"We are hoping to do a beta but I don't think we'll have anything ready before this year is over," an SCEA representative told PlayStation Universe. "It is something we are working on for next year."

"Of course there is going to be a public beta," lead tester Seb Downie stated earlier this year. "I have always said that any game that has an online mode needs to go through a public beta to ensure it works as intended."

Both the Killzone 2 beta and the full game are expected to release at some point in 2008.