certain things were mandatory. If you are not happy with something why not try to create your own video game console, or game. That way you can have the freedom to do what you like. Hey who knows maybe we can all whine about how your game needs to have this or that. Man some people think that making a game is as easy as sh*#ing.

  • lol why everyone complaining you cant get into every beta
    if you care that much subscribe if not wait till february and shutup i for 1 am going to get my subscription and download the hell out of that exclusive theme after playin killzone 3 at the sony centre im truly amazed especially in 3d sony dont listen to these fools an early beta access is a plus not a right hence you muct be a plus subscriber to recieve extra makes perfect sense to me

  • I like Killzone and I’m getting Killzone 3 but I’m not renewing my subscription just for the beta. I tried it for three months and felt like it’s not worth my money. I didn’t like the freebies and the discounts were for games I wouldn’t even consider buying.

    Even if I did renew JUST for the beta, I’d probably have no chance of getting in because of how random the PS Store updates on Tuesday. I know it’s being worked on but trying to guess when it’ll update is like throwing a dart blind folded.

    I’ll wait until the 22th to try it out. I got Killzone 2 to tide me over so I’m in no rush.

  • Morons run Scea. Killzone 2 sold terrible in NA and now you are limiting how many people get the played the improved version of killzone. More than likely I wont be buying killzone 3 because it looks like a quick cash in by GG. Visually it looks no better than killzone 2 and im sure the controls will be gamebreaking.

    OOO yeah one more thing PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TO PLAY A BETA. IF ANYTHING SONY SHOULD PAY US TO TEST THEIR BUGGY CODE.

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