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PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale beta starts tomorrow

Trial for mascot fighter arriving tomorrow for PS Plus subscribers on PS3, all PS Vita users; available for everyone beginning October 23.

The multiplayer beta for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will begin tomorrow on PlayStation 3 for PlayStation Plus subscribers, Sony announced today through the PlayStation Blog. PlayStation Vita gamers can also download the trial tomorrow, with a public release for all PS3 users scheduled to begin October 23.

The beta for All-Stars Battle Royale includes six playable characters: Kratos, Sweet Tooth, Colonel Radec, Sly Cooper, PaRappa, and Fat Princess. Gamers can duke it out on the Metropolis and Hades stages, and can try out four-player tournaments and 2 vs. 2 tournaments.

Players won't have long to try out All-Stars Battle Royale, as the beta ends for all users across all platforms October 30. The game is due out in full for PS3 and PS Vita on November 20, a delay of about a month from its previously scheduled late-October launch.

Eddie Makuch
By Eddie Makuch, News Editor

Eddie Makuch (Mack-ooh) is a News Editor at GameSpot. He works out of the company's Boston office in Somerville, Mass., and loves extra chunky peanut butter.

97 comments
GamespotSux_IKR
GamespotSux_IKR

at the character select screen, I just couldn't find anyone I wanted to play as. I finally picked the Racoon dude, cuz he reminded me most  of a Nintendo character. Then I played about 5 matches and I hated it. The voices bothered me..and the announcer:  "SUPER!" ........... "SUPER! ............  SUPER!............. SUPER!   and speaking of Supers, thats the whole fight. Punch,punch,punch use your super, repeat.

 

I was really excited about it too. I have a greater ?appreciation for Smash now! Just cal me Hater! That game is junk

otanikun
otanikun

I played it and wasn't blown away by it, in fact I was somewhat disappointed in it.

 

To say this is a Super Smash Bros. clone with Playstation characters would be the right way to describe it in that it's a 2D playing field with interactive environments, pick ups and even copying the Final Smash after filling up a meter 3 times.

 

If you've played Super Smash Bros, Super Smash Bros Melee and Super Smash Bros Brawl, you're in for more or less the same type of gameplay so you should adapt to it pretty quickly.

Trev9421
Trev9421

If this would have come out first, people would be whining that SSB was a cheap ripoff. In my opinion, they're both really good games, but if you don't want to play it, fine by me.

Trev9421
Trev9421

Oh, I just remembered, has anyone counted pixels yet? I need to make sure this game is graphically good enough for me before I play it, screw how fun it is.

 

DesertLynx83
DesertLynx83

Can't wait to try it. I don't have PS+, so have to wait.

TheFactIsBack
TheFactIsBack

Just got done after a few hours with the beta.  Far more fun, and strategic than SSB.  And yes, I own SSB.

theKSMM
theKSMM

I'm still waiting for this to appear in the PlayStation Store...

Ansem_Rev
Ansem_Rev

Super Smash bros - ps all stars battle royaleMario kart - mod nation racerss Wii Motion Control - playstation movejust a few things Nintendo did first and Sony pretends they didnt steal them 

minh800
minh800

 @Ansem_Rev Battle Royale isn't Smash whatsoever. You'd get that if you dig into the game by actually playing it instead of being a fanboy and complaining. 

Zedrico
Zedrico

When can i try this beta?

Zedrico
Zedrico

Is this out right now? im a playstation plus memember and really wanna get my hands on this. 9:20am here.

CyberLips
CyberLips like.author.displayName 1 Like

Nice , i'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

WWE6427
WWE6427

The best character in this game so far is Raiden from MGS. followed by Dante from DMC

Ansem_Rev
Ansem_Rev

 @WWE6427 neither of which are owned by Sony Computer Entertainment

Albaficas
Albaficas

 @WWE6427 for you not for me

nariko-kratos ---->junkie dante-raiden

WWE6427
WWE6427

I wonder when where gonna see the whole roster. from what I seen so far the roster sucks.

GrayF0X786
GrayF0X786 like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

the fact that they did not include Snake, Cloud and Crash Bandicoot as well as many others really annoys me, they are going to take advantage of all those people who don't know the value of money by releasing character DLCs

Ansem_Rev
Ansem_Rev like.author.displayName 1 Like

 @GrayF0X786 you do realize none of those characters are made nor are they exclusive to Sony systems/consoles. Snake is owned by konami and it is not owned anyway by sony nor was it ever exclusive PC and Nintendo to name a few . Cloud is from FF7 and FF7 as you know is a PC game dumbed down to the worst graphics ever seen on playstation 1. Crash bandicoot was exclusive during ps1 era and no longer is it Exclusive . Xbox gamecube , gameboy to name more. So as you can see you're anger out ways your judgement so chill out take a deep breathe and realize you dont know what you are talking about. as for the game itself why is Dante , Big Daddy and Raiden in this game is the real question..

franzito
franzito

No thanks

Albaficas
Albaficas like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

 @franzito trust me you wont be missed...now keep hoping for your megaman game hahahahahahaha

ADO300
ADO300

damn it i wanted to play as sir dan xD i'm still buying this game since i love super smash bros. melee and brawl and only this game has sir dan kicking everyone's ass =P

shakensparco
shakensparco

Sony came to my campus today. Played it for a long while. Wouldn't say it's better than Smash Bros. but is definitely a fun diversion. Had a good time even if Kratos is the most annoying character to fight.

saoe
saoe

I want new parappa the rapper game! even if its only PSN game.

servb0ts
servb0ts

this is the same as the private beta, by the selected few. What the Hell Superbot?

