Killzone 2 beta ends this Sunday

by Andrew Yoon { Nov 25th 2008 at 1:10PM }

The Killzone 2 public beta is drawing to an end this weekend. Guerrilla will use this final phase of testing to implement tweaks and features from feedback received during the beta test. For example, the Revive ability and Shotgun range will be changed before the game launches next year.

There's still no word on when a Killzone 2 demo will be available. However, stay tuned as we'll have impressions of the full game in December.

Tags: beta, guerrilla, killzone, killzone-2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

deaftly @ Nov 25th 2008 1:14PM

Never got into it so who cares, jerks!

J @ Nov 25th 2008 1:27PM

really? damn. I don't want to hear that. I'm really hyped for this game, and i never got the beta invite. I did get resistance beta invite, and that's what guaranteed my purchase.

The1stMJC @ Nov 25th 2008 1:18PM

oh time to marathon run the beta this week. Love the beta tired of playing the same 3 maps cant wait for the full game.

The Aggie CEO @ Nov 25th 2008 1:19PM

yet another demo I didnt get into.....hope the game is good tho......

DeathroW @ Nov 25th 2008 1:20PM

This one actually wasn't like the other "betas" this was a proper beta where the beta testers gave proper feedback to the developers, had a place to talk privatly to other testers and the developers.

Devin @ Nov 25th 2008 1:28PM

Yeah, the LBP beta was more of a sneak-peak/hype-booster vs. an actual form of feedback....

Maybe they were just trying to test the serves...idk....

The Aggie CEO @ Nov 25th 2008 1:40PM

I gave feedback on the R2 beta......and would any other beta I would happen to get into.....

Jake @ Nov 25th 2008 3:47PM

gutted there are a few ppl who say they didnt like it much
but what i don't get is that you called it a demo, and that you only left feedback for R2 because you want in more betas, did you get in the kz2 beta? :S

The Aggie CEO @ Nov 25th 2008 4:44PM

oooh meant beta.......

didnt get into it....was saying I left feedback for the R2 beta on the forums if I got into more betas I would do the same

MakaiOokami @ Nov 25th 2008 6:59PM

The Little Big Planet Beta was for hype but a lot of these Betas are supposed to be for testing servers as well to test stability. There's only so many people you can hire to sit in an office building and test a server, and besides it really doesn't give any sort of real world results as well as people actually connecting to the servers from their homes and making sure that it doesn't cause a ton of extra glitches and bugs.

Example Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle cars. They now know that if someone has a bad connection the stuff goes out of control and becomes unplayable yet they have no issues playing. A beta test could have helped them on that but then again it is a downloadable (great one) title.

Gambit07 @ Nov 25th 2008 1:19PM

December 4th?

reyes @ Nov 25th 2008 1:40PM

This game wasn't even on my radar before but there have been a few claims lately that seem to put a lot of weight on KZ2's shoulders.

balaam @ Nov 25th 2008 1:47PM

I just got off it, but now i'm heading back downstairs for another session, this will be pretty much all i play for the rest of the week. It's great to play some multiplayer shootours after Dead (awesome) Space, which i completed a few days ago.

Kruegmeister @ Nov 25th 2008 2:11PM

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hopefully a Campaign Beta... Please...

Mattchewie @ Nov 25th 2008 2:37PM

You know I think one thing they don't make clear when you get these beta emails is tell you where to go to provide feedback. You kind of have to figure out yourself that there "must be a forum" or the like to submit this info in a controlled manor

bastiHST @ Nov 25th 2008 3:12PM

Full Game in December? I think in February '09...?

Hyams @ Nov 25th 2008 3:24PM

Well, they'll be previewing the game in Dec. That's when the NDA is lifted.

The game itself has been all but finished since about October, but its release was pushed back to Feb 09 so that it wouldn't further clog up the Christmas period, and so it and Resistance 2 wouldn't cannibalise each others sales.

They've just been polishing the hell out of that baby for the past few months: improving framerate drops, fine tuning the online experience, bug testing, etc. etc.

Hife @ Nov 25th 2008 3:13PM

So are you saying they are allowing you to basically review the game in December? That seems so strange. If it's far enough along to allow reviews, why isn't it coming out until Feb?

Hyams @ Nov 25th 2008 3:26PM

Because it would underperform sales-wise if it did, and would lower the sales of other PS3 titles (Resistance 2, in particular).

People only have so much money to spend on buying games. ;)

Hife @ Nov 26th 2008 4:12PM

Good call Hyam.
And good call on Sony's/GG's part. As much as I want this game, I can't handle any more at the moment.

Rokashi @ Nov 25th 2008 3:29PM

I wasn't really a fan of the first Killzone, but I really think that this game has potential to make people do "the switch" from COD4(Many people still play it) to Killzone 2.

Game_playa @ Nov 25th 2008 3:36PM

Switch? Don't even compare the two? If you were in the beta you would know what I'm talking about

azhyen @ Nov 25th 2008 4:22PM

i wish i played the beta more often, but with so many other games this year...gah. i'll just wait till the final release.

Damian @ Nov 25th 2008 5:02PM

I think you sound un-stable , perhaps this is why they haven't invited you .

KinjiroSSD @ Nov 25th 2008 5:48PM

Aww man, I still got 3 more ranks to get in the beta. I better stop reading blogs and rank up.

boots555 @ Nov 25th 2008 6:11PM

Man, I have this beta and have not got to play it yet. Every time I try to connect to a server something goes wrong, I know it's not my connection because I play tones of games online. WTF!?

Darkdrium777 @ Nov 25th 2008 7:47PM

I've played only a few rounds of this beta. School kept me busy :( It is a very good game though, highly recommended. ;)

Joe @ Nov 25th 2008 8:06PM

I should probably jump in for a few rounds before Sunday. I've been too busy with R2 since I know that I won't touch it after February.

Quick question (this is my first beta invite outside of Home): do the ranks and stats carry over from the beta to the full release?