Yes, you can have your cake and play with it, too. Titan, the developers of the forthcoming PSN-exclusive Fat Princess are searching for beta test volunteers beginning later this week.
This is a “real” beta; the developers don’t just want you to play, they value your feedback. You should only participate if you’re willing to report your experiences on the closed beta forums, discussions, surveys, etc. You won’t just be having fun, you’ll be helping to make Fat Princess an even better game when it debuts on PSN this summer.
Also, you’ll get to brag to your friends. Over and over.
Being a closed beta, access is limited; so we want to make sure the most fervent, determined fans benefit from our allotment of 250 beta codes. We struggled with deciding how to determine which PlayStation.Blog readers want it the most. Then it hit us: cake.
The first 250 people to upload a picture of themselves eating cake (cheesecake, cupcakes and fruitcakes are all acceptable) to our Facebook fan page will get in. Please make sure that the picture is of YOU, and that you include a piece of PlayStation paraphernalia in the pic (a DualShock controller, T-shirt, PS3, PSP, etc). Just upload your pic(s) to the gallery and tag them with “Fat Princess″ – you’ll need to ‘Fan’ the page first – to let us know you want in! Then, once the beta gets underway, we’ll contact you via Facebook with information on how to join in on the fun.
In case you’re lacking for inspiration, we took some practice pics in the office. Now head out to the bakery – these spots won’t last!
UPDATE: Looks like we’ve got enough photos now! The response has been awesome and overwhelming, so thanks to all of you that have entered. We’ll go through the entries now, sort out the duplicates and whatnot, and contact the approved photo-submitters via Facebook by noon (Pacific) tomorrow. If you didn’t make it, pay attention to our Twitter account for other sites that may be granting access to the beta. Thanks!!
my moms cake ran out last night :(
OH no i don’t like cake NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
woo hew i drove the truck at work stopped home seen the blog submitted heres hopen im within 250
It would be nice if they made these kinds of post when the majority of people were not working.
Missed my chance. Dang it!
It would be nice if they made these kinds of post when the majority of people were not working.
Exactly!!! 100% Agree man, I’m pissed.
Damn you work for making me miss everything!
It is an awesome idea! too bad i was working at that time and anyway i dont like facebook and such..
nice contest anyway.. ill be waiting for the release of fat princess in june
heres the problem with posting it at peak activity times. as it is there were over 500 posted..
can you imagine how many thousands of images would be need to be sorted through if they had posted this at a peak time like people are complaining about…
people are going to be mad no matter when a contest is held.. if they miss the time line they feel cheated because it didnt suit their schedule..
im sure the logistics of this contest were well thought through, so complaining and getting angry isnt serving any higher good.. go rant somewhere else, if you please.
also i would like to say that i had a lot of fun rushing to find cupcakes i knew were in the house, setup a photo, then rush to post it on facebook!
I’ve been awaiting fat princess since i first heard about it from last years e3! if im lucky, here comes the beta! if not.. its just a few more months of anxious hopping up and down.
Ahh… Facebook is a no go for me. :(
I remember the days when being a G.A.P. member actually meant something. I was invited to over 12 betas for both PSP and PS2. Too bad I was at work when I read this, by now I am too late :(.
Thanks Jeff…. Thank you also for responding to my PM about bringing up the feature to invite anyone to a text chat (not just people on your friends list).
Jeff, we nned to get IGN back I think to show them I should get a code, they told you to “Of course, IGN is not about to miss out on helping you get into the game. Soon — incredibly soon — we’re going to be hosting our own Fat Princess beta code giveaway. It’s going to be open to U.S. PlayStation accounts only; IGN Insiders only; and although we have more codes than the PlayStation Blog (suck it, Rubenstein), the freebies will be gone in a flash. ”
How dare they, I say we have an all out code war BLOG vs IGN.
Ha, that\’s just Greg being Greg.