New batch of PlanetSide 2 PS4 closed beta codes sent out

Check your email, folks. A new batch of PlanetSide 2 codes for the currently ongoing PlayStation 4 closed beta have been sent out. According to executive producer Clint Worley, a number of "buddy keys" for registered forum members were also sent out.

I don't know how many were sent out in, but cross those fingers because as we learned last week, a crap ton of people signed up for the beta. Something like "hundreds of thousands" of players apparently signed up to participate in the closed beta. On the bright side, Daybreak Game Studio (formerly known as Sony Online Entertainment) has said they plan to continue inviting more players until they eventually open up the beta to a "broader group of players."

"The initial phase will be a few thousand players. We want to make sure the servers are handling everything OK and that we're getting the information we need to make tweaks and changes, and once we feel good about that, we'll send out more invites to the players," executive producer Clint Worley told us on the day of PlanetSide 2's PS4 closed beta launch.

"We're going to send out that initial round, evaluate, make sure that we get the data that we need, and then send out the other round. The invites are being sent based on when the players submitted their beta application. The earlier you submitted the information, the more likely you are to be in the early phases of the beta. The long term goal is for the beta to be a closed beta initially to get the feedback and interaction with the players. And then towards the end of the beta period, we're discussing opening it up to a much broader group of players."

Worley also said today that players from Canada and Mexico with codes will be able to redeem the closed beta vouchers starting on February 10th.