Resistance 2 beta invites out for PSU members

by Majed Athab { Aug 14th 2008 at 1:53AM }

If you're a member of the PlayStation Underground, you might have been selected to join an early private beta for Resistance 2, which -- as we've been told -- many lucky gamers have already downloaded and are currently playing. However, this doesn't mean that everyone who had plans to join the beta can get in at this time.

If your golden ticket is through Qore, you won't be able to join the fight. It looks like you'll still have to wait for the scheduled "late September" date which is for the open beta. In the meantime, you can distract yourself with this new Resistance 2 site. Just don't click on "Beta Info" -- it'll just remind you that you can't get in.

[Thanks Jonathan C.!]

Tags: beta, insomniac-games, resistance, resistance-2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Dustin @ Aug 14th 2008 2:12AM

WHERE IS MINE!!!!!!!!!!!! WAHAHAHHAHA! I hope I get mine soon. Not only am I a PSU member, but I'm a G.A.P and Home beta tester! Please Sony/Insomniac give me one! I need an excuse to not hang out with my ex tomorrow night!

dartmerc @ Aug 14th 2008 3:22AM

Why do you need an excuse?

cityeyes @ Aug 14th 2008 2:14AM

What the hell. I've been a member of the PSU since it was first founded and I have been passed over for both Home and Resistance 2? Not like they can tell from my PSU account, but I've been rabidly involved in the ARG.

Damn you Sony!

kentuckyfried @ Aug 14th 2008 4:55PM

That's sad....I've been PSU since almost the PS1 days myself. wth....-_-

kentuckyfried @ Aug 14th 2008 4:55PM

That's sad....I've been PSU since almost the PS1 days myself. wth....-_-

cityeyes @ Aug 14th 2008 2:19AM

I've been a GAP member since it was formed and a PSU member for just as long. I bought a PS3 at launch and picked up a copy of Resistance with it, which I played rabidly. I've been following the ARG religiously and have expressed interest in beta testing the game multiple times. I've had a history in beta testing, yet I've been skipped in every single Sony beta ever yet tons of people who barely even play their systems get a random invite.

What the hell kind of system do they use to choose who gets in?

OneMale @ Aug 14th 2008 3:00AM

Funny. I'm an inactive member of GAP, (sans doing some demographics fairly regularly) and I got a Res2 invite.

I'm not going to take it though.

LOLskates. Kidding, I'm going to be kicking ass and taking names. Enjoy boredom!

Draco @ Aug 14th 2008 11:15AM

make sure you allow their spam emails, cause it comes with those I believe.

Sinistar @ Aug 14th 2008 2:23AM

What is GAP?

Dustin @ Aug 14th 2008 2:54AM

Gamer advisory Panel. you get special treatment like sony gave me 2 tickets for 2 days of the dew action sports tour last time it was in denver. Only hat that looks great on me and I got a hat! sweet.

Bauer22 @ Aug 14th 2008 2:27AM

Man. I was a GAP member a while back in 2006 and then I didn't get any emails from them. I didn't see any in my spam box either. Now I finally get back on to the site and fixed everything (I had a really old Yahoo account for it). I wonder if I can get into the beta now? *Please say yes!*

Soapy911 @ Aug 14th 2008 2:39AM

t('-'t)

Soapy911 @ Aug 14th 2008 2:43AM

t(,_,t)

kevin @ Aug 14th 2008 2:50AM

Home beta tester
warhawk beta tester
G.a.p member since 2007
PSU member since 2007

and I'm not in ? WTF!

kevin @ Aug 14th 2008 2:53AM

I even have my account linked on the freakin PSU site and 2 ps3's linked and 5 games linked including resistance 1...

Martin @ Aug 15th 2008 4:42PM

I've been a member of both since 2005 and I got passed for BOTH. Get over it, you have Home.

oglabogla @ Aug 14th 2008 2:54AM

Yeap, this stupid "random" choosing is really getting old. People who are dedicated to gaming, know how to analyze and critique then report and people who are really active are always passed over. Hell Iv been with Sony since the PS1 days and been a PSU member since 2005 yet I havent gotten into a single beta, was never invited to GAP and never get recognized for my dedication to Sony.

LAMEZ

James Stevenson @ Aug 14th 2008 3:05AM

Hey guys,

James at Insomniac here. Everyone invited was invited through MyResistance.Net. It wasn't a GAP or PSU invite list.

JS

vipeness @ Aug 14th 2008 3:06AM

James Stevenson,

I'm a MyResistance.Net and I didn't get an invite btw. Just a heads up.

cityeyes @ Aug 14th 2008 4:18AM

I've been in myresistance.net since it was created, but I guess I wasn't as active as I should have been. Thanks for the heads up though!

kevin @ Aug 14th 2008 10:28AM

dude this guy is a fake.

he just made a new account here saying some non sense

IP tracked him. this dude is fake...

Lebron James @ Aug 14th 2008 10:33AM

Hey guys,

Lebron James posting from China here. I didn't get an invite either. It's probably because I'm currently helping our country win the gold over here in Bejing. Well, I guess ill just have to wait until September.

LJ

Brian @ Aug 14th 2008 11:22AM

myresistance.net subscriber since day 1, no dice here.

Rene @ Aug 14th 2008 4:08AM

Hey James S.,

Just wondering WHEN IS THE NEXT DATE that some of us, including me will know for sure- I mean official date that we would be invited in? I really wanted to be in since I have been a member of your website (My Resistance)... Damn. I am disappointed, but oh well...

Random Hangman @ Aug 14th 2008 4:14AM

Hey, nice to see the Insomniac guys following the posts (and replying).