Harrydapro
Harrydapro

Looks cool, though they should have added some more features to differentiate between SSB- this could be a Mod. 

abHS4L88
abHS4L88

 @Harrydapro 

Aside from it being a cross over platform fighter, there's really nothing else similar to SSB since it's based on life bars and super move finishers, whereas SSB was a ring out system based on percentages. 

Someguy1212
Someguy1212

 @abHS4L88  @Harrydaprobut that system makes sense. they already stated that the only way to score points is to kill while using a super move. this game willl only appeal to those who play SSB.

 

Someguy1212
Someguy1212

Im gonna try it but I have very low expectations for this is SSB clone. Ill try for a lil bit and then just go back to BF3

Albaficas
Albaficas

@Someguy1212

hate more plz

 cause your precious mario is not alone in the game anymore.

 

and btw PASBR isnt a ssb clone play the fcking game then open that trash of yours kkthxbb.

 

with your thinking then what should we tell about BF3 ? isnt a wolfenstein,doom,CoD,MoH clone ?...kids these days omg.

 

Ansem_Rev
Ansem_Rev

 @Albaficas  @Someguy1212 everyone knows this is a Super Smash Bros Clonethe reason you're on here trying to say its not proves that your going out of your way to defend the fact that it is a clone.If this wasnt a clone you wouldnt be getting your panties in a bunch chill out bro 

Toysoldier34
Toysoldier34

Nice guess I will be playing some of this tomorrow. Was pretty fun when I played it at PAX.

angelbless
angelbless

ohhh!! well finally I will be able to test and see if I get my hype back :)

StSk8ter29
StSk8ter29

So it's tomorrow on the east coast, where's it at? :P

00LiteYear
00LiteYear

It's a little sad 1/5 of the cast isn't actually playstation characters.

Albaficas
Albaficas

 @00LiteYear para ps character

namiko ps character

radek ps character

drake ps character

dante ps character till dmc 4

fat princess ps character

heitachi ps character till tekken 6

sackboy ps character

kratos ps character

ratchet ps character

jak & daxter ps characters

sly cooper ps character

spike ps character

cole ps character

tooth ps character

 

Ansem_Rev
Ansem_Rev

 @Albaficas  @00LiteYear Um DMC collection is on xbox 360 . so its not exclusive AND its owned by capcom.  Lite year is correct in every way

GTOplaya89
GTOplaya89

 @00LiteYear stop hating man. 3 of those 4 characters you mentioned originated on playstation.

Tekken: PS1

MGS: PS1 (PS2 for Raiden)

DMC: PS2

Bioshock: wasn't 1st on PS3 but it got exclusive challenge stages lol

Ansem_Rev
Ansem_Rev

 @GTOplaya89  @00LiteYear Oh right you forgot Metal Gear was exclusive on NES . of coarse you did you never played it you're probably 15 years old. Old School bro b4 you were born 

Ansem_Rev
Ansem_Rev

 @GTOplaya89  @00LiteYear Metal Gear NES DMC ps2 owned by capcombio shock not supposed to never be on ps3 first on x360 and PCtekken on ps1 owned by namco no longer exclusive 

00LiteYear
00LiteYear

 @GTOplaya89 lol. But these are new character models based from multi platform games.

 

Young Heiachi is from Tekken Tag 2.

Black haired Dante 

This Raiden seems to advertise his latest cross platform game.

Why Bioshock only these developers know.

 

One thing they have in common is that they each have recent games coming up, so maybe SuperBot needed the money.

GH05T-666
GH05T-666 like.author.displayName 1 Like

I look forward to playing this. I like smash bro, and this will just be a playstation version of it. cant wait!

Danny_KickAzz
Danny_KickAzz

soo...Super Smash Bro's ?

ggregd
ggregd like.author.displayName 1 Like

 @Danny_KickAzz NO, DAMMIT! AND LITTLE BIG PLANET KARTING IS ALSO A COMPLETELY ORIGINAL IDEA!  NINTENDO IS FOR KIDS AND PS3 IS H A R D C O R E.

servb0ts
servb0ts

 @ggregd  @Danny_KickAzz

 lol, Nintendo has way more adult, educational language coaches and cooking ingredients instructors games, for real life situtations, than Sony ever hast.

 

Besides PS3 is far from hardcore, when they have, LBP, Leggos, Ghostbusters, Flower, Point & Click, Burger Time HD, Harry Potter ohh yeah real Hardcore champ.

cesarexec22
cesarexec22

 @ggregd  @Danny_KickAzz  super smash bros on wii is better than this garbage smh

Albaficas
Albaficas

 @cesarexec22  @ggregd  @Danny_KickAzz and yet you didnt played the game and  u call it trash ....stop crying nintendo girls.....your r not alone in this game anymore....DEAL WITH IT.

 

omg shut up and go back to your PEGI -3 console

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