Dark Souls 2 Network Test Coming To Japan in September, Worldwide October

From Software have announced a Dark Souls 2 Network Test to be conducted in Japan on Playstation 3 beginning this September, and worldwide from October. Whilst no details are available on what content will be provided for the test other than the program to be used for this test is different from the retail version expected in stores in March 2014. Participation will be determined by way of lottery.

Japanese PlayStation 3 owners can register for the Network Test from the PlayStation store on their consoles, with the first test running from 21:00 to 22:00 on September 23. The Network Test will then run on a worldwide basis on Saturday 5th October from 21:00 to 23:00 with a third and final test scheduled for October 20 from 16:00 to 19:00.

Whilst the first date is purely to test simultaneous network logins subsequent tests will evaluate simultaneous large-scale login from all area ghosts, blood stains, character messages and invasions.

Source: From Software