Personally I think that the random selection is the best idea anyway. If you only choose hardcore gamers you are not getting a true flavour of your demographic. You NEED the casual gamer to try these things out as he/she will give you a different perspective to the guys who spend every day on their system!

Mein Bratwurst @ Aug 14th 2008 6:41AM

That wasn't a REAL insomniac dev... you got trolled.

Morpheus @ Aug 14th 2008 4:29AM

bin a PSU memeber since 2005. Purchased a PSP on release day. Bought a PS3 on release day, bought resistance on day one. On my ps3 every day for atleast 1 hour. and no invites to anything, thanks sony :) Random invites need to STOP.

Magma @ Aug 14th 2008 4:38AM

I'm a GAP member.
I'm a PSU member.
I'm a myresistance.net member.
I'm a Home beta tester.
I was a Warhawk beta tester.
I got no invite.
What the hell?

kevin @ Aug 14th 2008 6:44AM

canu u back this up tht u r a home beta tester? add me wehn can play home beta together psn is keviseg15.

Popfrogs @ Aug 14th 2008 12:24PM

kevin: keep your cat away from your keyboard, it looks like it danced on it while you were gone.

kevin @ Aug 14th 2008 5:24PM

@popfrogs

it was around 5 a.m man if you can get the idea across of what im trying to say don't whine about it man.

Kolombiano @ Aug 14th 2008 4:54AM

How do you know you got an invite????

Random Hangman @ Aug 14th 2008 5:11AM

Hmmm... maybe I should join in with the whining...

I buy a lottery ticket every week
I check the numbers every week
I use numbers every day
I approve of plastic balls in perspex drums
I have still not won the lottery?

What the hell...???

'Cos it's a random draw you putz!!!!

Jables @ Aug 14th 2008 5:29AM

Amazing really, all these people who've already beta tested numerous things yet feel annoyed because other people have gotten in.

Magma @ Aug 14th 2008 6:56AM

Wrong. I'm not complaining about others getting in. Good for them. It could be open beta. I don't care. The point is why just decide to skip someone who you have invited to every other beta.

gameforall @ Aug 14th 2008 5:29AM

To all those complaining about not being selected, Insomniac know who are the top contributors to their forums and community, and probably chose the testers from that selection.

The are some hardcore Insomniac commuinty member that deserve to get in first.

I personally, will just wait for the demo.

Brian @ Aug 14th 2008 11:22AM

Gameforall:

A Forum Whore a good tester does not make.

As for those GAP members complaining, SCEA makes sure you're in one beta at a time from the first party games perspective on the "closed beta" front. So if you're in Home, no R2 Closed beta for you.

In 2 weeks if you preordered you'll be in anyway with the ability to get your $$ back from GameStop, whereas the Qore suckers just pissed away their couple of bucks.

LittleBigRyan @ Aug 14th 2008 11:48AM

I'm a grunt with under 200 posts on myresistance, and I still got in. :\

Besides, it's just a private beta. The public beta is comming out later this fall.

gameforall @ Aug 14th 2008 12:16PM

@Brian - "Forum Whore"

These are the guys & gals that still play RFOM online, and since they are RFOM fanatics, they probably know more about this franchise than most.

It is also a reward for those who still support the game.

alex @ Aug 14th 2008 5:47AM

one question i live in america, i have a plasma ntsc tv with hdmi port and an american ps3, will i be able to play european(pal,region 2) ps3 games this way?

please respond

DeforMAKulizer @ Aug 14th 2008 6:11AM

Ya sure.... All PS3 games are region free... Only Bluray movies are locked according to regions... Same thing with PSP

Random Hangman @ Aug 14th 2008 5:58AM

@ alex...

Yes, you can. PS3 games are currently not region coded

alex @ Aug 14th 2008 7:19AM

have you tried it ?

Random Hangman @ Aug 14th 2008 7:38AM

Hi alex,

I've tried it the other way round. I'm in the UK and can play US games on my UK PS3

MexicanTerrorist @ Aug 14th 2008 8:14AM

I was in the MGO beta . . . .
xP

But seriously, b**** a** c*** f***.
At first I wondered "wheres all the people who actually DID get in" but then I realized that theyre off fragging Chimera right now.
And I dont get to join in.
:(

Captain_Canada @ Aug 14th 2008 8:51AM

Well I didnt even know that this site existed. So that sorta blew my chances. But all you had to do was sign in on that site and you may have got a invite. Thats what my friend said he did.

daddy49 @ Aug 14th 2008 9:39AM

You guys should be happy Insomniac puts out quality products every year instead of listing your credentials and crying about not being in the beta. I preordered this game already so if somehow I get the beta I would be happy but if not I will enjoy playing something fresh in November.

PC-Max @ Aug 14th 2008 10:12AM

Oh, come on. I would rather wait for the full game to come out with all the online bugs resolved. I can wait. Not been that impressed so far with the vid footage, but I hope the online play is better than what it was for Resistance.

My onlt REAL beaf with Resistance was lack of colour. Made the environments seem flat and not really 3D. I understand it was war, but a little colour in Resistance 2 I hope will emerge. And not just the glowing yellow eyer Chimera.

Here's hoping.

Lionp696 @ Aug 14th 2008 10:30AM

Is it too late to buy that episode of quore.

j.howlett @ Aug 14th 2008 11:08AM

looking at everyone list their dates made me check mine. this time, because i've been a PSU member a couple times since the first playstation, i've been a GAP and PSU member since 2004. i use to get into betas for ps2 and i was surprised by the mgo beta. it would have been nice to get in the R2 beta. i'll just go back to building rank in r:fom i guess

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