Official Announcement About The SOCOM Beta

Shijina on the UK Playstation forums writes:

"Hi all,

Well, as I'm sure you're all aware, today is SOCOM d-day!

The good news is that we have everything set-up and ready to go once people start getting their voucher codes. The only slightly bad news in all of this is that there was some confusion over getting voucher codes to people in this forum, so we're a little behind on that one and I am working on it as a priority! I can't promise you will all get codes today, but please be patient as you WILL be getting a code soon, hopefully Monday at the latest. Incidentally I had them salvage the list you all put together once it became obvious there was a problem emailing you all, so every name on that list will get a code, providing the account name was valid.

Here is the territory distribution breakdown as I currently know it:

UK: Eurogamer

Scandi/Spain/Australia/NZ: Pre-order scheme (retailer unknown)

Germany: Delayed, pending age-rating approval by USK. (Note: Codes for Germany Austria & Switzerland will be distributed through the PlayStationLiga once they're ready.)

All others: Email distribution from Central Marketing.

Beta trialists: Specific email invite.

I enquired as to how Marketing will be emailing people and apparently they have a central database of ALL registered EU PSN accounts. From this database they have been able to cross-reference people who were registered on old SOCOM sites, or who have expressed an interest in SOCOM games and shooters through surveys (see the importance of filling those in now kids?), or who have spent a lot of money on the PSN store in the past. These emails should start going out around 4pm today...

As for the download itself, you can download and install it on up to 5 different PS3s, but they will all be locked to the account used to download the file, which means you can only play using that person's account. This is the standard DRM model used for titles like this.

I think that's everything, but no doubt there will be even more questions and accusations of me being vague. I made you guys a promise and I'm doing my best, within my sphere of influence, to stick to it.

Good luck (not that you'll need it), enjoy and see you all online soon!

Shijima."