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Planetside 2 PS4 Beta Finally Dated

Closed beta kicks off January 20, Sony Online Entertainment confirms.

By Eddie Makuch on January 7, 2015 at 10:44AM PST

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The long-awaited closed beta for the PlayStation 4 version of Sony Online Entertainment's MMOFPS Planetside 2 will begin on January 20, the developer announced today on the PlayStation Blog.

Sony originally targeted the beta to launch in 2014, but it was later delayed. The developer now says it's spent the extra time "refining, optimizing, and creating an amazing console version."

As you might expect, Sony says the Planetside 2 PS4 beta will help the developer test its servers, performance, and various other aspects of the title. The studio is also hoping testers will share their thoughts through special beta forums they'll have access to.

"We want the massive battles to make your heart pound and adrenaline pump, so share your thoughts with us," Sony says.

You can sign up for a chance to play the Planetside 2 PS4 beta today through the game's website, though Sony says players will be invited in chronological order based on when they signed up. On January 20, Sony will invite "a few thousand" players into the beta, while additional waves will scale up from there.

The full version of Planetside 2 for PS4 will launch later in 2015. For more on the Planetside 2 PS4 beta, check out this detailed FAQ.

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Monsterkillah

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I wonder which one is better

Planetside 2 or DCUO ?

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<< LINK REMOVED >> PS2 and Battlefield would make a more valid comparison me thinks.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Planetside 2 is just team based battles, nothing like Destiny....as sucky as destiny is at least in that you can "explore" and I use the term loosely...Planetside 2 has no single player component as far as I'm aware...

DCUO is a decent RPG for a MMO and you can for the most part play alone if you want but at a certain point you'll need to team up with others to progress, I ended up at level 18 before the game got to a point I absolutely needed to team up with others....still for DC games it's one of the better ones...

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Well it's been out for over two years on the PC and the game died a long time ago cause it sucks... so neither.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Since both have not died at all your comment makes no sense. PS2 I was on yesterday and still had masses playing it.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Hardly any one playing it, barely find a big battle any more. When the game came out it had more servers and they were all packed with giant battles. Come a month later you struggled to find them on that scale and it has slowly gotten smaller ever since.

Then you have the fact that SOE made it P2W unless you enjoy grinding for 20 years. The boring weapon design where they all feel the same, the terrible base design which no one wants to defend and they have barely any indoor plan. All that ever ended up happening was vehicles camping doors. What about lack of a meta game, the inability to capture conts because there was only two... then they added a third and nothing else for at least a year after that.

Mess of a game like all SOE ever does, Sony fanbois want to protect them, but they ain't even Sony, they just carry the name, they've basically been a PC only developer up to this point. Sony doesn't give a crap what they do..

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