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Starhawk News: Split Screen Support, Beta Availability, and Release Date Announced

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Good news, everyone!  I was browsing through Amazon's Starhawk page and spotted this little gem under the product features:

Offline and Online Co-op Modes. Team up with friends by yourself or on 2 player split-screen to defend your claim against waves of enemies in 1-4 player Co-Op Mode.

So there you have it, Starhawk will support two player local co-op!  Speaking for people who game with their significant others, allow me to say, "Huzzah!" Cue up the Firefly theme song!

In other Starhawk news, we finally have a solid release date: May 8th, but don't let that stop you.  The Starhawk public beta opened today!  Not sure if you want to participate in the beta? Check this out:

How cool did that look?  Pretty damn boss, right?  Before you fire up your PS3, you should know there's a catch (there's always a catch).  Today's beta is open only to PlayStation Plus members and people who took part in the private beta.  Don't get discouraged, there are no less than four other ways to enter the beta in the weeks ahead:

January 31st - Purchasers of Uncharted 3 can redeem the code that was included in the game's packaging.

February 7th - Visit Gamestop or Playstation on Facebook to get early access.

February 14th - Don't have a date?  Visit IGN.com for a beta code.

February 21st - Anyone with internet access can receive their code through the PSN. Congrats, participant!

Granted, the Starhawk beta is a multiplayer versus affair, but you'll at least be able to get a feel for the game if you want to try it out.  You can see more beta details on the PlayStationBlog. The co-op mode is supposedly something akin to a wave-based survival or horde mode. We'll be sure to keep you up to date with any details. 

Starhawk will be out on May 8th, exclusively for the PlayStation 3.  It will support two player local co-op and four player online co-op.

Source: Blog.us.playstation.com

 
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kersplat12785
11:20 PM
1/17/2012

Hmm...I wonder if it will support 2 player local splitscreen in competitive online games. Warhawk did.


kevinclough
12:28 AM
1/18/2012

On Warhawk you could only play split screen online when on a private server. I guess they were trying to prevent people from doing funny stuff on the official servers in order to artificially increase their rank. I have two Stawhawk beta keys from Uncharted 3 that I am not going to need. Let me know if anyone is interested in getting into the beta before it is open to everyone.


WildCard Zen
1:00 AM
1/18/2012

--- Replying to Cubninja -----

Don't you mean "Shiny!" instead of "Huzzah?"


BigBadBob113
1:13 AM
1/18/2012

I'm looking forward to checking out the beta. It was all ready to go last night (tonight?) but I was too busy finally checking out Payday and Dungeon Defenders.


Mugsy
6:55 AM
1/18/2012

I've heard from some guys on another forum that the game can be quite broken. Dropping buildings on your opponents is just too powerful.

In saying that, I just want them to have bots in the team based competitive multiplay. I've been waiting for a large scale warfare styled game in the guise of Battlefield 1942/UT2004 where you can just run around amidst a lot of chaos with your buddies shooting down a swarm of bots. Being able to play split screen in this will do me and my bro.

The added survival co-op mode just makes the package sweeter. Looking forward to how this game develops.


kersplat12785
11:09 AM
1/18/2012

@ Mugsy - I was able to play during a private beta a couple of weeks ago, and the biggest thing about the game that seemed broken was the players. Honestly, it's a team based game that requires either heavy coordination, or lacking that, plain common sense (which a lot of people are lacking). Dropping buildings on people is a lot harder than it sounds. Realistically, the 3 man buggy is probably the worst problem I ran into. A good driver can take out half a team with one buggy. Throw a gunner in there and things get even more one sided. Still, it's a fun game.

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Release Date: 05.08.2012
Genre: Action
ESRB: Teen

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