This week, the Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood beta has been made available to all PlayStation 3 owners. To participate in the beta you must be a PlayStation Plus subscriber, or have pre-ordered the game from participating retailers. The beta has already been in action since the end of September.
Yesterday we revealed that PlayStation Plus subscribers in North America will get exclusive access to the Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood beta trial. The beta will also be available to European PlayStation Plus subscribers. PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to download the beta from the PlayStation Store on September 27th 2010, and will be exclusive for one week.
In early October, PlayStation Plus subscribers in the US are in for a treat. Select PlayStation Plus members will get their hands on the first-ever multiplayer modes of the Assassin’s Creed franchise in Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. PlayStation Plus subscribers will also receive an automatic download of the Alien Breed: Impact demo.
The Medal of Honor beta on the PS3 and PC was scheduled to end today, but has instead been extended. Although the beta key card said the registration code would expire on July 18th 2010, codes can still be redeemed from www.medalofhonor.com/beta. It is currently not clear how long the beta has been extended for.
During an interview about Media Molecule’s highly anticipated title, LittleBigPlanet 2, both Pete Smith and Lee Cubin from SCEE have revealed plans for an impending Beta. Smith revealed “We will have a Beta, we’re starting the Beta process fairly soon and invites will be going out,” in response to a community question about beta testing.
The PlayStation Move was recently shown off at an event in Seattle, and some interesting information about the SOCOM 4 was revealed. The title will be supporting the PlayStation Move controller and Zipper Interactive, as represented by Jill Webber, also confirmed that a beta will indeed be coming up for the game, although no specific date was given out for it.
Final Fantasy XIV is currently in phase one of the closed beta for the PC, but Square Enix has revealed that the first phase is unlikely to reach the PS3. However, Square Enix believe phase two will be available on the PS3. Registrations to enter the beta have been running for some time now, including priority access to those who purchased Final Fantasy XIII.
SingStar will soon be getting a big update, enabling online multiplayer for the first time, allowing players to take part in Online Battles against. When competing in an Online Battle, you’ll send an invite to one of your PSN friends, match songs (you both need to own a song to play it) – pick-up the mic and commence singing.
The first beta details for FirstPlay have emerged. FirstPlay is a interactive magazine similar to Qore but targeted to the European market. The magazine is currently in private beta before being released to the general public. The latest installment of the FirstPlay beta features an HD video review of explosive new shooter Battlefield: Bad Company 2, plus exclusive preview footage from Lost Planet 2 and Super Street Fighter IV.
Developers of MAG, Zipper Interactive, have revealed the statistics to the latest MAG Beta which took place earlier this month. Just like the statistics for the previous betas, the Beta 5 stats were astonishing, with over 1 million downloads of the beta client and over 619,000 gaining at least one experience point in the six-day window that beta was available on.
