Killzone 3 Multiplayer Open Beta Dated

Soon all PS3 owners in North America and Europe will get a chance to try out Killzone 3. Sony plans to launch an open beta at the beginning of February.

The open beta features the "‘Frozen Dam" multiplayer map from the full game. It will be playable in four game modes. Here's the run-down on each mode from Sony:

• Guerrilla Warfare (16 players) - "Guerrilla Warfare is a standalone multiplayer mode similar to classic Team Deathmatch: You and your teammates must try to kill as many of the opposing team as you can before the timer runs out. In this mode, only the downstream monitor houses and repair bay are accessible, giving the map a very frantic pace."
• Warzone (24 players) - "If you’ve played Killzone 2, you may already be familiar with Warzone. It’s a round-based multiplayer campaign that consists of five randomly ordered mini-missions. In this mode the power house and penstocks directly under the dam are accessible as well, so there’s more room to come up with different strategies and approaches to your goal."
• Operations (16 players) - "Operations is a new multiplayer campaign which aims to deliver a more cinematic, story-based gameplay experience, similar to that of Killzone 3′s single-player mode. It consists of a sequence of linear mini-missions, in which the ISA must try to secure the docks and destroy the dam, while the Helghast must try to protect the dam facility."
• Botzone (one player and up to 15 bots) - "Botzone is an offline multiplayer mode ideal for those looking to get to grips with the controls, the weapons or the map layout before going up against live players. Each of the aforementioned multiplayer modes can be played offline, against CPU-controlled opponents."

In North America, the open beta will run from February 2nd until the 14th. It'll take place from the 3rd until the 15th in Europe.