{"id":30961,"date":"2013-08-27T09:44:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T23:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=30961"},"modified":"2013-08-27T09:44:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T23:44:45","slug":"namco-bandai-games-europe-invite-hardcore-gamers-take-dark-souls-ii-beta-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=30961","title":{"rendered":"NAMCO BANDAI GAMES EUROPE TO INVITE HARDCORE GAMERS TO TAKE-ON DARK SOULS II BETA THIS OCTOBER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><i>Only the Strong Need Apply for One of the Most Challenging Beta Experiences Ever Offered on the Sony PlayStation 3 System<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA \u2013 27<sup>th<\/sup> August 2013 \u2013\u00a0 NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S. is excited to confirm a special Closed-Beta-Test for <b><i>DARK SOULS\u2122 II<\/i><\/b>; scheduled to begin on October 5, 2013 for players in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand for the PlayStation\u00ae3 computer entertainment system via the PlayStation\u00aeNetwork. Anxious fans will want to pay close attention to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/119869331419453\/posts\/521772861229096#!\/darksouls\"><i>DARK SOULS\u2122<\/i> Facebook page<\/a> beginning September 5<sup>th<\/sup> for continual <b><i>DARK SOULS II<\/i><\/b> news and updates regarding the registration process and details pertaining to the <b><i>DARK SOULS II<\/i><\/b> Closed-Beta.<\/p>\n<p>The depth of the <b><i>DARK SOULS II<\/i><\/b> Closed-Beta experience will truly test players\u2019 skill, intestinal fortitude, and their sheer will to survive. The <b><i>DARK SOULS II<\/i><\/b> Closed-Beta will delve into one of the most treacherous areas of the <b><i>DARK SOULS II<\/i><\/b> world; players will not only get an opportunity to explore an entirely new area of the game, but also experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical challenges, and the unrelenting difficultly that only the developers at FromSoftware can deliver.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Dark Souls<\/i><\/b><b><i> II<\/i><\/b> will be launching in Australia and New Zealand in March 2014 on the PlayStation\u00ae3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360\u00ae video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and PCs. For more information on <b><i>Dark Souls II<\/i><\/b> or other NAMCO BANDAI games, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darksoulsii.com\/\">http:\/\/www.darksoulsii.com\/<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.namcobandaigames.eu\">http:\/\/www.namcobandaigames.eu<\/a> . To stay up-to-date with additional information pertaining to the <b><i>DARK SOULS II<\/i><\/b> Closed-Beta please visit the <i>DARK SOULS<\/i> Facebook page at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/darksouls\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/darksouls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mYsqfLp0HAc?feature=player_detailpage\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only the Strong Need Apply for One of the Most Challenging Beta Experiences Ever Offered on the Sony PlayStation 3 System\u00a0 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA \u2013 27th August 2013 \u2013\u00a0 NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S. is excited to confirm a special Closed-Beta-Test for DARK SOULS\u2122 II; scheduled to begin on October 5, 2013 for players in North<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=30961\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news","category-trailers-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30964,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30961\/revisions\/30964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}