Sony Santa Monica hinted that Warheads, their name for fans of the popular multiplayer only game Warhawk, may get into the Starhawk action well before anyone else does. In a recent post on the US PS Blog he stated: “Our beta plans are being worked out right now, but we will have one for sure. Our hope is to take care of Warhawk players first.”
He also had comments as to why this game is a spiritual successor to Warhawk and what makes it so, “We’ll have matchmaking, game lists like Warhawk, party systems, tournament systems, and custom games where you can send out invites to bring your friends in. You’ll be able to customize your skills, too, and you’ll gain skills as you level up. Character outfit customization as well…everything that you would expect in a top-of-the-line shooter.”
He wrapped it all up by putting concerns to rest about the game’s balancing and the potential issues it may have by saying: “Our massive amount of testing should clean out oddities and we also learned a lot from Warhawk,” he said. “We’re counting on our public beta to squeeze out a lot of issues as well.”
Starhawk is currently set to be released in March of 2012 exclusively on the Playstation 3.
