NamcoBandai has announced a closed beta test for Dark Souls II. The invite-only test kicks off October 5, with additional details about how to get in coming to the Dark Souls Facebook page in two weeks. Beta testers will explore "one of the most treacherous areas of the Dark Souls II world."

The PlayStation 3 beta will be for players residing in North America and Europe only. NamcoBandai says, "players will not only get an opportunity to explore an entirely new area of the game, but also experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical challenges, and the unrelenting difficultly that only the developers at FromSoftware can deliver."

Fuck this game.

My cousins played the first one in front of me, it looked wayyyy too difficult.

It's actually a pretty good game though.