Beta Rumours and Confusion –October 1st AM Edition

This one has already started to spread quickly:  Someone over on the Blu-Ray forums claims that they’ll be opening up the Beta as a Demo for the week before launch.  Despite the claim that “I heard this from SCEE”,I have strong doubts.  The poster goes on to say “The closed public beta is just to create hype”,so I guess all of the developers hard at work on the server code can just go home.  I’ll continue to believe Sam’s message that no Demo will precede the game’s launch,until something official is posted to the contrary.

The recent Reuters article re-awakened rumours that LBP would be released as a download as well as Blu-Ray;CVG contacted Sony to confirm that this was just a mistake.  Still Blu-Ray only.

Is there one version of the Beta client or two?  And will Beta-published content be available at launch?  On the PlayStation Blog:“This version does not require a DNS redirect and levels created here will be available for consumers at launch of the full title.”  The “this version”could just be differentiating it from private Beta versions for Sony employees and press.  But if we look at Sam’s Beta info thread,he says this on the topic of Beta levels being retained:“The safe answer to give is no. We will definitely be deleting at least some of the content that has been shared so far if not all.”  I would go one step further:I would not be surprised if content is deleted during the Beta,if and when they need to make changes to the way things are stored on the servers.

No links on this one,kids,but there’re already a lot of videos of inappropriate level creations floating around.  One thing to look out for:most of these are private levels on “MyMoon”,not having been published at all.  The moderation system is definitely in place and being used to police even the Beta content.

That’s it for this morning.  More this afternoon;the internet does not disappoint.