Resistance 2 beta in September for Qore subscribers, others [update]

by Ross Miller on Jul 24th 2008 10:45AM

PlayStation 3 owners who subscribe to Sony's "interactive magazine" Qore will be able to participate in Resistance 2's beta this September (via IGN). The details are sketchy at the moment -- we're going to guess you'll have to pay the $25 annual subscription fee and not just $3 for the related episode -- but the thought of 60-player team deathmatch has us frothing at the mouth. No beta details revealed yet for the Qore-less Europe.

Update: Posting on myresistance.net, Insomniac Community Manager James Stevenson has clarified that "you will have many ways to get in" the beta. "The best way which will give you the earliest access to the beta will involve a pre-order program that should be announced soon," Stevenson writes. As for those of you residing outside of North America, don't worry, Insomniac has you covered ... somehow -- worldwide servers will be tested! [Thanks, Jay]

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Tags: beta, insomniac, PS3, qore, resistance, resistance-2

Reader Comments (47)

If its just 1 issue, Im in...if not, then I can wait.

By the way, for those of you wondering why the interior or the building had such bland textures and looked like a PS2/Wii game...it is because Ted frucked up and was never supposed to be in that building. That building is going to be destroyed in that sequence in the final game. Here is a video of how R2 will REALLY look at a finished state.

http://www.insidegamer.nl/playstation3/resistance2/videos/8101

Looks very nice.Not a revolution a la Crysis but it's one of the prettiest games I've seen.That berserker reminds me too much of both Painkiller and Gears of War though.

Looking good...

Didn't even notice it. People are focussed too much on graphics these days.

Graphics arent everything...but the really add to the overall immersion of the games. I have gotten used to no jaggies, complex textures, lifelike animations, believable colors, realistic effects, and so on.

The beta will also be open to pre-order folks. If you have no interest in Qore you can go that route to get in.

This info was confirmed by the Insomniac community manager on NeoGAF.

I hope when you said not a revolution like Crysis you meant in the graphics department, cause if you meant anything else my head will likely explode.

k-jeeb

So sad you haven't truly experienced Gears campaign and Gears MP for an extended period of time. You actually catch yourself looking at the games fricken beauty a lot of the time. I'm just getting back into it after a LONG break. Still looks sick!

Is the idea of paying to get into a beta ridiculous to anyone else? Remember when they used to pay people to play in betas? Sooner or later they'll have people paying for the privilege of debugging a game, or optimizing the net code.

Oh well...I bought Crackdown to get into the Halo 3 beta, and I can always cancel the pre-order if I don't enjoy the beta. Can't really go wrong

Throw in a *useful* subscriber-only weapon or trophy and I'm in.

that giant creature looks so upset... I think all it really needs a hug, and someone to tell it everything'll be ok...

Instead of shooting bullets and explosive bomb things at it, maybe we could simply try showing it some love... all it needs is a friend...

Try hugging him. I'll be WAAAAAAY back there if you need me.

I wonder how that creature would live in its natural habitat, unless it's sole purpose is being a weapon.

Qh well, still nQt Qoing to make me qet Qore.

Suddenly I'm tempted to pay for Qore.

maybe i can get in as a G.A.P. member

Gay and Proud!?

Doubt it since they have this new Qore program. GAP doesn't ensure you will get in betas. Though, I have been in the Home and Warhawk betas since I was put in GAP.

Hey Duke, so what do you think of the video that they showed in the closed beta at E3 that will be in the fall open beta?

Some cool stuff if you ask me...especially the other things they plan on doing with trophies.

i was surprised to get into the metal gear beta because of it. and jakka you have to come up with an A word to capitalize.

Holy crap! My interest in Qore has tripled! Quadrupled! Octopled!

Whats 8 times nothing again?

Wow, someone didn't pass first grade

;)

Dude, you were doing multiplication in first grade. I mean, so was I, but they weren't teaching it that early.

Its a shame they didnt teach 'humour' in the first grade. Or anytime in the subsequent years apparently.

Ya, because then you'd be funny.

seeing as the PlayStation underground email says this, and only this "Exclusive to Qore Ep 03: an invitation to the resistance 2 Beta (scheduled to be available in late september)" i don't think it means subscribers. joystiq, i am ashamed at you.

Still waiting for that Socom beta.......

nevermind :P

No beta is worth $25.

Halo 3 Beta was.

...but they gave it away with Crackdown.And Crackdown was FUCKING AWESOME!

Giving it away with a game is totally different, Halo 3 was a great method, since Crackdown was not a bad game. I have no interest in Qore, especially since they stick so many ads into it. I'm not paying $25 to get bombarded with ads and a little bit of content, beta or no. I'll just wait.

There's really not many ads in it. It's only about one per Qore segment...so about 5 or 6 ads per episode. The ads are usually for games, they are only shown once every time you run Qore, and you can skip them after like 5 seconds.

It's also about 2 hours of content.

"we're going to guess you'll have to pay the $25 annual subscription fee and not just $3 for the related episode"

Based upon what exactly? The SOCOM beta had no such restriction.

They said they were guessing. Guesses don't have to be based on something.

It's the Joystiq way...coming up with negative spin for the PS3 when the in NONE.

But if they were going to guess, why not use some logic? Since the SOCOM beta did NOT require a full year subscription...why assume that this one will? To me that is not a good guess.

Oh c'mon, lets not go with the "Joystiq is teh bias" arguments. It gets you nowhere.

Its their guess - not mine. Its really not a big deal. No matter how you desperately need to believe they attacked Sony, it was just speculation on whether people would need the subscription.

Duke,

Then why say that last sentence AT ALL? I see no relevance in that sentense to the article. Why not say something like...noone knows if this beta will require a full year subscription or just this episode.

See? No negativity, and no flamebaiting. And I am not even a journalist.

you didn't need to subscribe to the $25 subscription for the SOCOM Beta, so i'm assuming you won't need to be a yearly subscriber to get in on the Resistance 2 Beta. just pay the $3 and there you go.

Awesome graphics, 8 player Co-op, 60 player online servers, this game looks sick... I just hope it lives up to the hype.

Nothing lives up to hype.

I hope That the Beta applies to one time buyers to...

i really want the beta and the special edition but im in uk! and thoughts

it is sept.30th I see no BETA FOR QORE MEMBERS

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